By Shereen Shabnam When I look back at my time in Portugal, what comes to mind is the medieval castles, palaces, hilltop castles, picturesque cobblestone villages, bustling towns and great food. My favourite time was sitting in the open-air cafes, watching the locals while enjoying freshly baked bread, delicious fried sardines served with sauces of... Continue Reading →
By Shereen Shabnam One of the most memorable trips I have taken as a motoring enthusiast was to Gramado, a tiny mountain resort that has the Hollywood Car Museum and a place for super car driving experiences. The town is like a Swiss mountain village with boutiques selling avant-garde glasswork, gourmet chocolate and has some... Continue Reading →
Revel in picturesque views while sipping signature coffee and tea blends and enjoying healthy snacks and desserts Spend quality time with your friends while relishing the beautiful views of Palm Jumeirah and the Dubai skyline, over a Healthy Afternoon Tea at The Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery by Sofitel. Guests can choose from the curated... Continue Reading →
By Shereen Shabnam My favourite place to be in Dubai is the Shangri-La Hotel, my perfect sanctuary during these trying times for fitness and relaxation, delicious dining and premium wellness and leisure facilities. EVery morning I start my day at the wellness area and while people close to me wish it was more in the... Continue Reading →
Themed global cuisine kiosks take centre stage at ‘Lulu World Food 2021’
LuLu, the largest hypermarket chain in the region is launching its annual Food Food extravaganza, 'Lulu World Food 2021', a two-week festival until the 9th of March 2021 featuring new and timeless food concepts, contests and celebrities. Themed around cuisine from around the world, the festival highlights a wide variety of special offers and culinary delights... Continue Reading →
Fortinet Delivers SASE and Zero Trust Network Access Capabilities with Major Updates to its FortiOS Operating System
Over 300 New Features in FortiOS 7.0 Expand the Fortinet Security Fabric’s Ability to Deliver Consistent Security Across All Networks, Endpoints, and Clouds News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced version 7.0 of FortiOS, Fortinet’s flagship operating system. With over 300 new features, FortiOS 7.0... Continue Reading →
Infoblox Upgrades NIOS with Security, Orchestration, and Reliability Features to Enable Workplace Transformation
Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, today announces updates to its award-winning Network Identity Operating System (NIOS). This latest release provides customers DoT/DoH support for advanced security, additional cloud integrations and DevOps automation, DDI enhancements, and extended service provider capabilities. The update enables organizations to extend visibility, reliability and security across on-premises... Continue Reading →
TrickBot Emerges as UAE’s Top Malware Threat
Check Point Research (CPR) reports TrickBot Emerges as UAE’s Top Malware Threat impacting 7% of the organizations, however Emotet trojan continued to reign as the top malware globally in January 2021, and its impact was seen across 6% of organizations in the UAE Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm ofCheck Point® Software Technologies Ltd.... Continue Reading →
KEF Holdings launches game-changing Meitra Care Network to disrupt India’s US$193 billion healthcare sector
K.K. Shailaja, Hon’ble Minister of Health Social Justice, Woman and Child Development – Government of Kerala, graced the launch event as Chief Guest in Calicut, Kerala, India, that was attended by senior officials who witnessed the beginning of a new chapter in India’s growing healthcare sector KEF Holdings, a Dubai-based diversified investment conglomerate, has launched... Continue Reading →
INNOVATIVE AND GLAMOUROUS : THE NEW OASIS 40M
Shereen Shabnam Benetti showed for the first time Oasis 40M, the revolutionary yacht with exterior lines by UK firm RWD and sophisticated interiors by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture in New York. In its 40 metres, Oasis 40M offers a new take on the concept of a lifestyle yacht. The exteriors show the beach house as an elegant... Continue Reading →
HPE Aruba Outlines 5 Focal Areas for Retail Industry Success
By: Jacob Chacko, Regional Director - Middle East & South Africa at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company As retailers adapt how they serve customers to meet immediate and long-term challenges, they are transforming their services to do more. Business transformation requires a network foundation, digital tools, and new streams of data to be analyzed.... Continue Reading →
For Middle East enterprises, 2021 will be ‘the Year of AI’, predicts Dataiku
Since its entry into Middle East market in early 2020, Dataiku’s innovative AI platform has helped regional organizations leverage the technology to build use cases to address industry-wide problems such as fraud, churn, supply-chain optimization, and predictive maintenance Business intelligence driven by advanced machine learning will be a key differentiator for regional businesses as they... Continue Reading →
“Be Our Guest” campaign starts in Malls in Northern Emirates
Line Investments & Property (LIP)malls initiates five weeks of Spend and Win promotions with Valentine's and Mission Mars Celebrations The shopping mall and management division of Lulu Group International, Line Investments & Property (LIP) introduces the 'Be Our Guest' campaign with a number of initiatives for the month of February across three Malls in Northern... Continue Reading →
‘Many Organizations Still Lack Cybersecurity Measures to Protect Distributed Workforce’ – Infoblox Q4 2020 Cyberthreat Intelligence Report
Infoblox has published its Quarterly Cyberthreat Intelligence Report for Q4 2020, that includes data on threat activity publicly released from October 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020[1]. The 2021 Cyberthreats in Context In the widespread transition to cloud computing, many organizations have transferred their legacy applications to infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) platforms. They have... Continue Reading →
Englease.com to help 1 million Arabs become proficient in English
The ESL market is poised to reach USD $58bil by 2022 Englease.com, the brainchild of well-known tech entrepreneur Omar Chihane, hopes to help over 1 million Arabs become fluent in English by offering Unlimited English courses online with bilingual teachers for a monthly price lower than an average cell phone bill. Chihane came up with... Continue Reading →
Absolute Elegance: The 40M Sunreef Explorer
By Shereen Shabnam Sunreef Yachts are cruising worldwide and considered to be the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of luxury sailing and power multihulls. Each custom-made yacht is designed in great detail for the most demanding customers and delivers the best in comfort, style and safety. The company is now the world leader in the... Continue Reading →
A MASTERPIECE OF ART AND MARINE ENGINEERING: MAGELLANO 25 METRI FROM AZIMUT YACHTS
By Shereen Shabnam Azimut Yachts new Magellano 25 Metri is created in partnership with the internationally renowned artist and architect Vincenzo De Cotiis, who brings his unmistakable signature style to the interiors, while Ken Freivokh is behind the timeless elegance of the chic and sophisticated exterior lines. The yacht makes extensive use of carbon fiber... Continue Reading →
Forever Innovative: Riva 88’ Folgore
Edited by Shereen Shabnam The new Riva sport-fly, an exciting combination of innovative vision and legendary style is a product of collaboration between Officina Italiana Design, the firm headed by Mauro Micheli and Sergio Beretta that designs the entire Riva range, the Product Strategy Committee led by Piero Ferrari and Ferretti Group’s Engineering Department. Only... Continue Reading →
By Shereen Shabnam Singapore was my favorite cosmopolitan city for weekend visits during my nine years in Kuala Lumpur. As students took the overnight train and ventured the streets for culinary experiences trying hawker food, Indian food, seafood, scrumptious Chinese cuisine and strolled through the lovely hiking trails or enjoy the beaches in the South.... Continue Reading →
Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa By Shereen Shabnam After a period of not travelling for nearly a year, heading to Maldives was indeed a treat and a few days at the award-winning Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa brought so many memorable moments. The resort is home to an exquisite collection of... Continue Reading →
By Shereen Shabnam During my nine years in Malaysia, Penang was the most popular local exotic holiday destination we used to head to for a dose of cultural sights and natural scenery. Known as the Pearl of the Orient, Penang is famous for its many soft sandy beaches and viewed as the food capital of... Continue Reading →
The Baltic Sea Region is looking forward to more cruises in 2021
Cruise Baltic looks forward to welcoming cruise guests again all around the Baltic Sea Region, such as in Stockholm, Sweden. The cruise network, Cruise Baltic, has just published the annual Cruise Baltic Market Review, which not surprisingly shows disappointing figures in 2020 due to the pandemic. The network is now looking forward to more normal... Continue Reading →
Luxury and Opulence: The All-New Pearl 62
Edited by Shereen Shabnam Founded in 1998 with the aim of designing a range of luxury motor yachts offering voluminous interiors, combined with opulence and design excellence, Pearl Yachts is one of the UK’s most prominent shipyards. The new 18.6m PEARL 62 is the latest addition to Pearl Yachts growing fleet of ocean-going yachts designed... Continue Reading →
Etihad Cargo Reports 50% Y-O-Y Rise in Pharma Shipments
Carrier operates across more than 1,050 pharma trade lanes and counts 54 dedicated pharma stations in its global network Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group, has reported a 50 per cent year-on-year rise in pharma shipments under its specialised PharmaLife product. The double-digit annual growth comes as the... Continue Reading →
Mindware Signs Partnership with Rubrik for MENA Region
Mindware, a leading Value Added Distributor (VAD), today announced an agreement with Rubrik to promote and distribute Rubrik’s solutions through its vast reseller network across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This new partnership and the addition of Rubrik’s best-in-class data management solutions for Microsoft 365 applications and Azure cloud environments also positions... Continue Reading →
Turkish Airlines reaches highest “Diamond” status for health and safety review by APEX and SimpliFlying
As the airline that flies to the most international destinations in the world, Turkish Airl ines also managed to become one of the busiest airlines during the pandemic period that has been plaguing the globe since last year. With its extra guidelines for safe travel and comprehensive hygiene precautions due to pandemic, the flag carrier... Continue Reading →
New research reveals IT professionals’ growing confidence in public cloud despite security concerns
Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, today released key findings from a report titled Cloud networks: Shifting into hyperdrive. Commissioned by Barracuda, the research surveyed global IT decision makers to capture their attitudes and opinions about public cloud, access constraints, security concerns, emerging solutions, and a variety of related topics. The survey, conducted by independent market researcher Censuswide, includes responses... Continue Reading →
Etihad Airways is One of The First Airlines Globally to launch IATA Travel Pass
The International Air Transport Association and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, today announced a partnership to launch the IATA Travel Pass for Etihad Airways’ guests. The IATA Travel Pass is a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with government requirements for COVID-19 tests or vaccines.... Continue Reading →
High Private Cloud Usage Sets Path for UAE’s Hybrid Cloud Migration
Third annual Nutanix survey finds UAE companies ahead of the global curve on private cloud adoption which is a key component of the emerging, highly flexible hybrid cloud model Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTNX) a leader in private cloud, hybrid, and multicloud computing has released an analysis of its third global Enterprise Cloud Index survey and... Continue Reading →
UAE workers expect stronger health benefits in 2021, in wake of COVID-19: report
Aetna International study reveals a necessity for more comprehensive health provisions by employers in the coming year, particularly in the areas of mental health and telemedicine The COVID-19 crisis has ensured that the provision of comprehensive health benefits for employees will become a top priority for UAE organizations in 2021, according to new research from... Continue Reading →
Hygiene programme “TK Extra Care” launched by Turkish Airlines in collaboration with Dr. Oz
Turkish Airlines, flying to more countries than any other airline, launched a new hygiene programme “TK Extra Care”, which highlights new protective hygiene measures, in collaboration with the global carrier’s ambassador Dr. Mehmet Oz, the producer and host of the world-renowned “The Dr. Oz Show.” The announcement of the new animated in-flight video comes at... Continue Reading →
“The Art Of Movement”: Custom Line Presents The New Navetta 30
The eagerly awaited project designed by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Filippo Salvetti unites the architectural language of the maritime tradition, living materials, fine craftsmanship and the power of light, encompassing them in a perfect circle. Custom Line Navetta 30 marks a new chapter in the brand’s evolution. This romantic yacht is full of charm... Continue Reading →