by Alaa AlShaikh | Apr 28, 2026 | غير مصنف
Why NDAA matters in KSA (and why your old cameras might be a liability) NDAA Section 889 — the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act provision that prohibits federal procurement of certain Chinese-manufactured surveillance equipment — has reshaped the global CCTV...
by Alaa AlShaikh | Apr 28, 2026 | غير مصنف
The state of hybrid in KSA, 2026 Saudi enterprises moved to hybrid work later than some markets but with more conviction once they did. The 2022-2024 period saw hybrid become structural rather than temporary across most knowledge-worker industries. By 2026, the...
by Alaa AlShaikh | Apr 28, 2026 | غير مصنف
Why opening teams under-estimate IT Hotel openings in Saudi Arabia under Vision 2030 are accelerating, and with that acceleration comes a recurring pattern: opening teams under-budget IT by 20-30% because the scope is wider than they expected. PMS, POS, GRMS, IPTV,...
by Alaa AlShaikh | Apr 28, 2026 | غير مصنف
The choice in one paragraph If your infrastructure team is small, your workload mix is virtualised, and you value operational simplicity over best-of-breed flexibility — hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is usually the right answer in 2026. If you have specialised...
by Alaa AlShaikh | Apr 28, 2026 | غير مصنف
The 2026 baseline (Cat6 is no longer it) Three years ago, Cat6 was the default specification for Saudi office fit-outs. It isn’t anymore. The combination of Wi-Fi 6E, increasingly bandwidth-hungry applications, PoE++ powered devices, and the 25-year cable...
