Saudi Arabia stories

OpenID Foundation names four partners to deliver new independent conformance testing for fast-growing digital identity schemes from 2026.

US pDOOH ad spend is forecast to jump 49% in 18 months as AI-powered creative, forecasting and planning reshape digital out-of-home.

Wialon took 12 top partners from 12 countries off road at the Dakar Rally, turning desert telematics into a high-stakes team challenge.

Firms spend millions on data sovereignty and rate awareness high, yet Kiteworks survey finds persistent breaches and cross-border exposure.

AI is driving sharp rises in cyber spend, yet boards still see it as the easiest line to cut when budgets come under pressure.

Hijacked Google Ads accounts are serving bogus installers that trick Mac users into running MacSync stealer via fake Evernote guides.

Zoho hits 1m paying customers and 150m users worldwide as the 30-year-old software group posts 2025 growth in clients and revenue.

LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

AI is deployed everywhere but embedded deeply in fewer than half of firms, as leaders warn integration and skills gaps risk a two-year setback.

Global public safety LTE and 5G spending will climb from USD $5bn in 2025 to over USD $6.3bn annually by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

e& enterprise and Emergence AI team up to roll out autonomous agentic AI for regulated organisations across MENAT and Türkiye.

Vertex Group names Puneeta Rajwant to steer India expansion, InfraTech launch and drive its Vertex 2.0 agenda towards INR ₹1,000 crore.

Motorola launches Avigilon Visual Alerts, an on-prem AI system that spots bespoke safety and security risks across complex camera networks.

Snowflake will run Google's Gemini 3 AI models natively in Cortex, keeping enterprise data in-platform while deepening Google Cloud ties.

WiseTech and Elm sign Saudi logistics tech memorandum to explore digital tools that boost efficiency, integration and customer experience.

Abu Dhabi's Falcon-H1 Arabic AI model debuts with a hybrid Mamba-Transformer design, topping the Open Arabic LLM Leaderboard.

OpenID will launch global conformance tests for key digital ID standards from February 2026, supporting eIDAS 2.0 and other schemes.

HPE cements supercomputing lead as its exascale systems take the top three TOP500 spots and half of the Green500's 20 most efficient.

Finance leaders hail AI as core to strategy, yet fewer than half have scaled it beyond pilots amid legacy, skills and leadership hurdles.

Xsolla and HP join forces to support over 100,000 aspiring game developers globally with free courses and mentorship to launch studios.