Injazat, a technology business that is part of Abu Dhabi's artificial intelligence company G42, and Oracle have signed a framework agreement to build a dedicated cloud region specifically for entities in the UAE federal government and the emirate's public companies.
The cloud region will give these organisations access to Texas-based Oracle's cloud applications and infrastructure that comply with top regulatory standards and local laws, the companies said at Oracle's CloudWorld summit in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
The deal was signed by Ussama Dahabiyeh, chief executive of Injazat, and Nick Redshaw, senior vice president of cloud technology and UAE country leader at Oracle, in the presence of Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, head of the UAE Cyber Security Council. The value of the project was not disclosed.
“In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, embracing partnerships with leading global technology providers, and enabling their localisation have become a key priority for businesses and governments,” Injazat chairman Mansoor Al Mansoori said.
“This partnership is a testament to our commitment to meeting this need while continuing to spearhead innovation in digital transformation for the UAE government.”
At the same time, the UAE Cyber Security Council and Oracle signed a preliminary agreement to extend co-operation between the two organisations.
The deal, signed by Mr Al Kuwaiti and Mr Redshaw, will help to boost the cyber security framework of the Emirates by exchanging information on information technology security risks, providing the latest technology solutions and conducting training across all sectors.
“We work continuously in co-operation with partners, institutions and individuals to enhance cyber security in all vital sectors through an advanced and resilient digital security system that strengthens the UAE's leading position globally in various fields,” Mr Al Kuwaiti said.
The adoption of advanced technology is growing in the UAE amid the rise of technology-focused consumers and an evolving digital landscape, underpinned by government efforts to develop the future economy.
This has given global cloud and cyber security providers an incentive to tap into the potential being offered by the region, most notably the UAE, the Arab world's second-largest economy.
Furthermore, the Emirates has invested heavily in building its IT infrastructure to boost the integrity of its government and economic systems amid the pursuit of its digital economy ambitions.
Abu Dhabi has been leading the charge. The UAE capital retained its title as the smartest city in the Mena region, thanks to its digital-first initiatives, according to the International Institute for Management Development's Smart City Index for 2023.
This was the third time in a row that the emirate topped the Swiss organisation's list.
In September last year, Oracle opened a technology collaboration centre in Abu Dhabi aimed at helping public and private sector organisations use emerging technology to boost their bottom lines.
Global end-user spending on public cloud services is projected to grow by about 22 per cent to $597.3 billion in 2023, from $491 billion last year, a study by Gartner showed this month.
In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, embracing partnerships with leading global technology providers, and enabling their localisation have become a key priority for businesses and governments
Mansoor Al Mansoori,
chairman of Injazat
Oracle will have eight active cloud regions in the region once those in Neom and Riyadh, and another in Israel, go online ― joining the two in the UAE, as well as one each in Jeddah, Jerusalem and South Africa.
The Dubai and Abu Dhabi regions started operations in September 2020 and November 2021, respectively.
The partnership is also expected to boost Injazat's ambitions to become a $1 billion company within the next few years and is set to enhance its profile as it expands across the wider Mena region, the company had previously told The National.
“Injazat is reaffirming its role as a key national digital transformation player, thanks to its comprehensive offerings that include multicloud, system integration, platform development, cyber security and venture expertise,” Mr Dahabiyeh said.
Abdul Jabar Qahraman was meeting supporters in his campaign office in the southern Afghan province of Helmand when a bomb hidden under a sofa exploded on Wednesday.
The blast in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah killed the Afghan election candidate and at least another three people, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak told reporters. Another three were wounded, while three suspects were detained, he said.
The Taliban – which controls much of Helmand and has vowed to disrupt the October 20 parliamentary elections – claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mr Qahraman was at least the 10th candidate killed so far during the campaign season, and the second from Lashkar Gah this month. Another candidate, Saleh Mohammad Asikzai, was among eight people killed in a suicide attack last week. Most of the slain candidates were murdered in targeted assassinations, including Avtar Singh Khalsa, the first Afghan Sikh to run for the lower house of the parliament.
The same week the Taliban warned candidates to withdraw from the elections. On Wednesday the group issued fresh warnings, calling on educational workers to stop schools from being used as polling centres.
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It's Monty Python's Crashing Rocket Circus
To the theme tune of the famous zany British comedy TV show, SpaceX has shown exactly what can go wrong when you try to land a rocket.
The two minute video posted on YouTube is a compilation of crashes and explosion as the company, created by billionaire Elon Musk, refined the technique of reusable space flight.
SpaceX is able to land its rockets on land once they have completed the first stage of their mission, and is able to resuse them multiple times - a first for space flight.
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The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
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Rasmi Ragy is a senior counsel at Charles Russell Speechlys, a law firm headquartered in London with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
Experience: Prosecutor in Egypt with more than 40 years experience across the GCC.
Education: Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1978.
