Analysis, Interviews, Opinions

Analysis, Interviews, Opinions

Pension reforms for expat workers in GCC

Tue, 10 Aug 2021

Bahrain could create new pension layer and garner billions in new assets, says an industry expert, highlighting that end-of-service benefits for expats offer great options and economic potential.

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Four trends shaping the future of public cloud

Mon, 09 Aug 2021

Four new trends in cloud computing are continuing to expand the breadth of cloud offerings and capabilities accelerating growth across all segments in the public cloud services market, said leading research and advisory firm Gartner.

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Visuals ‘most effective in marketing for millennials’

Thu, 05 Aug 2021

Visual communication, such as images, videos and infographics, has become the most effective method of consuming information for the millennials, who make up 1.8 billion of the world or 23% of the world’s population, a report said.

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5G network infrastructure revenue to grow 39% in 2021

Thu, 05 Aug 2021

Worldwide 5G network infrastructure revenue is on pace to grow39% to total $19.1 billion in 2021, up from $13.7 billion in 2020, said leading research and advisory firm Gartner in a new report.

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Violence in schools leads to $11trn loss in earnings: WB

Wed, 04 Aug 2021

Violence in and around schools severely impacts educational outcomes, and society pays a heavy price as a result, with an estimated $11 trillion in lost lifetime earnings, said the World Bank (WB) in a new report.

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Why Middle East’s digital commerce future is more open

Tue, 03 Aug 2021

Despite increasing consumer expectations around privacy generally, personalisation is actually what consumers want from brands they choose to interact with.

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Open trade policies key to solar energy growth: WTO

Thu, 29 Jul 2021

By assisting an expansion in solar energy, trade can contribute to environmental goals and support economic recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, according to a new booklet published by the WTO and Irena.

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Cybercriminals may target 2020 Tokyo Olympics, FBI warns

Tue, 27 Jul 2021

Cybercriminals may target 2020 Tokyo Olympics with ransomware, phishing, or DDoS attacks in a bid to increase their notoriety or make money, says an industry expert.

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Conbit provides safe solution for flare revamping

Tue, 27 Jul 2021

Back in 2019, Carigali Hess needed to perform a major overhaul of the flare system at the Central Processing Platform at Cakerawala field in Malaysia.

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Global digital commerce revenue grows just 3% in Q2

Mon, 26 Jul 2021

Global year-on-year (y-o-y) digital commerce revenue grew by a modest 3 per cent after posting four consecutive quarters of growth greater than 50 per cent, according to the Q2 Salesforce Shopping Index, while US digital revenue fell by 2 per cent YoY.