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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The UAE made headlines by becoming the first nation to appoint a Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in 2017. According to Boston Consulting Group (BGC) survey, artificial intelligence isn’t new, but broad public interest in it is. In the UAE, 91% of consumers know GenAI and 34% use these technologies.

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CIO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Middle East is rapidly evolving into a global hub for technological innovation, with 2025 set to be a pivotal year in the regions digital landscape. Looking ahead to 2025, Lalchandani identifies several technological trends that will define the Middle Easts digital landscape.

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

New advancements in GenAI technology are set to create more transformative opportunities for tech-savvy enterprises and organisations. The technology can operate autonomously, make decisions based on real-time analysis and, critically, execute on decisions. Smart agents are part of a full stack of technologies and services.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The new Dubai office is set to serve as a crucial hub for Salesforces operations in the UAE, providing businesses across the region with innovative tools, insights, and solutions designed to drive success and foster growth in an increasingly digital-first world.

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CIO

MAY 7, 2024

According to Foundry’s State of the CIO 2024 study, technology leaders will be focused on driving digital innovation, redesigning processes, and modernising infrastructure and apps in the next three years in order to stay ahead. Tackling these requires innovation, built from a base of experience and knowledge.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Regulation will play a key role in the successful implementation of AI and will be just as much of a priority as innovation is for leaders,” said Karl Crowther, VP of MEA at Alteryx. Yet, this has raised some important ethical considerations around data privacy, transparency and data governance.

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CIO

JANUARY 13, 2025

AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Courage and the ability to manage risk In the past, implementing bold technological ideas required substantial financial investment. Effective IT leadership now demands not only the courage to innovate but also a profound understanding of change management principles. Gen AI isn’t a simple plug-and-play solution.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The rise of artificial intelligence is giving us all a second chance. Or we can make the right things more efficient while also charting a new path and harness this technology to truly transform into AI-first businesses. Most businesses used new technology to do what we did yesterday better, faster, cheaper, and bigger.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

They want to expand their use of artificial intelligence, deliver more value from those AI investments, further boost employee productivity, drive more efficiencies, improve resiliency, expand their transformation efforts, and more. McDaniel says this work also creates a strong launchpad for more IT innovation in the upcoming year.

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CIO

JUNE 24, 2024

What revolutionary technology were they referring to? The fanfare around artificial intelligence (AI) today is even bigger than the lofty talk about the Segway over twenty years ago. But in the short run, we risk building an astonishing, awe-inspiring technology that few use. Instead, it needs to be coupled with innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an era where technology reshapes entire industries, I’ve had the privilege of leading Mastercard on an extraordinary journey. When I think about the technology we started working with early in my career and look at what we’ve been able to do since, it truly is amazing, a global transformation led by and driven through technology.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Saudi Arabia has announced a 100 billion USD initiative aimed at establishing itself as a major player in artificial intelligence, data analytics, and advanced technology. These include data center expansion, tech startups, workforce development, and partnerships with leading technology firms.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. As a consequence, these businesses experience increased operational costs and find it difficult to scale or integrate modern technologies. The foundation of the solution is also important.

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CIO

MARCH 25, 2025

The partnership sets a standard for AI adoption in the public sector, ensuring data sovereignty while harnessing hyperscale innovation through Core42s Sovereign Public Cloud, powered by Azure. Abu Dhabis commitment to digital transformation is exemplified by innovations like TAMM 3.0,

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Technology has shifted from a back-office function to a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. Senior business leaders and CIOs must navigate a complex web of competing priorities, such as managing stakeholder expectations, accelerating technological innovation, and maintaining operational efficiency.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To drive change, a reworking of what defines CIO/IT success is needed, with a focus on strategic business goals, innovation, and market differentiation. Business is too dependent on technology as a key driver for both business value and differentiation. The CIO is no longer the chief of “keeping the lights on.”

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CIO

MARCH 31, 2025

The 2024 Security Priorities study shows that for 72% of IT and security decision makers, their roles have expanded to accommodate new challenges, with Risk management, Securing AI-enabled technology and emerging technologies being added to their plate.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Lastly, voluntary frameworks have been proposed by many countries such as Singapore and Japan, to encourage AI innovation. China follows the EU, with additional focus on national security In March 2024 the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) published a draft Artificial Intelligence Law, and a translated version became available in early May.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Jeff Schumacher, CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) software company NAX Group, told the World Economic Forum : “To truly realize the promise of AI, businesses must not only adopt it, but also operationalize it.” Lazarev agrees: “It’s one thing to have the technology, but it’s another to weave it into the fabric of your business strategy.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

All industries and modern applications are undergoing rapid transformation powered by advances in accelerated computing, deep learning, and artificial intelligence. The next phase of this transformation requires an intelligent data infrastructure that can bring AI closer to enterprise data. Through relentless innovation.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Salima Bhimani has been encouraging the responsible and ethical use of AI for several years as Alphabet’s first chief strategist and director for inclusive and responsible technology, business, and leaders from 2017 to 2023. Now, we have to think about innovation as a way of really reshaping the world so that it works for everybody.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Generative AI is likely to confuse the capital investor as much as any technology ever has,” he adds. In many cases, CIOs and other IT leaders have moved past the peak expectations about what gen AI can do for their organizations and are headed into more realistic ideas about the future of the technology, Lovelock adds.

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

With advanced technologies like AI transforming the business landscape, IT organizations are struggling to find the right talent to keep pace. As the pace of technological advancement accelerates, its becoming increasingly clear that solutions must balance immediate needs with long-term workforce transformation.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thanks to AI, 5G-A, cloud, and other technologies, the physical world is merging with the digital world. The rapid adoption of these technologies is contributing to driving efficiency, reducing operational costs and improving end-user experiences across vertical industries, all contributing to measurable economic improvements.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This will require the adoption of new processes and products, many of which will be dependent on well-trained artificial intelligence-based technologies. Having a strategic data governance program that combines technological solutions with robust policies and employee education is a must. Years later, here we are.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. Forrester said most technology executives expect their IT budgets to increase in 2025. Others won’t — and will come up against the limits of quick fixes.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

ADIB-Egypt has announced plans to invest 1 billion EGP in technological infrastructure and digital transformation by 2025. In recent years, ADIB-Egypt has already made substantial strides in integrating technology into its operations. Artificial intelligence is set to play a key role in ADIB-Egypts digital transformation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a term once relegated to science fiction, is now driving an unprecedented revolution in business technology. The Nutanix State of Enterprise AI Report highlights AI adoption, challenges, and the future of this transformative technology. Nutanix commissioned U.K. Nutanix commissioned U.K.

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CIO

JANUARY 12, 2025

A recent report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and consultancy firm Hello Tomorrow highlights the rapid growth of deep tech startups in Saudi Arabia, with 50% of these startups focusing on AI and IoT.

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CIO

OCTOBER 18, 2024

These reactions are not so different to the reception of artificial intelligence today. Some struggle to imagine how AI will displace existing technology. And people worry that AI might change how we live and work, imposing a technological tyranny on us all. The great innovations with AI are largely yet to come.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While the ROI of any given AI project remains uncertain , one thing is becoming clear: CIOs will be spending a whole lot more on the technology in the years ahead. Research firm IDC projects worldwide spending on technology to support AI strategies will reach $337 billion in 2025 — and more than double to $749 billion by 2028.

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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2025

It has become a strategic cornerstone for shaping innovation, efficiency and compliance. From data masking technologies that ensure unparalleled privacy to cloud-native innovations driving scalability, these trends highlight how enterprises can balance innovation with accountability.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence is an early stage technology and the hype around it is palpable, but IT leaders need to take many challenges into consideration before making major commitments for their enterprises. Analysts at this week’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo spent tons of time talking about the impact of AI on IT systems and teams.

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CIO

AUGUST 8, 2024

The business narrative around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has been consumed with real-world use cases. The real strength of the technology is its ability to put incredible power into the hands of everyone – not just the technology team.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Adopting Operational AI Organizations looking to adopt Operational AI must consider three core implementation pillars: people, process, and technology. Technology: The workloads a system supports when training models differ from those in the implementation phase.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“Innovate or die,” Peter Drucker’s 1985 exhortation on the importance of constant reinvention, was great business advice for the last 40 or so years. The real power of the technology is its ability to draw on disparate data sets and connect workflows.

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