dnata selects Avaya to drive digital transformation

  DUBAI / Emirates Business dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers and a member of Emirates Group, announced on Saturday it has selected Avaya as a strategic technology partner to power its customer service digital transformation strategy. Avaya Private Cloud Services (APCS) will deliver a complete customer experience transformation solution that will create a seamless, personalized experience ...

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Ajman Chamber signs pact to support trade of member companies

  AJMAN / Emirates Business Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Coface Emirates Services and National General Insurance Company (NGI) to extend trade credit solutions and risk management services to member companies of the Chamber. The agreement, signed by HE Abdullah Omar Al Marzouqi, Executive Director of Membership Registration and Transactions Services at ...

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At Café 302, Hawks MC finishes adventure weekend

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Café 302, the newbie of Abu Dhabi became the finish post to the MENA’s adventurous biker group on the weekend. Known as Hawks MC, this group encompasses individuals who are professionals of the corporate world with a passion towards biking. They travel together around the country on their massive Harley Davidson machines, which cannot ...

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du hosts conference on importance of cyber security and its relevance

  DUBAI / Emirates Business du’s highly anticipated Cyber Security Conference, which was held at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on proved to be a resounding success as luminaries from across the globe shared their knowledge and experience about the threats posed by cyber security, and the opportunities this opened for the development of future technologies. Eminent international speakers raised key ...

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Experts to convene 4th GCC heritage, oral history conference

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Academics, scholars, heritage specialists and researchers will gather in Abu Dhabi for the 4th GCC Heritage and Oral History conference, on the theme, ‘Technology and Sustainable Gulf Heritage: Archiving Reality and Future Prospects.’ Organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), the conference will welcome delegates from history and heritage departments ...

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Struggling to deal with the North Korean danger

  When South Korean officials talk about the growing nuclear challenge from the North, they use red-alert phrases like “existential threat,” “imminent danger” and “dagger at the throat.” They want Americans to understand that this long-running story of brinksmanship has entered a new phase. One senior South Korean official told me starkly: “A nuclear missile from the North can land ...

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The next recession is inevitable. Big deal.

  You have to hand it to economists — they say the darndest things. In a Wall Street Journal survey, a group of economists “put the odds of the next downturn happening within the next four years at nearly 60 percent.” Oh no. Today, we will make another entry in the catalog of how worthless predictions tend to be, and ...

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The transfer of power that Thailand needs most

  With the passing of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the naming of his son to the throne, the question of when and to whom power would be transferred in Thailand has finally been answered. The real question, however, remains: how to empower the Thai people. While little can be said about how Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn might rule — ...

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HFC deal sets tone for wise, clean transition

  The world’s envoys just pledged to make the planet safer by reaching a pact to curtail hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are the fastest growing greenhouse gases. They are used in air conditioners, fridges and aerosols. Cutting HFCs will reduce global warming by 0.5 degrees by 2100. However, the transition from HFC to substitutes like ammonia, water or gasses called hydrofluoroolefins, ...

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Argentina’s Macri faces an ugly economic dilemma

  When President Mauricio Macri took office in Argentina last December, he faced two monsters that his 44 million compatriots know only too well. The first was an economy ravaged by spendthrifts, who’d driven public finances into disarray and then papered over the mess with magical statistics. The second was the quandary of how to restore sensible government without inflicting ...

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