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2025 Middle East tech trends: How CIOs will drive innovation with AI

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The energy sector, driven by sustainability goals such as Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 and the UAEs Net Zero 2050, will see a surge in investments in smart grids, renewable energy, and AI-powered energy efficiency solutions.

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Top tech trends powering the Middle East’s digital evolution by 2025

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In the energy and utilities sector, sustainability goals, such as Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 and UAEs Net Zero 2050, will drive investment in smart grids, renewable energy, and AI-driven energy efficiency solutions. What role do you think IoT will play in the Middle Easts smart city and infrastructure projects by 2025?

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

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The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Project Ubin, the Singaporean money authority’s blockchain initiative, moves closer to commercialization.

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CIOs go green, vet IT investments for sustainability

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Sustainability is on the rise as a CIO imperative, with most CIOs now central to their organization’s increasing focus on sustainability planning — a trend that’s shaking up what technologies IT leaders are investing in and the vendors and partners they are signing deals with. Customer demand is also fueling the trend, Bailkoski says.

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Top tech events in the UAE every tech leader must attend in 2025

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From artificial intelligence to blockchain and smart cities, the UAEs tech landscape is set to host some of the most significant gatherings of innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs in the region. Here are the top tech events in the UAE for 2025, organized by date: 1.

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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

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For Namrita, Chief Digital Officer of Aditya Birla Chemicals, Filaments and Insulators, the challenge is integrating legacy wares with digital tools like IoT, AI, and cloud platforms. Additionally, these CIOs have also seen the growing assent for sustainable practices.

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Australian businesses need new servers to drive sustainability and innovation

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This number is concerning given emerging digital technologies such as blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are increasing demand for data centre services further, as workloads are no longer confined to the core data centre and can run anywhere, including the edge.