Data from Nutanix, Cloudflare, and Fortinet exposes seven structural gaps in enterprise AI, cloud, and cybersecurity readiness heading into 2026.

The data storage giant’s HAMR-based drives, now shipping at up to 44TB, promise to reshape the economics of AI-scale cloud infrastructure.

The eighth annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index reveals a widening gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. Shadow AI is spreading unchecked, organisational silos are slowing deployment, and 82% of leaders say their on-premises setup is not fully ready for AI workloads. Yet the momentum is undeniable, with containers now the default foundation for modern applications and AI agents moving from concept to production.

Leading UAE telecoms operator du reassures investors with AED 4.2 billion in available liquidity, full network operations and a recommended 2025 dividend of 64 fils per share.

A global survey of 1,200 leaders and specialists by Riverbed finds 87% of manufacturers are meeting or exceeding AI returns, yet only 37% say they are ready to operationalise it at scale, exposing a widening gap between boardroom confidence and technical reality.

From a phone that physically moves to a humanoid robot and a record-breaking foldable, HONOR laid out its most ambitious product roadmap yet in Barcelona.

Amazon Web Services reported a fire at its UAE facility on March 1 that caused significant cloud service disruptions. Recovery is expected to take at least a day.

A new report from AppsFlyer, Sensor Tower and M+C Saatchi Performance maps the mobile demand surges that accompanied the last tournament — and lays out a three-phase framework for capitalising on the biggest edition yet

Boston Consulting Group has completed the latest edition of its six-month Jeel Tamooh programme, equipping more than 150 high-potential Saudi students with consulting fundamentals, personalised mentorship and exposure to priority sectors aligned with Vision 2030.

The strategic MoU, signed at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2026, aims to improve cross-border payments, compliance readiness and operational efficiency for Sheraa’s network of UAE startups and SMEs.

Behind the scale of Dubai’s World Health Expo lies a deeper story about women’s health economics, capital discipline, laboratory power struggles, AI ambition, and the geopolitics of diagnostics.

Zero&One’s AWS competencies and regional delivery footprint strengthen NTT DATA’s push for larger migration and modernisation programmes across MENA.

Alphabet didn’t report a Google business under attack. It reported a Google business funding a massive buildout. The question now isn’t whether Google can do AI — it’s what AI does to Google’s costs and margins.

The acquisition reflects a broader shift in the UAE’s healthcare priorities, as demand for integrated psychological and behavioural care accelerates across the region.

A new report from Snap and the Business of Fashion shows how platforms, not storefronts or campaigns, increasingly shape luxury buying decisions across the GCC.

As AI spreads across advertising, retail, and enterprise software, personalisation has become faster and cheaper to deploy. The result is a paradox: more tailored experiences on paper, but fewer meaningful differences in practice.

Globant’s latest Game On report argues that the future of gaming will be defined less by spectacle and more by infrastructure, automation, and trust, as cloud platforms, AI tools, and regulation reshape how games are built and sustained — particularly in the Middle East.

As customer acquisition costs rise and funding tightens, a new class of regionally rooted D2C brands is quietly outperforming global-first plays by building cultural fit, local trust, and cleaner unit economics before scale.

In-principle approval from the central bank positions regulated banks—not crypto firms—at the centre of the UAE’s emerging digital payments infrastructure.

As global fintech faced tighter regulations and capital discipline in 2025, markets with regulatory clarity outperformed. The consequences are reshaping where finance gets built.