Tech Mahindra will set up Data and AI, Cloud Centre of Excellence in Saudi Arabia

Tech Mahindra, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Saudi Arabia to establish a Data and AI, Cloud Centre of Excellence in Riyadh. The CoE will combine academic and socio-economic goals to build national Hi-tech talent capacity, create high quality jobs, promote digital innovation and upscale small and medium enterprises.

The MoU was signed between Ibrahem N Al-Nasser, Deputy Minister for Technology of MCIT, and Ram Ramachandran, Head -Middle East and Africa, Tech Mahindra, in the presence CP Gurnani, MD and CEO, Tech Mahindra. The MoU signing was also attended by Saudi government officials and top management team of Tech Mahindra. Data, AI, Cloud CoE by Tech Mahindra will enable accelerated and sustainable adoption of Data Analytics and Ethical AI.

It will further drive cloud-enabled transformation across industries to develop local assets,

Intellectual Property and promote a cognitive approach across smart services to contribute to Saudi Vision 2030’s digital-led transformation objectives.

Tech Mahindra will host design thinking workshops, hackathons around Data and AI and Cloud to nurture innovation and accelerate the Saudi Arabia’s transformation to a digital economy. The partnership will provide training and development for 2500 Saudi nationals by providing project deployment programs that enhance skills and develop careers in Data and AI and Cloud.

This partnership is in line with Tech Mahindra’s DigitALL philosophy for comprehensive Business Transformation. As part of NXT. NOW framework, which aims to enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’, Tech Mahindra focuses on investing in emerging technologies and solutions that enable digital transformation and meet the evolving needs of its customers.

AmiViz strengthens relationship with Swimlane, low code security player, in Middle East

AmiViz, the Middle East region’s first enterprise B2B marketplace, announced that it has strengthened its relationship with Swimlane, the world’s low-code security automation company. Swimlane is at the forefront of innovation thanks to its breakthrough low-code security automation solution that transcends traditional SOAR by capturing hard-to-reach telemetry and expanding actionability closer to the point of threat inception.

The company ranks among the top 25 fastest-growing cybersecurity companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for its exponential revenue growth to become the largest and fastest-growing pure-play security automation company in the world.

PwC Middle East signs MoUs with Digital Government Authority, Flat6Labs

At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, PwC Middle East demonstrated its expertise with a number of key activations and the signing of strategic agreements with prominent entities; DGA, IPA and Flat6Labs across the four-day event, reinforcing the firm’s commitment towards supporting the Saudi Arabia’s digital economic growth and Vision 2030.

PwC Middle East highlighted some of the latest emerging technologies, including virtual reality simulations in the sports, tourism, ESG and financial sectors, while emphasising the importance of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, AI, Metaverse and Digital Twins, in accelerating the Saudi Arabia’s digital economy and economic growth.

PwC Middle East explored trends and applications in clean technology, future energy and

Digital Twins, as well as discussing world-class sustainable development practices to address growing urbanisation challenges in the Saudi Arabia. This comes during a number of key panel discussions, workshops and showcasing disruptive solutions at the firm’s interactive booth.

Aligned with the Saudi Arabia’s economic growth and digital advances, PwC also signed an MoU with Flat6Labs, the MENA region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, to develop corporate innovation programs and offer mentorship and opportunities under PwC’s Technology Consulting practice. Additionally, our MoU with IPA aims to support government and private entities in their digital transformation journey in Saudi Arabia.

PwC Middle East also published its ‘Buildings of the future’ paper during LEAP, highlighting the main factors that influence investments in cognitive buildings, its use cases, and the ways that governments and private entities may successfully provide customised and futuristic solutions to their consumers by using cuttingedge technology in buildings.