GCC SMBs using social media to drive business
According to a new survey from LinkedIN, over 260 SMBs from the six GCC countries found that 92% of respondents are active on social media platforms, while 5% are currently ramping-up to establish presence.
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Big data’s power in construction machinery
Caterpillar bought a minority stake in Uptake, a tech start-up in Chicago. Uptake was already developing predictive diagnostics and fleet optimisation solutions for locomotives for Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), a subsidiary of Caterpillar, and its success made Cat consider the possibilities for the wider field of construction equipment.
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Smart Cities require smart networks
Many ‘City of the Future’ concepts indicate that broadband Internet access will have to become just as much a resource as power, water and clean air. The vision is this: Smart City- a learning city that is intelligent, sustainable and thoroughly networked. In a market study, Navigant Research determined that the number of network nodes newly installed for Smart City networks every year will more than triple – from 16.3 million in 2014 to 54.8 million in 2020.
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