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2023: The year of the rise of the digital economy in GCC countries

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Companies and governments are aware of the benefits of new technologies and digitization: optimizing costs and operating resources, ensuring customer satisfaction, attracting new customers, and gaining a competitive advantage through digital adoption. The Middle East is on the edge of a massive digital disruption.

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Savvy CIOs step up to support business hypergrowth

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Acceleration plans also included fast-tracking the evaluation and implementation of new technologies, such as AI to enhance robotic process automation (RPA) and optical character recognition (OCR), as well as delivering new cloud-based data storage and analytics systems.

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What business executives don’t understand about IT

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At that time, Sears was the world’s largest retailer and it was just beginning to use the new System 360 from IBM. Beyond that, the senior executives across the business knew little of us nor did they want to know. Ever since then, IT has been accused of being too technology-oriented. But much has changed.

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Tech leaders weigh in on the upside and flipside of generative AI

CIO

Generative AI is widely regarded as one of the great technology breakthroughs of our time. I was at a Gartner conference in the US where they called generative AI out as the ‘third digital revolution’ after mainframe computing and the internet. But overall, we see this as a huge opportunity.

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Top automation pitfalls and how to avoid them

CIO

“We’re very early in our automation journey,” says Mike Upton, the organization’s digital and technology officer. First Tech had been deploying some robotic process automation, trying to replace paper forms, as well as using Salesforce.com for other automations. But having the right technology in place wasn’t enough.

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Digital Transformation: How To Protect Your Organization From Cyber Risk

Smart Data Collective

Cybersecurity is essential for any organization looking to stay competitive in today’s digital world. This article will outline key steps companies should take to have a competitive advantage by adopting new technologies and incorporating them into their digital transformation strategy. What is cyber risk?

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Deciphering the Pros & Cons of Real-Time Data Streaming

Smart Data Collective

One of the recent developments in digital technology is streaming data in real-time. Streaming video media and real-time evaluation are the two most typical use cases for real-time data streaming. Advantages of Real-Time Data Streaming. Helps a Company Gain Instant Insight. Data Streaming Functioning Procedure.

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