Verizon Business has unveiled its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), revealing a sharp global rise in data breaches. Among the regions hit hardest is EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), where cybersecurity threats like system intrusions and insider threats are growing at an alarming pace.
The Middle East is a rapidly developing region where Comarch began its operations over 20 years ago. The company consistently signs new contracts and renews long-term partnerships with key telecommunications operators, providing them with the most advanced solutions available. Comarch's commitment to the digital transformation of the Middle East was recognized during the 18th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders' Summit, a prestigious event highlighting outstanding telecommunications initiatives. Comarch was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation for its contribution to the success of the event.
International Girls in ICT Day 2025, set for April 24th, will highlight the theme ‘Girls in ICT for Inclusive Digital Transformation.’ This global initiative emphasizes the urgent need for greater female representation in the ICT sector.
In recent years, Middle Eastern governments have embarked on ambitious digital transformation journeys to enhance efficiency, transparency, and citizen satisfaction.
His Excellency Eng. Saeed bin Hamoud Al-Maawali, Minister of Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT), issued Ministerial Decision No. (108 /2025), enacting the Regulatory Framework for Government Digital Transformation.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is catalyzing a new technological era, with multimodal AI systems redefining how we interact with technology. Multimodal AI transcends the capabilities introduced by traditional AI, simultaneously interpreting and integrating information from multiple sources, including text, images, audio, and video.
In celebration of Earth Day’s 55th anniversary, the 2025 theme, “Our Power, Our Planet,” urges collective global action to fast-track the transition to renewable energy. The objective is to triple clean electricity output by 2030 by harnessing solar, wind, hydro, tidal, and geothermal sources.
The global data center market is vast and rapidly growing. By the end of 2025, there will be 6,111 public data centers worldwide, 5,544 colocation sites, and 567 hyperscale sites. These facilities have become foundational to enterprise digital transformation, enabling the delivery of advanced technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, blockchain, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Global cybersecurity solutions leader, Fortinet Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sharjah Cyber Security Center to fortify Sharjah’s digital defenses and strengthen its cybersecurity infrastructure.
The global 5G Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market is poised for exponential growth, with projections indicating a significant leap from USD 2.24 billion in 2024 to USD 22.9 billion by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.24%, according to Verified Market Research.
