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Mobily, Tencent to Spearhead Global Digital Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia

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Tencent Cloud and Mobily are collaborating to launch a new enterprise cloud platform in Saudi Arabia. This platform aims to support the enterprise’s business sector digitally and contribute to the Kingdom’s vision of becoming a global hub for business and entertainment.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), a leading digital enabler in the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, have joined forces to launch the ‘Go Saudi’ program, aimed at revolutionizing the digital landscape of the Kingdom as it grows into a global business and entertainment hub.

As one of the largest telcos by wireless network coverage in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, Mobily’s partnership with Tencent Cloud allows it to strategically diversify its enterprise business solutions, tapping on new technologies ranging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Big Data, Immersive Convergence, to capture new opportunities in the TMT sector and beyond.
Supporting Mobily’s Aspirations to Create an All-compassing Digital Ecosystem 
The ‘Go Saudi’ program – which was announced and went live today at KSA’s flagship LEAP 2024 tech event – will take shape on several levels. Firstly, it provides a newly revolutionized enterprise cloud platform, built and powered by Tencent Cloud Enterprise (TCE), to provide integrated IT services, including Computing, Database, Network, Storage, Security, and other underlying digital fundamentals.
Mobily will utilize this platform to create a host of new, next-gen media and AI services, such as media processing capabilities, real-time communication and hosting for streaming and video-on-demand, digital human creation, and more, to benefit the company’s fast-growing portfolio of enterprise clientele. The enterprise-grade private cloud platform will prioritize user privacy and data security, with the aim to foster a trusted cloud environment, in order to appeal to businesses seeking a secure and reliable cloud solution to meet regulatory requirements and ensuring data protection. Mobily’s business revenues have doubled since 2018 to represent more than twenty percent of total revenue as of 2022.[1]
Secondly, in leveraging the TCE platform, Mobily will explore Tencent Cloud Mini Program Platform (TCMPP) capabilities, to offer integrated daily live services to connect subscribers and Internet users with enterprises and business communities, all within a single digital ecosystem.
Eng. Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Badran, Mobily’s chief executive officer, said “Mobily’s collaboration with Tencent Cloud enable us not just to scale our enterprise business further, but to play a much more active role in raising the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s profile as the preferred hub for global businesses expanding into the region.”
Meanwhile, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent Cloud and Smart Industries Group (CSIG), Dowson Tong, highlighted that the revamped enterprise cloud platform will give Mobily powerful new capabilities to grow its enterprise business across a much broader demographic of public and private sector customers.
“With more than 20 years of experience serving over a billion internet users with digital content, social communications, and gaming-related products and services, Tencent Cloud is confident in our knowhow and expertise to support the development and operation of the global business, entertainment, and media hub that is envisaged for Saudi Arabia. We look forward to supporting KSA’s aspirations to become a preferred launchpad for global enterprises in the region,” said Tong.
He added, “We see the partnership with Mobily as our first collaboration in Saudi Arabia, and it will foster an invaluable exchange of knowledge and innovation, while concurrently supporting the expansion of global and Chinese enterprises expanding into Saudi Arabia. We continue to seek more opportunities to support Saudi enterprises in their globalization efforts, promoting their businesses and offerings, by leveraging Tencent’s digital ecosystem.”
Tencent Cloud’s Innovation and Business Vision at LEAP 2024 Mainstage
This year, Tencent made its inaugural appearance on the LEAP 2024. Speaking at a fireside keynote, Dowson hailed the Kingdom’s highly engaged and tech-savvy population and noted their emergence as both powerful consumers and developers of high-end digital media services.
Tong shared, “Tencent Cloud is open to more local collaborations to build a supportive digital ecosystem and dynamic talent pool in the Kingdom, to address the technology demands from new and varied verticals, including content creation, live streaming of major sporting tournaments, gaming, and other opportunities in the business, media and entertainment sectors.
“Today, Tencent Cloud’s Global Partner Ecosystem is 11,000 partners strong, jointly serving clients worldwide, and has been a key driving force for Tencent Cloud’s international business. Similarly, the Go Saudi program can be a catalyst for the creation of an equally dynamic digital ecosystem right here,” concluded Tong.
The strategic collaboration between Mobily and Tencent Cloud comes amid the Kingdom’s broad based digital economic transformation, in line with its Vision 2030 strategy. Vision 2030 has set a target of 5.7% gross domestic product (GDP) and for KSA to be one of the top 10 economies of the world.
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nodeQ Launches PQtunnelTM: The Leading-Edge Cybersecurity Solution for Quantum-Safe Communication

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The latest application developed by nodeQ simplifies the migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography for both SMEs and large enterprises
YORK, England, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The advent of Quantum Computing poses a significant threat to existing public-key cryptosystems. A large quantum computer can break algorithms like RSA or ECDH, which form the backbone of current internet security. Already today, confidential data is in danger: It can be harvested now to be decrypted later when a quantum computer can run Shor’s factorization quantum algorithm on a sufficiently large number of qubits.

This vulnerability exposes a large number of applications to potential security breaches, threatening our trillion-dollar digital economy. Multiple sectors are under threat: Financial Institutions, government entities, telecommunications companies, cloud providers, the healthcare industry, the defense sector, universities and research centers, and virtually any IT-based enterprise that relies on encrypted data.
Companies must transition IT infrastructures to quantum-resistant solutions, such as Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). In the US the transition to PQC is set to start in 2024, as a result of Biden’s 2022 Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act and the end of NIST standardization.
nodeQ has developed PQtunnel™, a groundbreaking tool designed to assist businesses – ranging from SMEs to large enterprises – in transitioning their end-to-end (E2E) secure communication to PQC. This innovative software application is available in two variants: PQtunnel™ TLS and PQtunnel™ SSH, meeting diverse business requirements.
PQtunnel™ TLS is an enterprise-oriented tunneling application that leverages the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to secure traffic between a client (or a proxy) and the target application. This solution has been thoroughly tested on various enterprise-grade applications, such as GitLab EE, demonstrating its effectiveness and reliability.
On the other hand, PQtunnel™ SSH offers a comprehensive Quantum-Safe SSH server, alongside a client equipped with a user-friendly interface. This software suite is designed for secure shell operations, ensuring the highest level of security and ease of use.
Both PQtunnel™ variants utilize a wide range of PQC algorithms, including the most recent ones under standardization by NIST, and hybrid algorithms. This approach combines the stability of current cryptographic methods with the quantum-safeness of new cryptographic suites, offering unmatched security against emerging cyber threats.
Developed as cloud-native applications, both variants of PQtunnel™ are designed to facilitate easy distribution and provide flexibility in a wide range of scenarios. Secure Post-Quantum tunneling to your GitLab server, quantum-safe data transfer, secure cloud IT management, and PQC benchmarking are just a few of the use cases where PQtunnel™ can be applied, showcasing its versatility and significance for today’s cybersecurity landscape.
Ignazio Pedone, the cybersecurity lead at nodeQ, emphasized the significance of their latest security product, stating, “This security product represents an important step towards a more effective and robust application of quantum-safe cryptography for enterprises.”
Various early customers have already adopted PQtunnel™ to test their readiness to migrate to quantum-safe cryptography. PQC is going to play an important role for telecom operators.
“At Fibraweb, PQtunnel demonstrated our readiness for quantum-security migration,” says Walid Bounassif, CEO of Fibraweb (an Italian telco). “The software created quantum-resistant connections between external clients and our internal servers, showing that post-quantum encrypted communication can efficiently be implemented for remote IT administration and secure file transfer.”
PQC is essential for medium to large enterprises, including educational institutions like universities, where maintaining data confidentiality at various levels is crucial. At the University of York (UK), PQtunnel™ has been deployed for the quantum-safe transfer of documents. This pioneering demonstration, the first of its kind in the world within the education sector, actively involved staff and students from the Department of Computer Science.
“PQtunnel has effectively established high-speed, quantum-resistant connections both within and beyond the campus perimeter,” says Prof Paul Cairns (Head of the Computer Science Department at the University of York, UK). “This technology has clearly demonstrated its capacity for facilitating quantum-secure data transfers, affirming its readiness to enhance our university’s digital infrastructure.”
For additional information about PQtunnel™, nodeQ, and their range of products, the reader can visit their website at www.nodequantum.com.
 Key Features
Crypto-Agility: implements all NIST PQC algorithms to counteract the quantum threat.Cross-Platform: available for the most adopted operating systems and hardware architectures.Easy Setup: no need for long or complex installation procedures to get started.On-the-Fly Benchmarking and Optimization: can benchmark and optimize high-level security protocols against all the available combinations of PQC algorithms for key exchange and digital signature.Target Customers
Financial InstitutionsTelecommunications CompaniesUniversities and Research CentersCloud ProvidersHealthcare IndustryGovernment EntitiesDefense SectorManufacturing CompaniesSMEs handling confidential dataAbout nodeQ
At nodeQ, we are pioneering the future of computer networks, leveraging our deep expertise in quantum communication, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking. Our primary objective is to transition computer networks to quantum security, placing a critical emphasis on maintaining speed, performance, and usability at the heart of this transformation.
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Simplilearn and Purdue University Online Unveil Cutting-Edge Generative AI Program for Business Transformation

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The program provides over 50 hours of live online sessions with industry experts, exploring GenAI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Amazon CodeWhisperSuitable for candidates with preferably over 5 years of work experience, proficiency in English and an eagerness to leverage Gen AI to solve real business problemsThe program offers the applications of Generative AI in various business functions like software engineering, sales and marketing, customer service, product research, and more.SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Simplilearn, the world’s leading online bootcamp provider, has strengthened its partnership with Purdue University, renowned for its unwavering commitment to innovation, research, and education. Together, they proudly announced the launch of the  Generative AI for Business Transformation program. As the global demand for Generative AI skyrockets, with projections* soaring to $667.9 billion market by 2030, boasting a staggering annual growth rate of 24.4%, this program emerges as a pivotal force in the transformative journey into the Generative AI domain.

The program offers a comprehensive understanding of Generative AI and its applications across business functions such as sales, marketing, software engineering, customer service, data analytics, and product research & development. It empowers learners with the skills to automate tasks, predict trends, generate code, and personalize content using Generative AI and navigate its ethical considerations. From automated copywriting to predictive analytics, the program helps learners foster responsible and effective use of GenAI across diverse domains.
Learners can expect a dynamic learning experience with over 50 hours of live online classes, exposure to prominent Generative AI tools, and masterclasses conducted by the Purdue faculty and staff. Professionals will master the essentials of Generative AI, including LLMs, prompt engineering, ChatGPT, its applications and benefits to drive business outcomes.
Upon successfully completing the program, learners will receive a certificate jointly issued by Purdue University Online and Simplilearn and access to Purdue’s Alumni Association membership for global recognition.
The program is suitable for professionals with over 5 years of work experience, proficiency in English and an eagerness to leverage Generative AI to solve real business problems. The program is designed for a diverse range of professionals, including business Leaders, C-suite executives, mid-senior level managers, functional heads, consultants, technology professionals, data professionals and entrepreneurs.
Speaking about the program, Mr. Anand Narayanan, Chief Product Officer of Simplilearn, said,”Our collaboration with Purdue University Online brings together the excellence of the world’s leading online bootcamp provider and leading academic institution known for its commitment to innovation, research, education, and expertise in the AI and ML fields. This program will empower business leaders, mid-senior level managers, functional heads, and technology professionals with the skills to stay at the forefront of industry advancements. With Gen AI at its core, learners will be equipped to navigate in today’s dynamic AI landscape, fostering responsible innovation, and business transformation ideas.”
Dimitrios Peroulis, Senior Vice President for Purdue University Online, said, “As a beacon of academic excellence, Purdue University Online is excited to partner with Simplilearn in delivering a transformative learning experience through the Generative AI for Business Transformation program. This collaboration reflects our commitment to providing high-quality education and preparing professionals for the challenges and opportunities presented by emerging technologies like Generative AI.”
About Purdue University
Purdue University is a public research institution demonstrating excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap — including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes — at:
https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives 
About Simplilearn
Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, and Bangalore, India, Simplilearn, a Blackstone portfolio company, is the world’s #1 online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training. Simplilearn offers individuals and businesses worldwide access to world-class work-ready training. The Bootcamps are designed and delivered with world-renowned universities, top corporations, and leading industry bodies via live online classes featuring top industry practitioners, sought-after trainers, and global leaders. From college students and early career professionals to managers, executives, small businesses, and big corporations, Simplilearn’s role-based, skill-focused, industry-recognized, and globally relevant training programs are ideal upskilling solutions for diverse career or business goals.
Simplilearn conducts more than 3,000 live classes monthly, with an average of 80,000 learners who spend more than 500,000 hours on the platform. Its programs allow learners to upskill and get certified in popular domains. 
For more information, please visit www.simplilearn.com/
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NetSuite Awarded Frost & Sullivan’s 2024 Global Company of the Year Award for Leading Innovation in Cloud Business Management Solutions

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NetSuite revolutionizes cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) with its all-in-one cloud business suite that helps drive efficiency and visibility for organizations worldwide
SAN ANTONIO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan recently researched the cloud ERP market and, based on its findings, recognizes Oracle NetSuite with the Global Company of the Year Award. NetSuite is an integrated cloud business system that helps businesses simplify core processes, improve productivity, expand insights, and grow more efficiently.

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NetSuite’s leadership in the cloud ERP space is evident with more than 37,000 customers across diverse sectors, including education, energy, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. Additionally, the company adopts a pioneering approach to embedding artificial intelligence (AI), which makes it stand out in the market. Leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s advanced supercluster technology, NetSuite provides powerful AI capabilities that deliver actionable insights and increase the speed and accuracy of business processes. By embedding generative AI capabilities across the suite, NetSuite empowers global organizations to maximize productivity and make informed decisions based on real-time insights.
With NetSuite, upgrades are seamlessly delivered so customers are always using the latest version of its software, which improves access to cutting-edge features. Furthermore, the company’s extensive partner and professional services ecosystem significantly enhance the customer experience, enabling businesses to optimize the value of their NetSuite investment.
“Opportunities for AI include automation (data entry, financial analysis, and inventory management), actionable insights (better decision-making using real-time insights and predictions about customers and competitors), human-like interaction (integrating machine learning (ML) and natural language processing), and anomaly detection (enhanced security and detection of unexpected patterns). NetSuite currently has all these elements in its product suite. AI is embedded in business processes within NetSuite and also available in the form of assistants and advisors,” said Sankara Narayanan, Industry Director at Frost & Sullivan.
To address its customers’ growing curiosity about AI and its business implications, NetSuite leverages its Learning Lab events to provide customers and end users with hands-on training and expert guidance on how to effectively integrate AI and automation across operations. With this unique approach, NetSuite guarantees that customers have the knowledge and skills to optimally leverage AI capabilities within their businesses and connect with like-minded innovators in various cities across the U.S. and Canada.
NetSuite’s continuous focus on innovation and customers has made it stand out in the cloud ERP market, and it continues to deliver more features than most of its competitors, whose solutions are less capable than those of NetSuite’s system.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of the Year award to the organization that demonstrates excellence in terms of growth strategy and implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and technologies, and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value and market penetration.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.
About Frost & SullivanFor six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.
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