DUBAI / Emirates Business Making true digital transformation is difficult unless organizations in the Middle East embrace central themes such as software-defined everything, hyperscale, containers and hybrid cloud. Proprietary technology will no longer exist as a viable innovation model. Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, will participate in GITEX 2016, taking place from October 16-20, ...

    DUBAI / Emirates Business Construction companies from the Middle East and abroad are gathering in Dubai to launch thousands of innovative products addressing energy saving, sustainability and fire safety challenges at the Windows, Doors and Façades Event opening on Sunday. As the UAE construction industry prepares for the implementation of the new Dubai Civil Defence laws governing the ...

Emirates Business Hot-on-the-heels of the highly-successful Spring edition, the Autumn edition of the SoPritti — Fashion, Glamour and Lifestyle exhibition will take place from 10am to 8pm on September 24 at the Al Yasaat Ballroom, Murooj Rotana Hotel, Dubai. In the tradition of the Sopritti exhibition’s previous 12 editions, the glamourous event will showcase highly sought-after fashion, jewellery and accessory ...

  AFP In an industrial space accessed through a Soho record shop, three young designers style their models in a cramped cubicle before sending them out to a cheering crowd sipping bottled beers. Away from the polish of London Fashion Week’s main schedule, up-and-coming designers star in a host of rough and ready shows — and for many, they are ...

  AFP Marc Jacobs, the creme de la creme of American designers, brought New York Fashion Week to a glittering finale last week, delivering a must-see show starring multi-colored dreadlocks and towering platform boots. In keeping with the artistic, theatrical look of his clothes, Jacobs took over the Hammerstein Ballroom, a former opera house, that gave A-list guests Whoopi Goldberg ...

  AFP Ralph Lauren transformed Madison Avenue into a runway to celebrate his “see-now, buy-now” launch in a stunning display of American elegance before throwing open his candle-lit store for a champagne reception. The 76-year-old designer, who heads up a multi-billion-dollar empire and whose signature look defines modern East Coast style, is leading a fashion revolution with the likes of ...

  AFP When greyhound owner Zac Kessanis comes to Sydney’s Wentworth Park to watch his much-loved dog race, he’s not so much interested in the prizemoney as in simply seeing her run. “For 30 seconds we’re on top of the world, we’re so proud, no matter what,” he says of watching the black greyhound named Ella Has Class sprint the ...

  AFP For years, Guinea’s main dance company brought glory to the west African state, touring the globe for sell-out performances. Today, ageing and forgotten, it struggles to train a new generation of dancers facing a very uncertain future. “Les Ballets Africains was the biggest cultural institution not just in Guinea but, as their name suggests, in the whole of ...

Vatican City / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Thursday discussed with His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Catholic Church, ways to strengthen bilateral relations and develop them in the service of humanitarian causes that promote peace and coexistence between different ...

  AP The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.25 percent on Thursday after a run of better-than-anticipated news in the wake of the country’s decision in June to leave the European Union. The unanimous decision was widely anticipated after last month’s series of post-Brexit measures by the bank’s policymaking body that ...