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Camera phones get the chop in Saudi Arabia
News Camera phones have reportedly been banned in Saudi Arabia, because men have been using the device to secretly photograph women. The clampdown, which is thought to have seen Nokia's 7650 handset withdrawn from sale, follows complaints from religious...
[October 1, 2002, 11:55]
Saudi Aramco Increases Efficiencies and Ensures Business Continuity With BMC Software
White Papers In an effort to consolidate its many IT systems within a centralized single point of contact, Saudi Aramco was not afraid to start fresh. The company chose BMC Remedy solutions because of their flexibility, easy customization, and their ability to...
[January 19, 2007, 0:00]
Map of Saudi Arabia
Downloads A map of Saudi Arabia divided into 14 smaller territories for the ease of use. Good for intercity travels with SmartMap.Layers include:TownsSettlementsAirportsRoadsRailroadsRiversInland waterAdministrative bordersInternational bordersTreesMap scale...
[January 20, 2003, 6:00]
Leading Saudi Hospital Migrates to More Secure and Manageable IT Environment
White Papers The 800-bed hospital employs 7,000 people and is one of the leading healthcare institutions in Saudi Arabia. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh is one of only four hospitals outside the United States accredited by the...
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Seamless Saudi Software
Blog As such, it’s amazing to see what has happened to the Saudi Arabian government’s Ministry of Hajj ‘offering’ which it labels as part of its e-government, well, ‘offerings’. So do the Saudi’s have a corner on the market for perfecting the...
[May 28, 2008, 2:45]
ProCurve Networking by HP Is Good News for Prominent Saudi Media Group
White Papers Saudi Arabia's leading newspaper and magazine publisher and commercial printer, Al Madina Press, is at the forefront of communications but it found that its own communications systems had not kept pace with growth.
[August 25, 2009, 10:14]
Saudi Prince buys Netscape stake
News The prince, who earlier this year bought a 5 percent stake in Apple for $115 million, has bought 4.46 million common shares of Netscape for a cost of $146 million. Claimed to be motivated by the recent stock market slide, the Prince has said that...
[December 5, 1997, 9:39]
Performance Engineering for a Siebel Stars Application
White Papers The company is one of the largest financial institutions in Saudi Arabia, with a valued presence in and around the Middle-East. AppLabs' performance engineers worked closely with the companys technical teams in Saudi Arabia to identify the critical...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Saudis admit to locking up blogger
Blog Comment Whilst recognising and condemning the Saudi's human rights' violations, It usually helps to write balanced articles that don't insinuate ridiculous things. One is a matter of social responsibility and the other pertains to the saudi judicial system...
[January 4, 2008, 17:26]
Saudis admit to locking up blogger
Blog The Saudi government has admitted to detaining a blogger, Fouah al-Farhan, the New York Times reports. Well known for criticising the Saudi regime, al-Farhan has been locked up since December 10. According to an Amnesty International report on...
[January 4, 2008, 16:35]
Time crisis: Workers and customers share woes
Talkback I also had the misfortune to work for the company, i heard from one of the area managers that the directors had siphoned off 40mill of the company funds to buy another plant in saudi, they basically raped the company of all its cash, and left it...
[July 28, 2005, 10:56]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Recent events might suggest caution, but as this comes from a report in Okaz — a Saudi newspaper not known for great variation from the official line — I feel on safe ground. The revelation comes courtesy of one Khaled Al-Sulaiman, a Saudi who...
[March 3, 2006, 17:00]
Hackers strike at Islamic Web sites
News and several graphics, one of which includes a picture of the Saudi Arabian dissident named last week by the US government as their prime suspect, Osama bin Laden, with two guns to his head and the caption "Osama die".
[September 18, 2001, 10:13]
Causing offence costs Microsoft millions
News Another social blunder from Microsoft saw chanting of the Koran used as a soundtrack for a computer game and caused great offence to the Saudi Arabia government. Microsoft later issued a new version of the game without the chanting, while keeping...
[August 19, 2004, 15:55]
Zamil Industrial Investment Company Boosts Productivity With New Web-Based IT Infrastructure
White Papers Founded in 1998, Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC) is an international manufacturing group based in Saudi Arabia. The company wanted to introduce a modern, Web-based IT infrastructure to address application availability demands and support...
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
The culture is self-perpetuating
Talkback So many cultures are patriarchal, starting with Saudi Arabia where the women aren't even allowed to drive cars (and we bribe the princes so they'll buy our weapons. Nice. Even in IT departments, it can be oppressive to any outsider: lots of...
[September 27, 2007, 17:19]
Saudis admit to locking up blogger
Blog Comment I just have to laugh at the irony of it all.censoring me in a post about human rights and saudi censorship. This hypocrisy is not new to me, I just wonder if you can see it.
[January 5, 2008, 10:57]
Al Jomaih Builds Streamlined, Real Time Business for Improved Agility and Productivity
White Papers Al Jomaih is General Motors' distributor in Saudi Arabia and makes and distributes PepsiCo beverages throughout the kingdom. The company wanted to reduce operating costs; streamline, simplify, and optimize process cycles; improve staff productivity.
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
Thieves caught out as PCs 'phone home'
News Tracking technology has helped police sniff out thousands of stolen machines, uncovering UK computers as far away as Argentina, Macedonia and Saudi Arabia. Computers that 'phone home' after being stolen are guiding police to the doorsteps of...
[April 15, 2008, 9:14]
Britannica tops Wikipedia in accuracy stakes
Talkback I'd like to inform you all that Wikipedia is now blocked by the Saudi Arabian authorities. If anyone knows why, or would like to pass this info along to the Wikipedia staff, I'd be grateful. I think its a great tool, I recommend it to my students...
[December 16, 2005, 22:42]
