The second edition of the School of Cyber Defense competition reached its final at GISEC GLOBAL 2026, bringing the strongest student cybersecurity teams in the UAE to Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City. Building on its 2025 debut, the competition came back larger in scale and tougher in format: this year, participants had to do more […]
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Paramount Assure, a UAE-headquartered cybersecurity company, today announced a partnership with SecurityBridge, a specialist in SAP cybersecurity, to help organisations across the GCC strengthen protection of their SAP environments and bring SAP security intelligence into their wider cyber defence operations. The partnership was signed at GISEC 2026 in Hall 3 at SecurityBridge’s stand by Neeti […]
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Paramount, a UAE-headquartered cybersecurity company, today announced the launch of SoCMate, a first-of-its-kind GCC-born AI-powered security investigation assistant, at the Microsoft stand during GISEC Global 2026, taking place from 16-18 September at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai. Developed for CISOs and Level 2 and Level 3 cybersecurity professionals, SoCMate helps teams investigate threats in […]
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VMRay, a developer of advanced malware analysis and threat detection solutions, together with its regional distribution partner Shifra, today announced its participation at GISEC Global 2026. Taking place from September 16–18, 2026, at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai, the event serves as an open forum for VMRay to analyze the structural changes in […]
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For travel companies, growth has traditionally been tied closely to booking volume. When demand becomes harder to predict, and competition puts pressure on margins, businesses also need to manage their existing payments and costs as efficiently as possible. Qashio, the MENA region’s leading spend management solution, will address this challenge at Arabian Travel Market 2026, […]
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Today, PlanRadar, a leading platform for 360° digital documentation, communication and reporting in construction, facility management and real estate projects, announces PlanRadar AI Agents. Built to close the follow-up gap, AI Agents give teams time back and scale follow-up without adding headcount. Every construction, real estate and facility management project depends on hundreds of small […]
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Shaffra, the GCC-born AI Workforce Platform building Autonomous AI Teams for enterprises and governments, has expanded beyond the GCC for the first time, bringing its AI workforce expertise to the Caspian region. The company has opened a regional headquarters in Azerbaijan, introducing three enterprise AI workforce solutions: the AI Call Center, AI Sales Center, and […]
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Every boardroom in 2026 has the conversation. Someone presents an AI test project, everyone agrees, a budget gets approved, and six months later, the test project is still a test. The problem isn’t the technology but how people think about it. Most companies approach AI like a software purchase – deploy it, wait for results. […]
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Tell us about yourself and your career journey I am a Chartered Accountant and Corporate/Group Finance Controller with just over two decades of experience across Africa and the Middle East, currently working in fintech and subscription-based consumer technology services. My journey has taken me from a blue-chip manufacturing group in Zimbabwe, through senior finance roles […]
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Alteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, today announced that it has been recognized by Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, as a leader in the analytics and measurement category in The Modern Marketing Data Stack: Governing the Agentic Enterprise Report. Now in its fifth year, Snowflake’s Modern Marketing Data Stack report reflects a […]
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