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OPSWAT, a global leader in critical infrastructure protection (CIP) cybersecurity solutions, and Redington, a leading technology aggregator, recently announced a distribution partnership covering the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Levant, Türkiye, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The partnership combines OPSWAT’s CIP portfolio with Redington’s on-the-ground sales, technical, warehousing, logistics and financing capabilities. Together, OPSWAT and Redington will widen access to specialised protection for segmented, air-gapped and operational technology (OT) environments across government, defence, banking, telecoms, energy, utilities and other regulated sectors. The agreement will have an initial emphasis on solutions such as MetaDefender Kiosk™ and MetaDefender Optical Diode™…
The Tawakkalna national application has strengthened its technical ecosystem to streamline daily services for more than 36 million citizens, residents, and visitors across Saudi Arabia, serving as a regional benchmark in integrated digital transformation and quality-of-life enhancement. As a single, trusted national gateway, Tawakkalna integrates multi-sector services spanning healthcare, judiciary, commercial integrity, municipal affairs, housing, transport, and telecommunications. In the health and social sectors, the platform enables users to verify medical insurance policies, track unified health records, access Ministry of Justice electronic notarizations, and interface with Social Insurance and the Social Development Bank. To safeguard commercial transactions, the app allows…
Harish Chib, Vice President for Emerging Markets, Middle East & Africa, Sophos. Harish Chib, Vice President for Emerging Markets, Middle East & Africa at Sophos, discusses critical infrastructure protection, AI-led security operations, managed services and regional expansion Cyber resilience now extends beyond preventing attacks to maintaining operations during active incidents. Organisations must secure interconnected IT, operational technology, cloud, identity and third-party environments while responding to threats at greater speed. In an interview with TahawulTech, Harish Chib, Vice President for Emerging Markets, Middle East & Africa at Sophos, discusses layered defence, managed detection and response, governed AI autonomy and human oversight.…
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) pumped 500,000 liters of safe drinking water on Wednesday across governorates in the Gaza Strip as part of its emergency water response project. The initiative forms part of the ongoing Saudi campaign to provide relief to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, addressing severe water shortages and ensuring access to potable water for displaced and vulnerable communities. This project reflects Saudi Arabia’s continuous humanitarian efforts, carried out through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to sustain essential living standards, enhance public health resilience, and deliver critical life-support services throughout the Gaza Strip.…
Inseego, a U.S. broadband vendor, recently completed a deal to buy Nokia’s fixed wireless access (FWA) CPE business. The company has expectations that this move will roughly double its revenue. By adding indoor, outdoor and mmWave FWA technologies to its wireless broadband portfolio, Inseego stated it now has a global presence across consumer and business connectivity. Its footprint for operators now includes Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, while also expanding its engineering capabilities. To support its global ambition, Inseego established an international headquarters in Amsterdam, a development centre in Athens, Greece, expanded its presence in Bangalore,…
ASB Capital, a purpose-driven asset and wealth management firm with assets under management (AUM) of USD 10.2 billion, announced the launch of the ASB Liquidity Fund. The Fund is a Shari’a-compliant money market fund designed to provide investors with a liquid investment solution focused on capital preservation, daily liquidity, low volatility, and risk-adjusted returns. The Fund deploys capital across a diversified portfolio of high-quality short-term deposits and debentures issued by governments, government entities, banks, and other eligible issuers across the GCC and wider MENA markets. Its highly liquid portfolio is actively managed to maintain low volatility while targeting higher risk-adjusted…
Huawei recently unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series and placed a special focus on its latest in-house chip architecture, amid continued U.S. curbs on advanced semiconductor shipments. The Mate 90 range comprises four models running on Huawei’s HarmonyOS 7, which the company said supports more than 450,000 apps and services. Pricing starts at CNY5,999 ($895) for the base Mate 90, with the top end Mate 90 RS Ultimate Design reaching CNY12,999. The premium models use Huawei’s Kirin 9050 Pro chipset, which the vendor claimed delivers a 31% performance boost compared with the previous generation. The chip also integrates Huawei’s LogicFolding…
The Holy Makkah Municipality has intensified its field inspection tours across more than 600 cafés in Makkah to ensure strict compliance with municipal, health, and hygiene standards. The oversight campaign focuses on verifying food and beverage safety, assessing general sanitation across internal facilities, and monitoring adherence to operational regulations, with inspectors documenting violations and taking statutory measures against non-compliant establishments. With cafés serving as famous social, family, and professional destinations for residents and visitors, the municipality reaffirmed its commitment to continuous field monitoring to safeguard public health, improve service standards, and enhance the overall quality of life in Makkah. Source:…
Cisco is expanding the Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA through a partnership with Supermicro, bringing its leadership in high-density, liquid and air-cooled compute to Cisco’s industry-leading full-stack, secure AI infrastructure architecture for enterprises, neoclouds and sovereign clouds. “We are at the beginning of one of the largest datacenter buildouts in history”, said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco. “Every organisation is racing to scale AI — but speed only counts if it comes with control of data, managed token costs, and real ROI. It starts with the right infrastructure: compute and networking, delivered as an integrated solution that’s…
STC Bank today announced a collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to deliver compelling experiences for fans across Saudi Arabia.&n