Smart Cities

A significant part of a smart city’s budget is taken up by security costs. Dr Ryad Soobhany, Associate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Dubai, looks at the security risks of smart cities. According to analysis from Frost & Sullivan, technology spending related to...

In the future, in a city such as the Line, crimes will be thwarted and recorded much easier through interconnected surveillance, transport and smart technology networks. In this potential theoretical scenario, an individual makes his way from a meeting with another, drops off a suspicious object,...

In 2023, the artificial is taking centre stage, with advancements in artificial intelligence through breakthrough platforms such as ChatGTP. ChatGPT is the next generation of chatbot, generating eloquent answers to complex questions and delivering informed essay-worthy responses in the process. More recently Google announced the launch...

Security company Axis Communications has opened its Axis Experience Center in Dubai to showcase its latest innovations and security solutions. As the first experience center in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, the center has been designed to offer visitors a more in-depth look at...

Video surveillance vendor TRASSIR celebrates 20 years of operation whilst outlining its global plans for development within the GCC region. The GCC region comprises of United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. Recently, TRASSIR smart city and urban solutions have gained a lot...

Tata Communications and Zain KSA have entered into a strategic agreement to boost digital transformation and the development of smart cities in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration between the two companies will see them combine efforts to deliver solutions and platforms to roll out smart street lighting,...

AI video analytics provider, Irisity is continuing its expansion plans with the opening of a new sales office in the United Arab Emirates. The office will be based in Abu-Dhabi and will be headed up by newly appointed Marc Saunders.   Saunders will be Sales Director for...

Security and IT professionals in the Middle East are increasingly looking to secure critical application data using encryption and HSMs. This and other findings are highlighted in the Entrust 2021 Middle East Encryption Trends study, the sixteenth annual multinational survey by the Ponemon Institute. The study...