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SAUDI ARABIA
EAST : HUAWEI CLOUD announced it would launch a cloud region in Saudi Arabia to boost the country ’ s digital economy and enable access to more advanced and secure cloud services for government , corporate and individuals . HUAWEI CLOUD followed this with an announcement to bolster digital transformation in the Saudi Arabia by investing $ 400 million in the next five years .
CENTRAL : Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its intent to launch a new production site in Saudi Arabia . HPE and Alfanar intend to make a long-term multi-million dollar investment that will support critical national initiatives in the public and private sectors , including education , health , oil and gas , financial services , and manufacturing . The project will support the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative and is predicted to contribute up to $ 500m to Saudi GDP .
WEST : Oracle announced plans to open a third public cloud region in Saudi Arabia . Located in Riyadh , the new cloud region will be part of a planned $ 1.5 billion investment from Oracle to expand cloud infrastructure capabilities in Saudi Arabia . The Oracle Cloud Riyadh Region will join the existing Oracle Cloud Jeddah Region and the planned Oracle Cloud Region to be in the futuristic city of NEOM .
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UAE
datamena , the neutral digital ecosystem from du , in collaboration with Equinix , announced the launch of Equinix Fabric , an advanced software-defined interconnection solution in UAE . Equinix Fabric enables businesses to connect to distributed infrastructure and digital ecosystems directly , securely , and dynamically on platform Equinix through a single port in and out of the region . Equinix Fabric provides a reliable and flexible connectivity solution for businesses and customers looking to optimise their WAN .
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QATAR
The Civil Services and Government Development Bureau of Qatar has selected Sprinklr as the technology platform to deliver unified digital citizen experiences across its government agencies . To realise this ambition , the Bureau has established a Citizen Experience Centre of Excellence , designed to harness the power of Sprinklr ’ s Unified-CXM platform and professional services expertise .
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OMAN
Amazon Web Services , announced launch of a new AWS Local Zone in Muscat , Oman . AWS Local Zones are a type of infrastructure deployment that places AWS compute , storage , database , and other services near large population , industry , and information technology centres . Customers can run workloads with low latency requirements on AWS Local Zones while connecting to the rest of their workloads running in AWS Regions . AWS now has 25 AWS Local Zones around the world , with announced plans to launch 27 more AWS Local Zones globally .
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BAHRAIN
Global Technology Hub by Citi Bahrain is on track to employ 1,000 Bahraini coders over ten years . Currently , the hub comprises of 110 Bahraini employees , out of which 91 Bahrainis have started at the Citi Seef premises , with 19 additional hires set to join soon . When selecting a country for its Global Technology Hub , Citi conducted a rigorous technical coding test and interview process , with Bahraini talent showing the highest pass rate when compared to other regions .
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