DUBAI: The two-year countdown to Expo 2020 Dubai will officially start ticking on Saturday, 20 October from 1700 to 2200 with a public celebration at Burj Park in Downtown Dubai, offering the community a glimpse of what is to come at the biggest event to ever be held in the region. A specially choreographed show of The Dubai Fountain and …

DUBAI: The Dubai Government Workshop (DGW) has launched a series of sophisticated services and electronic systems at GITEX Technology Week 2018, the world’s leading technology event. Visitors, exhibitors, and officials were all praises for the new service package for its advanced features that enable its customers to easily access e-services, shorten time and facilitate procedures, and enhance its position in …

DUBAI: NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), the data authority for hybrid cloud, recently announced that it has acquired StackPointCloud, a leader in multi-cloud Kubernetes as-a-service and a contributor to the Kubernetes project. The combination of StackPointCloud with NetApp creates NetApp Kubernetes Service, the industry’s first complete Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud deployments and a complete cloud-based stack for Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and …

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in Shanghai, China, recently organised a trade mission to Dubai which was joined by businessmen representing several leading Chinese companies specialising in smart city solutions. During the delegation visit, the Chinese businessmen attended GITEX Technology Week 2018 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where they met with representatives from Dubai’s …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: The inaugural edition of the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show (ADIBS), hosted and organized by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), will kick off tomorrow under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and Chairman of …

DUBAI: On the sidelines of the ongoing GITEX Technology Week 2018, du, an UAE-based telecommunications service provider from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), in collaboration with Cisco, today announced the launch of software defined Intelligent Connectivity solution. The launch further expands du’s business offerings, to now include SD-WAN Software defined Intelligent Connectivity Service (SD-WAN) provides business customers with a clear …

DUBAI: Pan Asian Media, a boutique communication agency, has been awarded the communication brief for MENA Cinema Forum – the first dedicated business conference on the cinema industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – by organisers GM Events that will bring together the all the stakeholders of cinema and focus on the growth opportunities of the region’s cinema …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: IBTM Arabia, part of IBTM’s global portfolio of meetings and events industry trade shows and the most established event of its kind in the MENA MICE industry, has announced that its 2019 event will take place at Jumeirah Etihad Towers from 25-27 March. The event’s exclusive one-to-one pod format mutually-matches Hosted Buyers and exhibitors using IBTM’s bespoke ‘matchmaking’ …

DUBAI: Tappy Technologies, the leading wearable payment enabler, and Etisalat recently announced a strategic partnership to offer payment and access enabled wearables in UAE as the consumer demand for contactless payments continues to grow. These wearables will be first showcased at the innovative Etisalat stand during GITEX Technology Week 2018 at Dubai World Trade Center. Alberto Araque, Vice President/Internet of …

KARACHI: Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of the leading banks in Pakistan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indus Motor Company Ltd. Both Indus Motor Company and Faysal Bank will support each other to promote sales and market their offerings to customers. Mr. Yousaf Hussain, President & CEO Faysal Bank Limited signed the MoU along with Mr. Ali Asghar …