Oracle has selected regional data center provider Center3 to host its upcoming Riyadh cloud region and help expand its Jeddah region in Saudi Arabia. Rather than build its own data centers, Oracle leases its data centers from providers. Plans for the Riyadh cloud region were first announced in February, while Oracle’s Jeddah region opened in 2020.
CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, the world’s fastest growing Rated-4 datacenter company, is improving the performance and security of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) in India. Working with the US-based Packet Clearing House (PCH), CtrlS has launched a PCH DNS Services Cluster at its Hyderabad 1 datacenter, which will improve network operators’ access to critical DNS services, handling up to 100,000 DNS queries per second.
Newgen Software, a global provider of low-code digital transformation platforms, announced that it has recently established a new office in Riyadh (KSA) to expand its presence in the Middle East. This new regional office is an addition to the company’s existing Dubai (UAE) subsidiary.
CX management platform Sprinklr is introducing “digital twins.” Not your average chatbot, a Sprinklr digital twin is more like an AI-powered employee, able to plan actions, create workflows and make decisions, but at speed and at scale. They are said to be more easily trained than chatbots and can operate within brand policies and guardrails.