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UAE
The UAE ’ s Artificial Intelligence , Digital Economy , and Remote Work Applications Office and Emirati Human Resources Development Council , in Dubai , in collaboration with SAS , announced a pioneering initiative with the goal of training 5,000 Emirati students in advanced technologies over the next five years .
du in partnership with AI Hosting Hub , announced deployment of NVIDIA supercluster within the GCC . du will introduce a supercluster composed of several thousand NVIDIA GPUs , housed within Supermicro liquid-cooled racks that surpass 5 + MW of power capacity . This approach is not just a win for AI Hosting Hub but a leap forward for technology implementations across the UAE .
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SAUDI ARABIA
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LogRhythm | Exabeam has expanded its investment in Saudi Arabia with the opening of its regional office in Riyadh . Its strategic expansion in the Saudi Arabia provides local organisations with dedicated on-the-ground support and AI-powered security solutions to improve threat detection , investigation , and response .
Databricks announced it has launched in Saudi Arabia . By opening a new office , and forming strategic partnerships , Databricks will invest in the future of Saudi Arabia and enable its growing local customer base to combine data , analytics , and AI with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform .
CODE81 announced the launch of its Riyadh office , marking a key milestone following its strategic spin-off from Gulf Business Solutions , GBS . This move allows CODE81 to sharpen its focus on delivering advanced digital transformation solutions tailored to Saudi Arabia ’ s needs .
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JORDAN
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QATAR
IBM announced the inauguration of its new office in Al Mana Tower , located in the Corniche area of Doha , during an official ceremony attended by HE Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai , Qatar ’ s Minister of Communications and Information Technology , Timmy Davis , the US Ambassador to Qatar , Shukri Eid , General Manager of IBM for the Gulf , Levant , and Pakistan , and Wissam Shmait , General Manager of IBM in Qatar .
Infobip is supporting Qatar ’ s digital transformation with locally hosted platform , leveraging Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure . Infobip ’ s locally hosted platform processes data within the country , in line with local data security standards .
Huawei organised the Huawei Jordan Media Forum in Amman , gathering senior leadership from Jordan ’ s key media organisations to address digital transformation challenges and opportunities in the media sector . Huawei experts presented specific solutions such as Object Storage Service , Content Delivery Network , Cloud Search Service , Media Processing Centre , and Video on Demand services .
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BAHRAIN
Qareeb Data Centres , the Middle East ’ s first Edge data centre provider , and Gcore , a global provider in Edge AI , cloud , network , and security solutions , signed a Memorandum of Understanding , at the Touchdown Middle East 2024 conference in Bahrain .
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