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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
With landmark initiatives announced to forge new frontiers in Europe’s digital sovereignty, including the €200bn AI pledge and unprecedented emphasis on quantum, cloud, semiconductors and data storage, a sense of urgency is sweeping across the continent to reimagine the status quo and reshape critical tech infrastructures.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Infinite Reality™ (iR), an innovation company powering the next generation of digital media and ecommerce through extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), and other immersive technologies, announced recently the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Touchcast, a pioneering agentic AI company for $500 million in a combination of cash and stock. The acquisition is Infinite Reality’s largest yet, and the transaction agreement values the company at $15.5 billion.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Microsoft and Databricks have expanded their strategic partnership to make Azure Databricks capabilities more accessible to organisations across Saudi Arabia. This enhanced collaboration marks a significant step toward empowering local businesses to capitalise on the potential of big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), driving innovation and supporting the Kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030 goals.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
To help organisations responsibly unlock the full value of GenAI, data and AI leader SAS has created a benchmarking tool to assist leaders in understanding how to navigate GenAI adoption securely and successfully. Click this link to start your organisation’sSAS GenAI Maturity Assessment.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Oracle recently announced a collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the National eLearning Centre (NeLC) to equip 50,000 Saudi nationals with the latest Artificial Intelligence and digital technology skills that will help prepare them for the most in-demand technology-powered jobs of the future.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Inception, a G42 company, and a leading innovator of industry-specific AI-powered products and enterprise business solutions, recently announced a strategic partnership with Kore.ai, a US-based global leader in enterprise AI. Under this partnership, Inception and Kore.ai will jointly develop AI-powered products across multiple key enterprise sectors.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
In celebration of its 7th anniversary, the global leading cryptocurrency exchange BingX unveiled a user story campaign titled “Your Voice, Our Story“, inviting users from around the world to share their unique journeys and unforgettable moments with BingX. This campaign is rooted in BingX’s long-standing user-first vision, running from April 14, 2025, 10:00 (UTC) to April 30, 2025, 10:00 (UTC).
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is proud to announce its collaboration with Manara, the social impact startup dedicated to unlocking the untapped potential of top technology talent in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), including women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Together, they are launching an ambitious initiative aimed at training 2,500 software engineers across the region on cloud skills with an investment of $3.6M over two years by AWS.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Cisco unveiled its vision for agentic AI collaboration, along with new AI-powered collaboration solutions designed to create futureproofed experiences for customers, employees and IT teams. Cisco is driving toward a future where AI anticipates customer and employee needs, addresses challenges, fulfils intent and further enhances productivity for all. New agentic AI innovations include the general availability of the Webex AI Agent for enhanced customer experience.
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1 week ago | 
tahawultech.com | Daniel Shepherd
Ericsson has received the Google Cloud Business Applications Partner of the Year Award for Telecommunications, marking the third year in a row that Ericsson has won a Google Cloud Partner of the Year award. This accolade underscores Ericsson’s innovative strategies and strong collaboration with Google Cloud. “Our close relationship with Google Cloud is based on deep collaboration right across our portfolio”, said Razvan Teslaru, Head of Strategy, Cloud Software and Services, Ericsson.
