Dubai Internet City Announces Expansion Plans of Region’s Leading Online Wedding Directory Yebab.com
 

E-commerce will witness an upward growth trend in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with Internet retail sites touching US$1 billion sales in 2011 for the first time, according to industry analysts Euromonitor International. This evolution is due to the increasing internet user-base in these countries and more Arab shoppers moving to an online purchasing model, said senior executives from Dubai Internet City and Yebab.com, the region’s leading and the only online wedding directory in Arabic.

TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding, and Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with a view to encouraging entrepreneurship among UAE nationals and furthering the sector’s contribution to the country’s economy.

Formerly known as Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development (MBRE),Dubai SME was launched in 2002 to cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurialism among UAE nationals and provide key resources to facilitatethe development of their businesses.

The Middle East and Africa’s premier broadband event to include larger programme with more operators and industry players than ever

Broadband MEA, the region’s premier broadband event, is expanding its programme in 2012, making it the most informative and insightful conference yet. Leading operators, Etisalat, STC, Sudatel Telecom Group and du, are already on board, as well as vital industry content players and industry ‘game changers’ such as Google and Al Jazeera.

Dubai Internet City Sponsors Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011 as ICT Partner for Second Consecutive Year

Cybercrime is costing the UAE economy over US$600 million each year reveals a report released by online security firm Norton. The figure highlights the potential risk organisations face from an information security breach, according to Malek Al Malek, Managing Director, Dubai Internet City, a member of TECOM Investments’ ICT cluster.

Malek’s comments came ahead of Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011, the world’s leading information security conference, which is scheduled to be held from 12 - 15 December at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Dubai Internet City’s support of the event, as an ICT Partner, comes on the back of its status as an ICT hub in the region.

The four-day event will bring together global leading experts to discuss the latest and most pressing security issues facing the ICT sector. In addition to numerous briefings, the event will also feature a full range of intensive workshops that will focus on sharing practical insights, best practices and the exchange of knowledge.

Dubai Internet City (DIC) today announced it will bring together key technology leaders Microsoft, HP and Qualcomm and share success stories of emerging entrepreneurs during its participation at GITEX Technology Week 2011.