Technology & IT | Thursday 13 August, 2015 12:30 pm

Saudi Telco Operators Deploying SDN and Cloud Need to Combat New Security Challenges

 Telco Operators and Service providers in Saudi are under pressure to do two things – one is to respond faster to market innovations and user demand and specifically around differentiation. Today as we know the average revenue per subscriber from voice is declining. So service...

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Business & Money | Thursday 13 August, 2015 12:11 pm

Removing the 140-character limit from Direct Messages

If you’ve checked your Direct Messages today, you may have noticed that something’s missing: the limitation of 140 characters. You can now chat on (and on) in a single Direct Message, and likely still have some characters left over.   While Twitter is largely a public...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 13 August, 2015 4:23 am

Tabuk artists paint biggest portrait of the King so far

 A group of young artists here have painted what they claimed was the biggest portrait of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman so far to show their love and respect for the Saudi monarch. Saudi artist Ali Al-Ghamdi said the painting depicted the King's face with the inscription ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 13 August, 2015 4:20 am

Russia is ready to help Egypt become a regional leader in the nuclear industry

Russia is ready to help Egypt become a regional leader in the nuclear industry: the intergovernmental agreement on the terms of nuclear power plant construction in Egypt and the contracts between the companies of two countries are almost ready for signing, said The Prime Minister of Russian...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 13 August, 2015 3:10 am

Pearson announces new Customer Support initiative for digital customers

Pearson announces today that a new Customer Contact Centre will be launched in the Middle East, catering to the needs of digital customers across the region.   The new service team, based in a state-of-the-art centre in Cairo, will provide telephone, email, web-form and chat support for...

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Sports | Thursday 13 August, 2015 3:00 am

Equipo Announces 23 New Cycling Tour Dates to Colombia

Equipo announces 2015-2016 dates for cycling holidays to Colombia, including Boyacá, Nairo Quintana’s home region and training ground for the Tour de France. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 12 August, 2015 4:27 pm

Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries takes part in the 15th Industrialists Conference as Platinum Sponsor

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) announced that Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries Co. has joined the sponsors of the 15th Industrialists’ Conference “Foreign Direct Investment in GCC and its impact on industry” as Platinum Sponsor of this key event hosted...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 12 August, 2015 4:21 pm

Infor to Acquire GT Nexus

Infor today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire GT Nexus, the world's largest cloud-based global commerce platform, for $675 million. The deal is expected to close within 45 days, pending regulatory approval.   Approximately 25,000 businesses rely on GT...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 12 August, 2015 2:00 pm

Nexen Launches eco- friendly tires N’blue ECO and HD

Nexen Tire to launch N'blue ECO/HD, the eco-friendly tires in the 3rd Quarter Higher energy efficiency and lower pollution emission In line with the world-wide green efforts, Nexen is going to launch eco-friendly products, N'blue ECO and HD in the 3rd quarter. N stands for Nexen, blue...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 12 August, 2015 1:55 pm

Ericsson’s second quarter reported 44% sales increase in the Middle East region

Ericsson reported a sales increase in the Middle East of 44% year-over-year and 44% sequentially in the second quarter. The yearly growth was driven by continued high investments in mobile broadband across the region while Support Solutions sales showed strong growth, especially in Operating...

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