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

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Data sovereignty and the development of local cloud infrastructure will remain top priorities in the region, driven by national strategies aimed at ensuring data security and compliance. The Internet of Things will also play a transformative role in shaping the regions smart city and infrastructure projects.

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The evolving landscape of network security in 2025

CIO

The distributed nature of todays work environments, fueled by cloud computing, remote work, and the Internet of Things (IoT), presents unprecedented security challenges. Organizations are grappling with an expanding attack surface, sophisticated cyber threats, and the need for consistent security policies across all access points.

Network 163
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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. By 2027, the global number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 29 billion, a significant increase from the 16.7 billion devices reported in 2023.

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The Case for Reshaping Traditional Industries with Tech

CIO

The new Global Digitalization Index or GDI jointly created with IDC measures the maturity of a country’s ICT industry by factoring in multiple indicators for digital infrastructure, including computing, storage, cloud, and green energy. This is something that Huawei has been focused on for some time.

Industry 179
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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Another commonly shared resource between Chinese threat groups are so-called ORB (Operational Relay Box) networks that consist of thousands of compromised IoT devices and virtual private servers that are used to route traffic and conceal espionage operations.

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AIOps for successful IoT projects

CIO

It’s interesting how the number of projected IoT devices being connected in 2023 can differ by 26 billion from article to article. Today’s management and infrastructure are designed to populate a data lake with valuable information that helps accurately determine the type of endpoint clients that are on your network.

IoT 148
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Securing Critical Infrastructure with Zero Trust

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Critical infrastructure forms the fabric of our society, providing power for our homes and businesses, fuel for our vehicles, and medical services that preserve human health. Examples are all around us. Simply put, failure is not an option.

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