IBM Newsroom - Middle East & Africa (Artificial intelligence) https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/ IBM Study: Average Data Breach Cost in the Middle East Reaches $8 Million in 2026, with One in Four Malicious Breaches AI-Enabled https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/codb-me-findings-2026 • IBM’s annual report finds that mismanaged secrets and keys, excessive privileges and poor role management and an inability to prioritize threats were the leading factors increasing breach costs • Financial, technology and industrial organizations recorded the highest average costs Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:00:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/codb-me-findings-2026 IBM Study: Middle East CEOs Redesign Leadership Teams for the AI Era https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Middle-East-CEO 67% of surveyed Middle East organizations now have a Chief AI Officer Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:26:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Middle-East-CEO National Bank of Egypt Strengthens Resilience Across Sites with IBM Aspera Disaster Recovery Capabilities https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/NBE-IBM-Aspera Data movement performance improved by up to 10x, while disaster recovery drill times decreased by 88% Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:15:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/NBE-IBM-Aspera Dubai Future Foundation and IBM global study shows UAE ahead of peers in AI governance adoption https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Dubai-Future-Foundation-IBM-Study Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:06:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Dubai-Future-Foundation-IBM-Study IBM and Aramco Explore Collaboration to Accelerate AI and Innovation Across Saudi Arabia https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Aramco-Collaboration-to-Accelerate-AI Tue, 05 May 2026 04:47:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Aramco-Collaboration-to-Accelerate-AI UAE Cybersecurity Council and IBM announce plans to establish a joint Innovation Center in Abu Dhabi https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-UAE-Cyber-Security-Council-Collaboration The Innovation Center will aim to advance trusted AI, strengthen cyber resilience, and support the UAE Government’s ambition to lead in the technologies shaping the future Mon, 04 May 2026 04:16:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-UAE-Cyber-Security-Council-Collaboration Elsewedy Electric and IBM advance enterprise-scale agentic AI adoption using watsonx portfolio https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Elsewedy-Electric-IBM-watsonx Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:25:00 -0400 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/Elsewedy-Electric-IBM-watsonx IBM Launches Enterprise Advantage Service to Help Businesses Scale Agentic AI https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Enterprise-Advantage New AI-powered consulting service delivers a secured platform, shared standards, and reusable AI assets to help organizations accelerate growth and drive innovation Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:51:00 -0500 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Enterprise-Advantage e& and IBM unveil enterprise-grade agentic AI to transform governance and compliance https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/eand_ibm_agenticai_watsonxorchestrate Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the deployment marks e&’s move beyond traditional chatbots to enterprise-grade agentic AI. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:34:00 -0500 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/eand_ibm_agenticai_watsonxorchestrate Riyadh Air and IBM Partner to Launch World's First AI-Native Airline https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/riyadh-air-launches-ai-native-airline-with-IBM Riyadh Air’s AI‑powered operations create agility across the business and unify employee and guest experiences, setting a new benchmark in aviation Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:38:00 -0500 https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/riyadh-air-launches-ai-native-airline-with-IBM