April, 2016

• 11 April

  Aiming for productivity and growth

  

  Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Leading organisations worldwide count on NetApp for software, systems and services to manage and store their data. Customers value the IT company’s teamwork, expertise and passion for helping the clients succeed in achieving their goal. Alfred Manhart, Head of EMEA Channel at NetApp, is leader of the combined channel and system integration (SI) business across Europe, ...

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• 11 April

  Cutting edge technology at a nominal price

  

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Over the past two years since honor was first launched, the brand has been growing globally at 100 percent year-on-year, which the company expects to replicate in the Middle East market again this year. Since, the launch of honor in this market in May 2015 with honor 6 plus and subsequent honor 4X and honor ...

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• 10 April

  Mohamed lauds ADNOC’s big role in economy

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Vice President of the Supreme Petroleum Council, said during his visit on Sunday to the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) that the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness ...

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• 10 April

  106 killed in India temple mishap

  

  New Delhi / AFP A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on Sunday, killing more than 106 people and injuring scores more after they gathered to watch an unofficial fireworks display. Thousands had packed overnight into the Hindu temple in Kerala state where fireworks appear to have landed on an unexploded stash, triggering a blast, in a ...

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• 10 April

  Dubai launched as world medical tourism hub

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, in a ceremony on Sunday, launched Dubai as the world’s first medical tourism hub. Driven by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the move comes in lines with the vision of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

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• 10 April

  DLD to showcase innovations

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) will participate in the 4th Dubai International Government Achievements Exhibition (DIGAE), an event conducted under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, from April 11-13 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The initiative serves to ...

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• 10 April

  Axiom, ESET tie up

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Anticipating increasing vulnerablity to cyber-attacks and to find full-bodied solutions to it, UAE-based Axiom telecom, region’s leading mobile reseller, has joined hands with ESET, the global pioneer of proactive security software. This pact is aimed at driving awareness regarding the vital need for mobile protection in the Emirates. “The UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading ...

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• 10 April

  Emaar’s US$1 billion new tower taller than Burj Khalifa

  

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Emaar Properties PJSC plans to build a $1 billion skyscraper in Dubai that will exceed the height of the Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. The tower within its Dubai Creek Harbour project will be “a notch taller” than the 828-meter Burj Khalifa, Chairman Mohamed Alabbar said at a press conference on Sunday, declining to ...

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• 10 April

  DEWA seeks to boost coop with India in renewables

  New Delhi / WAM A high-level delegation from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director & CEO of DEWA, is visiting India to promote opportunities for joint cooperation in the renewable and clean energy sectors. “The leadership of the UAE and India are committed to supporting and strengthening bilateral relations for the benefit ...

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• 10 April

  Dubai-Ukraine trade hits AED1.13bn in 2015

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs continues to boost its relationships with foreign diplomatic corps aiming for more growth in Dubai’s trade with the world. In this respect Dubai Customs Director Ahmed Mahboob Musabih has welcomed Oleksandr Balanutsa, Ukrainian Consul-General in Dubai, to explore means of strengthening bilateral cooperation to deepen economic and commercial ties that bind the United Arab Emirates ...

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