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Core42 Raises USD 550 million from HSBC to Scale Global AI Infrastructure

News Desk 21/05/2026

Core42, a G42 company specializing in sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, today announced the successful arrangement of two structured trade finance facilities (“the facilities”) amounting to USD550 million with HSBC to accelerate its AI cloud and compute deployments across the United States

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65% of Analysts Say AI Works Best When the Logic is Managed at the Business Level, Alteryx Research Finds

News Desk 21/05/2026

Alteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, today released its “2026 State of Data Analysts in the Age of AI” report, revealing that while AI is becoming central to business decision-making, human oversight remains critical to ensuring AI-generated outcomes are trusted and actionable. The research found that analysts spend nearly four hours per week […]

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Local Report Highlights Obesity Intervention as a Strategic Lever for Economic Growth and Societal Progress in the United Arab Emirates

News Desk 20/05/2026

A UAE report by AI economics policy advisory Whiteshield, commissioned by leading medicine company, Lilly, has revealed far-reaching benefits of obesity intervention across health, the economy, society, and education, in line with the ‘We the UAE 2031’ vision. According to the report titled ‘Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Socioeconomic Impacts of Weight Loss’, the

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Strong Governance Emerges as Key to Scaling AI-driven Cybersecurity Across the UAE

News Desk 20/05/2026

Organizations in the UAE are accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across core business functions, with cybersecurity emerging as a leading area of deployment. This shift comes as the global threat environment grows more complex, with the geopolitical environment continuing to drive cyber activity targeting critical sectors. According to a recent KPMG report,

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JetBrains Launches Open Agent System in MENA to Help Organizations Adopt AI at Scale

News Desk 20/05/2026

As organizations accelerate AI adoption, software teams are rapidly shifting from simple AI assistants to autonomous coding agents. Without the right infrastructure, this transition often results in fragmented workflows, unmanaged spending, governance gaps, and code that lacks deep project context. To address these challenges, JetBrains, the creator of intelligent software

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MOZN Unveils Next-Generation Real-Time Transaction Screening Technology to Redefine Compliance for Modern Payment Ecosystems

News Desk 19/05/2026

MOZN, a leading enterprise AI platform, today unveiled a major advancement of its Transaction Screening capabilities with the introduction of its next-generation Real-Time Transaction Screening (RTS) technology, a purpose-built, AI-native engine designed to support  financial institutions in screening transactions intelligently and in real time, without compromising

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Denodo Advances Trusted Data Foundations for Agentic AI with New Amazon Web Services (AWS) Integrations

News Desk 19/05/2026

Denodo, a leader in data management, announced new product integrations to support the building and scaling of agentic AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments supporting customers across financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail, public sector and others.   As enterprises move beyond AI experimentation to production with a focus on

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SAS Expands Viya Platform With New Agentic AI Copilots, AI Agents and Enterprise Governance Tools

News Desk 18/05/2026

SAS, a global leader in data and AI, today announced expansions to SAS® Viya® that advance the platform’s agentic AI features, introducing new AI assistants, agent infrastructure and acceleration tools. Together, these updates build on SAS Viya’s existing AI foundation, helping organizations move from isolated generative AI use cases to governed, production-ready

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Enterprise AI hits the wall: NTT DATA research reveals growing privacy and sovereignty barriers

News Desk 15/05/2026

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today released new research showing that enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten. The research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for control, locality and security, and

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Think 2026: IBM Delivers the Blueprint for the AI Operating Model as the AI Divide Widens

News Desk 14/05/2026

At its annual Think conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced its most comprehensive expansion of enterprise AI and hybrid cloud management capabilities to date. Products and capabilities unveiled today include the next generation of IBM watsonx Orchestrate for multi-agent orchestration, IBM Confluent to bring real-time data to AI, IBM Concert platform for intelligent

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SAP Connect UAE Highlights Role of Core Business Systems in Scaling Enterprise AI

News Desk 13/05/2026

SAP yesterday highlighted how organizations are embedding artificial intelligence into the systems that run their core operations at its annual flagship SAP Connect UAE event, held in Dubai this week as businesses across the UAE continue to accelerate growth and innovation agendas. Through new research findings, customer examples, and discussions across keynote sessions

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ThinkProp Launches UAE’s First of its Kind AI Academy for Real Estate Business Professionals

News Desk 13/05/2026

ThinkProp Venture, a Abu Dhabi- and Dubai-based real estate training institute of the Advanced Real Estate Services (ADRES) Venture, has announced the launch of ThinkProp AI Academy, a first-of-its-kind initiative in the UAE designed to build real, measurable AI-enabled capabilities for real estate and business professionals.   More than a traditional training

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AI is Now the Defining Test of UAE CEO Tenure as 79% Say Their Role Is at Risk Without Results, Finds Dataiku Study

News Desk 13/05/2026

New global research from Dataiku, the Platform for AI Success, conducted by Harris Poll, reveals that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a defining test of CEO success, tenure, and legacy. Nowhere is this shift more pronounced than in the UAE, where CEOs increasingly believe their future in the role will be determined by their ability […]

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AppyThings launches Saudi entity to support AI-native digital infrastructure in the Kingdom

News Desk 11/05/2026

AppyThings, a Google Cloud partner focused on building the AI-native data and integration stack that powers secure, scalable digital services and enables enterprise AI adoption, headquartered in the Netherlands, has strengthened its commitment to Saudi Arabia with the launch of AppyThings Arabia, its new legal entity in the Kingdom. The move follows two years of […]

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Think 2026: IBM Makes Digital Sovereignty Operational with General Availability of IBM Sovereign Core

News Desk 11/05/2026

At Think 2026, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the general availability of IBM Sovereign Core, a new software platform designed to help organizations build and operate AI-ready sovereign environments and verify their control — giving enterprises and governments an end-to-end approach to digital sovereignty. As AI adoption accelerates, digital sovereignty has become a critical

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AI has left the lab: F5 report reveals 78% of enterprises now run AI inference as a core operation

News Desk 11/05/2026

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, has released its annual State of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report, revealing that artificial intelligence has crossed a critical threshold: it is no longer an experimental initiative but a production workload demanding the same operational rigor as any mission-critical system. The

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Tech Mahindra and UKG Partner to Accelerate AI-Driven Workforce Transformation and Adoption

News Desk 07/05/2026

Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, and UKG, a leading global AI platform unifying HR, pay, and workforce management, announced a partnership to help global enterprises particularly small and mid-market organizations in North America across sectors such as IT, retail,

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Emerson and Aramco Deploy AI Solution Aimed at Higher Refinery Yield Volume and Efficiencies

News Desk 07/05/2026

Global automation leader Emerson has announced the successful deployment of an AI-driven optimization solution for Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies. The collaboration commenced with the integration of Emerson’s Aspen Hybrid Models™ into Aramco’s existing refinery planning framework, resulting in the creation of one of the world’s

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AUS partners with UAE Artificial Intelligence Office to advance AI talent and capabilities

News Desk 07/05/2026

American University of Sharjah (AUS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office to launch “Digital Talents in Sharjah” and advance the development of future-ready talent in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology fields. The agreement underscores a shared commitment to equipping

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KnowBe4 Launches AI-Native Attack Simulation & Training Product and Twelfth AI Agent

News Desk 06/05/2026

KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, has today announced the latest evolution in its portfolio with the launch of its new two-tier Security Awareness Training (SAT) offering and a new AI defense agent for custom content creation.   The most comprehensive security awareness training is available in […]