Technology & IT | Thursday 1 April, 2021 8:50 am

Cisco Announces New Data Center to Serve Collaboration Customers in the Region

Cisco announced that it is bringing a new data center to Frankfurt, Germany, to serve customers using its Collaboration platform Webex in the European Union (EU) and the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia (EMEAR) region. The new data center in Frankfurt is scheduled for operation by end of June ...

More Details

Business & Money | Thursday 1 April, 2021 12:54 am

KPMG, Oracle Collaborate to Support Saudi Digital Economy

  KPMG, the leading provider of audit, tax and advisory services in Saudi Arabia, signed an agreement with Oracle to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based emerging technologies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the growth of the country’s digital economy in line with Saudi Vision...

More Details

Business & Money | Thursday 1 April, 2021 12:13 am

30 million people worldwide acquire digital skills during COVID-19

Microsoft Corp. announced it has helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, topping its initial goal of 25 million last June, and is extending the company’s commitment to help 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021.Millions of people...

More Details

Government | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 4:40 pm

Prime Minister of Iraq arrives in Riyadh. He was received by HRH Crown Prince.

At the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrived in Riyadh today on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At King Khalid International Airport, he was received by His...

More Details

Technology & IT | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 2:06 pm

Saudi Arabia Opens Full 6 GHz Band for Wi-Fi

 Today, the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formally announced plans to make 1200 megahertz (MHz) of the 6 gigahertz (GHz) wireless spectrum available for unlicensed use. Intel and Broadcom, in conjunction with the Wireless Broadband ...

More Details

Culture & Education | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 9:27 am

Ministry of Culture, Saudi Post release ‘Year of Arabic Calligraphy’ stamps

The Ministry of Culture and the Saudi Post Corporation launched Tuesday a number of post stamps illustrated with “Year of Arabic Calligraphy” initiative to be used during 2021.The issuance of the postal stamps is part of the initiative’s activities to promote the Arabic calligraphy arts in...

More Details

Culture & Education | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 9:13 am

How Misk Academy empowered young Saudis to prosper in the modern workplace

Almost 2,000 young Saudis have advanced their careers thanks to skills developed through an academy designed to diversify the Kingdom’s workforce.The Misk Academy was set up in 2018 as a collaboration between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Misk Foundation and General Assembly, a global ...

More Details

Sports | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 5:49 am

Interview with Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al Abdullah Al Faisal, Chairman of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF)

How excited are you ahead of this weekend’s first ever Extreme E race?We are all excited.  The organisers.  The teams and drivers.  Everyone at SAMF.  And of course, motorsport and sports fans across the country.  The event is capturing people’s imagination and of...

More Details

Technology & IT | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 1:42 am

Nokia expands Mobily partnership with enterprise IoT network in Saudi Arabia

 Nokia today announced the completion of a narrowband ‘Internet of Things’ (NB-IoT) network deployment in L800 band as part of its strategic partnership with Mobily. As a result of this deployment, Mobily and Nokia have connected more than 4,000 sites and facilitated NB-IoT cell radius...

More Details

Business & Money | Wednesday 31 March, 2021 12:36 am

ALTURKI LAUNCHES ‘HEMMAH’ TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Alturki Holding announced the launch of ‘Hemmah’, Alturki Talent Development Program, a comprehensive program designed to address the current and future training and development needs of more than 6000 employees within the holding company and across its group of companies while also aiming to...

More Details