Middle East stories

AI tools may help construction firms keep staff as a survey finds more than half of professionals would stay put if employers boosted investment.

Cerillion's first-half trading was boosted by a GBP £42.5 million Omantel deal, sending new orders higher and setting up a stronger second half.

Geotab says fleet operators can cut fuel bills with telematics, driver rewards and data-led coaching as costs keep climbing.

Google expands Media CDN with flexible shielding, bigger segments and savings plans to help broadcasters cut latency and costs for major live streams.

Vanyar opens in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with a specialist Palantir practice aimed at getting enterprise clients into production in weeks.

GapMaps deepens its data marketplace with Panolytica, giving marketers and planners finer-grained consumer insights across Australia, the UK and Saudi Arabia.

Adobe names 2026 award winners as Costa Crociere, TSB Bank, the NFL and Lenovo are honoured for data-led customer engagement.

MH Enterprise upgrades most SonicWall customers as trust-first guidance, rapid deployments and threat blocking drive growth across Egypt.

Telcos are turning music streaming into localised services for niche audiences, from Greenlandic heritage platforms to kid-safe apps and MENA billing deals.

Study finds AI now shapes investment research for 78.3% of users, with strongest enthusiasm in the Middle East and Latin America.

Deloitte, Microsoft and Intel among SAS partner awards winners as global software vendor spotlights channel growth across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

SITA says aviation tech spend hit USD $50.8 billion in 2025, but poor data integration is still limiting returns across AI, security and sustainability.

PSA Singapore expands Motorola's TETRA radio network for Tuas Mega Port as the USD $20 billion project gears up to become the world's largest terminal.

Kvantify names Dr David Siebert as global head of business development as it steps up commercial push for hybrid quantum-classical software.

Cloudera says most firms have embraced AI, but weak data governance, access controls and integration are still blocking real-world gains.

Icon Solutions taps former Finastra and Visa executive Anders Olofsson to drive sales of its payments framework to major banks across EMEA and Asia.

Kiwis lean on travel agents as Middle East tensions drive reroutes, cancellations and surging demand for expert advice.

Chief executives' calls in Q1 2026 were dominated by AI, but references to Iran surged as boardrooms weighed war risks and supply chain exposure.

SLR deepens its digital climate analytics offer with the acquisitions of Planetrics and ClimSystems, targeting asset-level risk modelling.

Asia Pacific claims 10 of top 25 foreign investment spots as Singapore leaps to eighth, with investors prioritising innovation over old economic measures.