{"id":2228,"date":"2024-02-01T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2024-02-01T14:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:23:41","slug":"weekly-news-blast-1st-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/weekly-news-blast-1st-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News Blast – 1st February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the GDCA Weekly News Blast! Check out the latest industry news from the GCC region below. Have any Middle East data centres news you\u2019d like to share? Email yours to imogen@gulfdca.com<\/a> with NEWS<\/strong> in the subject line.<\/div>\n
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Sponsor News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Eaton<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Eaton wins two new awards<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This highly competitive PR Daily Awards declared Eaton winners for excellence in corporate and financial\/investor communications; and recognised the company\u2019s successful efforts in 2023 to celebrate their 100th<\/sup> anniversary of its listing on the New York Stock Exchange \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Charles Russell Speechlys<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

CRS host annual \u2018Women in Leadership\u2019 event\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of an effort to address and tackle the barriers faced by women in business, Charles Russell Speechlys hosted their third \u2018Women in Leadership\u2019 event. Led by Sarah Wigington and Grace Hudson, esteemed CRS team members, this event is a testament to the company\u2019s commitment to pushing gender imbalance at leadership levels to the forefront \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

CRS successfully refinance Kao Data<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the past seven years, CRS have been working closely with Downing LLP to accelerate the growth and transformation of Kao Data into a multi-site platform. Kao Data are leading specialists in the development and operations of data centres, concentrating on AI and advanced computing, and with this successful refinancing are set to become significant players \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Industry News<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dubai<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Forcepoint allies with AWS<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forcepoint has joined forces with Amazon Web Services to build a new data centre and continue the expansion of their Data-first SASE service platform in the Middle East. Coinciding with the regions National Cybersecurity Strategy, this SASE serviced data centre will play a pivotal role in accelerating the UAE\u2019s digital and cloud transformation \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Qatar<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Meeza and Qatar Financial Centre Authority enter MoU\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a pact to foster sustained growth and boost innovation within Qatar\u2019s tech ecosystem, QFC and Meeza have signed an MoU. Through this partnership with QFC, Meeza aims to \u2018\u2019provide unparalleled IT solutions to businesses registered on the QFC platform, further accelerating their digital transformation journey\u2019\u2019, comments Meeza CEO, Mohsin Nasser al-Marri \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saudia adopts RISE with SAP on Google Cloud<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To keep up with the digital transformation currently being experienced in the region, Saudi Arabia\u2019s national flag carrier, Saudia, has become the first airline customer to adopt RISE with SAP on Google Cloud. This adoption is set to optimise efficiency and drastically reduce maintenance and operational costs; most significantly though, it epitomises the Saudi Vision 2030 ethos of bringing the world to Saudi \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

China\u2019s MSA Capital and the Ministry of Investment enter an alliance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This partnership is a monumental catalyst for the development of Asia and KSA cross-border business relations and acceleration of digital innovation in Saudi \u2013 \u2018\u2019Our collaboration with MSA Capital underlines our resolve to establish the Kingdom as a global investment powerhouse and a leading hub for technological advancement\u2019\u2019 comments the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, HE Al-Falih \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Public cloud technology could revolutionise Middle Eastern economy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historically, cloud adoption in the Middle East has been slow. In a recent report conducted by McKinsey, cloud adoption could generate a staggering $183Bn by 2030 – this is roughly 6% of the GCC\u2019s current GDP. Momentum is there, but are we acting fast enough? \u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the GDCA Weekly News Blast! Check out the latest industry news from the GCC region below. Have any Middle East data centres news you\u2019d like to share? Email yours to imogen@gulfdca.com with NEWS in the subject line. Sponsor News Eaton Eaton wins two new awards This highly competitive PR Daily Awards declared Eaton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news-blast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2253,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}