Big Data Analytics News & Industry trends in UAE

IT Spending in Mena to Reach $155.8b in 2017

Posted On February 28, 2017

IT spending in the MENA region is expected to rise 2.4 per cent in 2017 to reach $155.8 billion, driven by sectors such as banking, securities, and communications driving that growth.
Read More »

Recognizing the Value of Data Monetization in Business

Posted On January 25, 2017

Data as an asset has now been transformed into a monetized product.
Read More »

The Evolution of Smart Dubai

Posted On January 16, 2017

Aisha Bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, discusses how Dubai is evolving as a smart city with the support of local telecoms provider Du.
Read More »

UAE Pushes Blockchain Tech Development to Become a Leading Center for Innovation

Posted On December 26, 2016

The United Arab Emirates is ramping up blockchain development in a bid to become, by 2020, a leading center for innovation and the first government in the world to execute all of its transactions on a blockchain.
Read More »

Smart Dubai Initiatives Top 120

Posted On December 25, 2016

Smart Dubai Office (SDO) has introduced 121 smart initiatives and 1,129 smart services that are making Dubai a new global benchmark for smart city experiences.
Read More »

ME Cloud Data Center Traffic to Grow 440pc

Posted On December 19, 2016

Cloud data center traffic in the Middle East and Africa will grow 4.4-fold by 2020 to reach 451 exabytes per year, up from 105 exabytes per year in 2015, growing at a CAGR of 34 per cent, a report said.
Read More »

Leveraging Big Data Analytics in Retail

Posted On December 8, 2016

The future of retail lies in big data analytics.
Read More »

Dubai's Smart Data Summit is Back for its Fourth Edition

Posted On October 18, 2016

2017 dates of the Smart Data Summit announced
Read More »

Dubai Launches Blockchain Strategy to Become Paperless by 2020

Posted On October 5, 2016

Dubai government said it will become paperless by shifting all transactions to Blockchain — an online encrypted database — by 2020
Read More »

3rd Annual Smart Data Summit Puts the Spotlight on Big Data Driven Innovation

Posted On May 23, 2016

Smart Data Summit explores how organizations can harness the power of big data and analytics to derive maximum business value
Read More »

ACIS Information Technology Supports the 3rd Annual Smart Data Summit as Silver Sponsor

Posted On May 15, 2016

Smart Data Summit welcomes ACIS Information Technology as a Silver Sponsor
Read More »

Dubai Moves to Create Smart City Index with UN

Posted On May 9, 2016

Smart Dubai has recently completed its pilot phase for the Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Read More »

Smart Dubai Platform Launched with du

Posted On March 23, 2016

Smart Dubai Platform will collect data from new sensors to be installed across Dubai, analyse the information and share it live in real-time
Read More »

Find WiFi a bit slow in Dubai? 100 times faster LiFi is here

Posted On March 21, 2016

UAE-born brand Zero1 have demonstrated the capability of Light Fidelity (LiFi) technology in Dubai – the latest technology in data communication
Read More »

Smart Data Summit Welcomes Denodo as a Gold Sponsor for the Second Consecutive Year

Posted On March 17, 2016

Denodo joins Smart Data Summit as Gold Sponsor for the second consecutive year
Read More »

New Data Law to Make Dubai Smartest City by 2017

Posted On March 17, 2016

With the aim to support the Dubai Smart City strategy to achieve this target, Dubai Data Establishment (DDE) has been formed
Read More »

Du Says Will Net $270m from ‘Smart’ Data Revenue by 2020

Posted On March 2, 2016

Du expects to generate up to AED1 billion by 2020 from new revenue streams linked to ‘smart’ cities and data security
Read More »

Big Data Driving the Financial Sector

Posted On February 3, 2016

Banks are recognizing the value of big data analytics
Read More »

Retail Industry Boosting Customer Loyalty Using Big Data Analytics

Posted On January 6, 2016

Retailers are going the extra mile to offer personalized customer service experience
Read More »

Big Data Analytics Shaping the Telecom Sector

Posted On December 1, 2015

Organizations across sectors are investing heavily in implementing big data technologies that provide access to real-time predictive insight
Read More »