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How Gulf SMEs are building digital resilience amid the pandemic
It’s one year on since the pandemic, and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners in the Gulf region face a transformed economic landscape.
In these uncertain times, company owners are turning to technology to keep their firms afloat and resilient.
SMEs make up more...
How far has open banking come in Europe?
Open banking allows, and in some cases compels, banks to make it easy for financial services IT (fintech) companies to access the accounts of any customer who gives their authorisation for this to happen.
Fintechs can then use that customer’s transaction data for the...
Amadeus on working with Microsoft to change up its cloud strategy
Amadeus’ technology is pervasive throughout the travel industry, with everyone from airlines to hoteliers and car rental firms relying on its platform to help customers make bookings and ensure they enjoy a stress-free travel experience.
In the 30 or so years that Amadeus has...
Facebook disrupts Chinese espionage operation
Facebook’s in-house cyber security team has disrupted a China-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Earth Empusa or Evil Eye, which was targeting activists, journalists and dissidents connected to the Uighur Muslim community of Xinjiang, western China, which is...
Tableau chief Adam Selipsky to succeed Andy Jassy as CEO of AWS
Tableau chief Adam Selipsky is rejoining Amazon Web Services (AWS) after several years away to succeed Andy Jassy as the public cloud giant’s CEO.
Selipsky originally joined AWS in 2005 and spent 11 years as the company’s vice-president for sales, marketing and support before...
Confusion over who pays employers’ NI leaves IT contractors out of pocket
Thousands of IT contractors could be in line to receive a six-figure compensation payout caused by ongoing confusion over who pays employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) on the work they do.
A series of group litigations are being prepared to secure compensation...
Scottish government embarks on green datacentre investment push
The Scottish government wants to position Scotland as a suitable location for datacentres powered by renewable energy as the country looks to invest in its digital infrastructure to generate new sources of economic growth.
As detailed in its Green datacentres and digital...
PagerDuty expands European datacentre presence with help from AWS
PagerDuty is drawing on its longstanding technology partnership with public cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give European users access to a locally hosted version of its digital operations management software.
The company claims its software is used by 60% of the...