Marc Ferranti
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Marc Ferranti is the editor in chief of the IDG News Service, and is based in New York.
IT spending in Middle East, Africa to rise this year, IDC says
Migration to cloud will help fuel a 2.8% growth in IT spending in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey this year, after a slump due to the pandemic.
Victims of SolarWinds attack include organisations in the UAE, Israel
Microsoft has located victims of the breach in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
For its cloud region in Israel, Oracle goes underground
Oracle appears destined to be the first cloud provider to open a hyperscale date centre in Israel, offering the comlete range of its applications and services in a highly secure facility in Jerusalem.
Middle East phishing attack aims malware variants at political figures
Previously unreported backdoors, discovered by cybersecurity company Cybereason, add to a wave of phishing attacks that has washed over the region in the wake of a massive move to remote work caused by COVID-19.
AI plan points to Saudi Arabia's global ambitions, future beyond oil
Saudi Arabia’s national AI strategy aims to not only fuel deployment of new technology and economic opportunities, but to elevate the nation’s geopolitical status.
Africa faces new financial, hacker-for-hire cybersecurity threats
The good news is that overall, malware is down in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says. The bad news: New cybersecurity threats are on the rise, exploiting uncertainty during the pandemic.
UAE, Bahrain tech leaders gauge impact of Israel accords on business
The normalization deals between Israel and Gulf countries Bahrain and UAE will pave the way to technology innovation and the transfer of IT and expertise, say enterprise tech leaders — but it will take time.
Q&A: Inside Andela's move to a remote, contractor model for developers
Andela CTO David Blair explains why the tech talent company is shifting its business model, the role IT plays in supporting the move, and offers some best-practices tips for managing a remote workforce.
Oracle opens Dubai cloud region, Abu Dhabi to follow
By the middle of next year, Oracle will have two cloud regions in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, as enterprises in the region pick up the pace of cloud adoption.
Despite crisis, Middle East enterprise software spending holds steady
A new Gartner forecast shows an uptick in spending on CRM, SCM and ERP software in the Middle East as the coronavirus pandemic depresses enterprise revenue and curbs overall IT budgets.
Business-friendly rules, infrastructure make UAE a Gulf IT talent magnet
Though the pandemic has hit the UAE hard, a liberalised regulatory regime and emphasis on private-sector participation continue to make the Emirates a top destination for tech talent in the Middle East, according to a new Velocity...
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