Analysis, Interviews, Opinions

Analysis, Interviews, Opinions

DDoS protection major concern for ME service providers

Mon, 26 Jul 2021

Service providers in the Middle East would need additional capabilities and technologies to protect their customers’ networks from cyber-attacks in the next two years, said an industry expert, highlighting that DDoS protection is a big concern.

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Agility, digital and ESG key to banks’ success, says report

Thu, 22 Jul 2021

Agility, digital and ESG are key to banks’ success, said professional services firm Accenture in a new report, adding that banking chief financial officers (CFOs) can leverage each to guide the business forward.

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Ransomware reality is biting businesses, says expert

Wed, 21 Jul 2021

Ransomware attacks have bitten a gaping hole in the pockets of businesses who are having to pay extortionate ransoms in response to highly targeted attacks by sophisticated criminal organisations.

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The era of easy fixes is over

Wed, 21 Jul 2021

The financial sector is slowly waking up to the risk of biodiversity, but risks and opportunities are less understandable than with climate change.

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New unicorns spike 491% to 136 in Q2, says report

Wed, 21 Jul 2021

The number of new global unicorns has spiked 491% between the second-quarter (Q2) of 2020 and Q2 2021 from 23 to a staggering 136, said Finbold, a leading provider of the latest finance news, in a new report.

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Global emissions set to surge to all-time high: IEA

Wed, 21 Jul 2021

With only 2% of governments’ recovery spending going to clean energy transitions, global emissions are set to surge to an all-time high, according to new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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53% of global population ‘to use digital banking in 2026’

Mon, 19 Jul 2021

Fifty-three per cent of the world’s population will access digital banking services in 2026; reaching over 4.2 billion digital banking users from 2.5 billion in 2021, a report said.

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Opec+ close to a compromise deal: MUFG

Thu, 15 Jul 2021

The Opec+ agreement will be extended from its current March 2022 expiry to December 2022 and from April 2022, the UAE’s baseline will rise by 15% from 3.17 million barrels per day (b/d) to 3.65 million b/d, said a report.

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Wind power market to top $1.5trn by 2031, says study

Thu, 15 Jul 2021

The global wind power market will surpass valuation of S$ 1.5 trillion by 2031, according to a new report by Transparency Market Research (TMR), a next-generation market intelligence provider.

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Three challenges to meet transition to remote working

Wed, 14 Jul 2021

After a year of scrambling to make sure employees can be productive from home, and moving into the next phase of what work can look like – to working from anywhere – IT teams face three challenges for smooth transition, says an industry expert.