If you have spent any time inside Microsoft’s Power Platform this year, you have probably encountered a version of this question: ‘Should we be using Copilot Studio or Power Automate for this?’ The confusion is understandable. Both live inside the same Microsoft ecosystem. Both involve automation. Both are being promoted
The global business intelligence market is worth USD 33.3 billion in 2025 and will continue to expand in 2026, with market reaching USD 37.96 billion in minimum. A 2026 survey found that 68% of organizations admit their current BI platform is not delivering the expected return on investment. The most
CEOs have moved from “Will AI work?” to “Are we investing enough?” Yet gaps in infrastructure, data, and trust risk disrupting momentum. News summary: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 23 June, 2026 — AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 65% now worry they’re underinvesting in the
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched something that every tech professional, student, and digital transformation leader in Saudi Arabia needs to know about immediately: the AI & Cloud Kingdom Tour. In partnership with Google Cloud, MCIT has launched a free, week-long hybrid training
There is a number every IT director, CISO, and business owner in Saudi Arabia needs to understand; SAR 25 million. That is the maximum financial penalty for non-compliance with the National Cybersecurity Authority’s Essential Cybersecurity Controls under the December 2024 NCA Regulations. Beyond the fine, non-compliance can trigger operational shutdowns,
On Tuesday, 10 March 2026, the Saudi Cabinet made an official decision that carries strategic weight far beyond its headline; Saudi Arabia was formally designated the Year of Artificial Intelligence. This is not branding. It is the formalization of a strategy years in the making, one that has already produced
Something historic happened in Riyadh in early 2026. At the PIF Private Sector Forum, Tareq Amin — CEO of HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund AI company, unveiled HUMAIN OS, an operating system built entirely around artificial intelligence agents. Not a chatbot. Not a productivity addon, not a simple algorithm.
