ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) has launched its revamped Public Realm Design Manual (PRDM) to ensure people living in the Emirate have convenient access to community facilities, such as parks and waterfronts. The PRDM – originally commissioned in 2011 to guide the development of a world-class public realm – is used by municipalities, ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Al-Futtaim Technologies (AFT), one of the region’s leading systems integrator, has been awarded a contract by Emirates Investment Bank (EIBank), an independent private bank based in Dubai, to upgrade its datacenter. The contract will see the Al-Futtaim company work closely with IT solution provider Dell EMC and its distributor Arrow to supply, install and configure EIBank’s ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) announced the launch of its youth council in the UAE as part of the International Youth Day Celebration across the country. The ‘du Youth Council’ is specifically created to empower the UAE youth and enhance their contribution towards the nation’s development in the ICT sector. It is a platform that will ...