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SEDCO Holding Group Marks its 28th  Annual SEDCO Football Tournament
Business & Money | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:13 pm
In presence of the CEO of SEDCO Holding Group, Anees Ahmed Moumina, the SEDCO Football Tournament was kicked off for the employees of the group. The opening ceremony was attended by a big number of media and professional football players from the Saudi league including Khaled Kahwaji, Marwan...
Venchi The luxurious Italian Chocolatier Opens its Flagship branch in Jeddah
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 15 February, 2015 5:54 am
Venchi the luxurious Italian chocolate stores announced the grand opening of its new flagship store in Jeddah, to be the new destination for chocolate lovers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that provides a rich variety of the finest natural chocolate gourmet. The grand opening was in presence of...
Mass transit project to reduce traffic bottlenecks
Business & Money | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:34 am
Jeddah’s traffic problems can be solved only by a massive transit system in the city, said Maj. Gen. Waslullah Al-Harbi, director of Jeddah Traffic.“If such alternative traffic projects were fully implemented, as much as 70 percent of Jeddah’s road congestion would disappear,” Al-Harbi told ...
Prince Faisal brings joy to orphans
Government | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:31 am
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman was present at the Arab Orphans’ Day celebration organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs on Thursday in the holy city.In Islam, according to the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet [peace be upon him]), caring for orphans is of great...
Saudis share 2-month salary bonus with cleaning staff
Business & Money | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:28 am
In a unusual and generous gesture, Saudi employees shared their two-month salary bonus with 250 cleaning workers.Once the gift was received, employees of the Al-Rawda municipality in Riyadh, organized a special party in which they shared the bonus with cleaning workers of the company contracted to...
King appoints new members to Shoura
Government | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:26 am
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Mohamed H. Al-Mady of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) as chairman of the General Organization for Military Industries (GOMI).The king issued a number of royal decrees appointing key people to other important positions.Abdullah...
Teradata Acquires RainStor
Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:49 am
Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company, today announced that it completed the acquisition of RainStor, a privately held company specializing in online big data archiving on Hadoop. This acquisition strengthens Teradata’s enterprise-grade Hadoop...
Saudi CIOs Need to Look at Five Areas to Control Data Risk in View of the BYOD Trend
Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:15 am
Data protection has always been a challenge, even when data flow was, more or less, confined to a closed network system. Now, we have the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) era in which your employees and contractors basically feel they should be able to use whatever device they want to create...
Mobily Wins 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution
Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:11 am
Etihad Etisalat Mobily has won the 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution. Each year, this honor is awarded to a select number of IBM Business Partners who have delivered exceptional solutions to drive business value and transform the way their clients and industries do...
Minister’s visit strengthens Saudi Arabia-New Zealand relationship
Business & Money | Saturday 14 February, 2015 12:21 pm
New Zealand Associate Trade Minister Todd McClay has today concluded bilateral talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “My visit was an opportunity to further strengthen our relationship and highlight New Zealand’s commitment to partnering with Saudi Arabia in areas including food security,...
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