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FUJAIRAH / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has offered his condolences on the death of Emirati serviceman Mohammed Rashid Al Dhanhani, who died while carrying out his national duty alongside the UAE Armed Forces defending the legitimacy of the brotherly nation of Yemen. Sheikh Mohammed asserted that ...

DUBAI / WAM Etisalat Group and Huawei have announced plans to work on the first ever Proof of Concept and design for an all-inclusive network architecture for the Etisalat Regional Cloud Factory. Once developed, the enterprise solutions provided by the innovative Cloud Factory will be offered to businesses across Etisalat’s international footprint. The initiative will examine the technical and business ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Zayed University is gearing up to launch the second annual UAE Quantitative Research Symposium (QRS) that brings together UAE-based researchers with their international counterparts in Abu Dhabi campus on March 1. Organized by the College of Business at Zayed University, The annual QRS will be held under the them ‘Leading Edge High Quality Research in Business ...

DUBAI / WAM With its inaugural service just four weeks away, Emirates on Monday hosted over 75 travel industry partners for its Cebu and Clark Route Launch Presentation, presented jointly with the Philippine Tourism Promotions Board. Today’s presentation focused on educating the travel trade industry around Emirates’ upcoming two gateways. Khalid bel Jaflah, Divisional Vice President, Commercial Operations UAE and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Alpha Data LLC, the UAE’s largest Systems Integrator, has announced that it has been upgraded to Platinum ProPartner status by Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver availability for the Always-On Enterprise, effective January 2016. The company was upgraded after achieving USD 1.5 million in MSRP revenue and investing in Veeam Certified Engineer Training ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, participates at the Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS), the largest and most established marine event of its kind in the MENA region, which opens today and will run till March 5 at the Dubai International Marine ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Introducing a whole new range of robust multipurpose trucks (Atego & Accelo) for the first time in the UAE and celebrating two successful years since its inception, the Gargash Enterprises Commercial Vehicles Service and Parts Center in Thoban, Fujairah stands today as a comprehensive workshop unit. Delivering state-of-the-art facilities and services with utmost precision, the ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business UAE-based Al Nabooda automobiles has established a franchise agreement with Belron, the world’s leading vehicle glass repair and replacement group. Al Nabooda Automobiles the sole distributer of Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen in Dubai and the Northern Emirates will set up a vehicle glass repair and replacement business in the region. The Automobile will use the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to develop an eLearning suite training programme on ethics and compliance for its staff to strengthen their ability to engage with real-life scenarios of ethical best practices within the highly regulated oil & gas industry. The agreement was signed at ENOC headquarters in the ...

New Delhi / Agencies India’s government pledged billions of dollars to help struggling farmers and boost the rural economy as it unveiled its annual budget on Monday, with an eye on kickstarting growth and boosting its flagging popularity. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely proposed spending nearly $13 billion on rural development, promising higher incomes for farmers who form the majority of ...