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CNME Editor Mark Forker sat down with Abdullah Altaifi, Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Bahrain, at Palo Alto Networks, to discuss in more detail what business lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic can be applied amidst the ongoing disruption across the Middle East region, what new wave of cyberattacks are being launched – and how much of a role is AI playing in driving them. Abdullah Altaifi, Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Bahrain, at Palo Alto Networks, has called for business leaders to change their mindset from managing devices to managing identities. There have been a…
[Editor’s Note: Follow Khaleej Times live blog amid US-Israel-Iran war for the latest regional developments.] The UAE’s Ministry of Defence mourns the death of the civilian contractors in the UAE Armed Forces, a Moroccan national, who was killed during a routine mission in Bahrain following an Iranian missile attack that targeted the country. The authority said the ‘brazen Iranian attack’ resulted in injuries to five members of the UAE Ministry of Defence. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp channels. The Ministry of Defence expresses its sincere condolences and sympathies to the family of the martyr and…
DUBAI, 25th March, 2026 (WAM) — England’s Chris Wood has been crowned champion of the 2025-2026 MENA Golf Tour season, the UAE’s globally leading initiative, after finishing top of the final Order of Merit with 59,320 points, in an achievement that reflects the strength of competition and the UAE’s growing role in developing golf at the international level. Spain’s Juan Salama came second with 33,050 points, followed by France’s Pierre Pineau in third on 31,532 points, while Wales’ Jack Davidson finished fourth with 30,355 points, at the close of a season that featured events in Portugal, Egypt and Morocco. Wood’s…
Uniceramic Qatar W.L.L., the country’s first and only manufacturer of porcelain and ceramic tiles, has successfully leveraged an Epicor cloud-based ERP solution to achieve significant operational improvements across finance, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales. Epicor have helped Uniceramic Qatar transform their operations and deliver world-class manufacturing capabilities. Since deploying Epicor Kinetic, the company has increased inventory accuracy to over 96%, reduced purchase order cycle times from up to seven days to just one or two, and cut monthly financial closing by more than 50%, enabling faster and more confident financial reporting. With one of the most advanced and highly automated…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced that the UAE hosted the operation to release an American citizen who had been imprisoned in Afghanistan and his handover to the US in the presence of representatives from the relevant parties of both countries. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp channels. The ministry also expressed its gratitude to the US and Afghanistan for their confidence and their trust in the UAE and selecting it as the location for the release operation. It highlighted that this role underscores the UAE’s position as a reliable mediator, supporting both…
EMIRATES, 24th March, 2026 (WAM) — Municipal authorities across the UAE stepped up field and emergency response measures to address rainfall and unstable weather conditions, intensifying efforts to safeguard public facilities, maintain traffic flow and ensure the efficiency of stormwater drainage systems. In Al Dhafra, emergency teams at the Region Municipality handled 420 cases and reports within just 12 hours under a proactive operational plan, achieving a 100 percent recovery rate. The municipality said the effects of the moderate to heavy rainfall that affected cities across the region had been fully addressed, including the removal of fallen trees and the…
Uniceramic Qatar W.L.L., the country’s first and only manufacturer of porcelain and ceramic tiles, has successfully leveraged an Epicor cloud-based ERP solution to achieve significant operational improvements across finance, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales. Epicor have helped Uniceramic Qatar transform their operations and deliver world-class manufacturing capabilities. Since deploying Epicor Kinetic, the company has increased inventory accuracy to over 96%, reduced purchase order cycle times from up to seven days to just one or two, and cut monthly financial closing by more than 50%, enabling faster and more confident financial reporting. With one of the most advanced and highly automated…
[Editor’s Note: Follow Khaleej Times live blog amid US-Israel-Iran war for the latest regional developments.] Schools in Dubai are implementing extensive health, safety, and safeguarding measures in line with KHDA expectations as they prepare for a potential reopening. This follows a recent update from the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) that allows schools to apply for a return to onsite, in-person learning, provided they meet specific regulatory requirements. These include well-defined arrival and dismissal protocols, increased supervision, and maintaining consistently high standards across the campus. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp channels. Following the notice…
ABU DHABI, 24th March, 2026 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms Iran’s unprovoked terrorist attack that targeted the Kingdom of Bahrain, which resulted in the martyrdom of a Moroccan civilian contractor with the UAE Armed Forces while performing routine duties, as well as the injury of five members of the UAE Ministry of Defence and a number of Bahraini soldiers, in a flagrant violation of international law. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) reaffirmed that this aggression constitutes a violation of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Bahrain and a threat…
Ariel Assaraf, CEO, Coralogix. Coralogix and Skyflow are launching a strategic partnership designed to help organisations safeguard sensitive customer data within logs. This collaboration ensures robust data protection without compromising the ability to perform searches, investigations, or leverage AI-driven operations. Logs and telemetry play a critical role in debugging, incident response, security analysis, and AI workflows. However, they often contain sensitive customer data, embedded both in structured fields and unstructured text. While many observability tools mitigate this risk through redaction, this approach comes at a cost—eliminating exposure but also stripping away context. The result? Logs become more difficult to query, correlate, and operationalise…