EZINE:
In April 2017, the Swedish capital Stockholm was the scene of a terrorist attack which saw a truck used as a weapon on a pedestrianised street. It left five people dead and 14 seriously injured.
EGUIDE:
The results of our 2019 IT Priorities survey are in, and they show the good news that IT budgets are rising faster than they have for many years. Cloud remains the top spending priority for this year, but IT automation is growing fast as a major investment area.
EGUIDE:
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?
EZINE:
The Netherlands has for years attracted datacentre investment and has seen major construction projects. Amsterdam alone has 33 datacentres within a radius of 20km. So when the local authority in Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer called an immediate halt to datacentre construction, it was a shock.
EZINE:
Swedish citizens are becoming more concerned about the activities of social media companies and are reducing their online interaction with them as a result.
EZINE:
The European Central Bank has found that banks with the most IT expertise in the boardroom have better control in several IT risk categories, including fewer successful cyber attacks and less downtime of critical IT systems.
EZINE:
Countries in the Middle East see technology as an industry of the future and are investing heavily in the sector as part of their economic diversification plans. Read in this issue how the latest development will see a $60m venture capital fund, based in Bahrain, invest in 120 early-stage startups across the Middle East region.
EZINE:
Sweden's Handelsbanken is cutting its branch network by nearly half, which means more money will be invested in IT. But it's not just Sweden and the Nordics – banks across the world are watching the fintech industry demonstrate to consumers what banking can be like if the right technology is in place.
EZINE:
The Middle East region is on a path, or even fast track, to becoming a global digital hub. But any country or region heading in this direction will have some fundamentals to get right.
EZINE:
What more does a region need to be recognised as a technology leader than its very own valley, of the silicon variety? Where once only oil flowed down Saudi Arabia's economic valleys, tech has now taken a grip. Read in this issue about the country's ambitions in the tech sector.
