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US tech heavyweight Oracle goes live with its subsequent data centre in UAE, this time in Abu Dhabi

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New Abu Dhabi office and one more in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM will give Oracle genuine clout

Oracle has its subsequent server farm in the UAE ready for action. The enhanced one is in Abu Dhabi and adds more capability to the US endeavor monster’s desires in the locale’s distributed computing and information examination space.

Oracle opened its Dubai office last year, and will likewise have two in Saudi Arabia. The server farm space is the most recent landmark for the world’s tech majors, with any semblance of Microsoft and Amazon Web Services currently very much contributed to get a greater amount of the blue-chip contracts up fro snatches.

Abiy Yeshitla, Vice-President – Cloud at Oracle Middle East and Africa converses with Gulf News concerning what’s in store from his organization since it has its date habitats set up.

Do the Dubai and Abu Dhabi server farms just handle the need of UAE customers?

Oracle ‘cloud districts’ in the UAE are serving clients in the UAE, in the Middle East and internationally. The cloud districts in the UAE are based on similar plan as our server farms around the world, which empowers us to deal with petabytes of information and great many handling power centers.

We will likely offer areas in closeness to our clients to meet their information power necessities, while furnishing genuine debacle security with various topographically circulated cloud districts in each country.

In the Middle East, is cloud and information facilitating now the greatest piece of your income blend? Or then again is it still venture servers and programming by a mile?

While declaring the Q1-22 outcomes, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said, “Prophet’s two new cloud organizations, IaaS and SaaS, are presently more than 25% of our all out income with a yearly run pace of $10 billion. Taken together, IaaS and SaaS are Oracle’s quickest developing and most elevated edge new organizations. As these two cloud organizations keep on developing they will assist with growing our general overall revenues and push income per share higher.”

We are seeing comparable development pattern in the Middle East.

In the Gulf, what number of server farms do you intend to have in the end? Do these handle all of the cloud needs?

We have declared designs to set up four cloud areas in the Middle East. Two each in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. With the present dispatch of our cloud area in Abu Dhabi, three of our districts are currently live in the Middle East, the other two in Jeddah and Dubai.

We as of late declared NEOM as the area of our second cloud locale in Saudi Arabia. Both Oracle Cloud districts in the UAE are based on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which empower clients to effectively relocate existing responsibilities and information stages or fabricate new cloud local applications.

Clients will likewise approach the full set-up of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, just as Oracle Autonomous Database, offering them the chance and decision to make the design that best suits their business needs.

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Free Public Parking Announced In Dubai For Hijri New Year

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Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced free public parking and a revised public transport schedule for the Hijri New Year 1448 holiday on Monday June 15.

Public parking across Dubai, except for multi-storey parking facilities will be free with parking fees will resume on Tuesday June 16.

All RTA Customer Happiness Centres will be closed on Monday, but customers will still be able to access services through the Customer Happiness Centre in Umm Ramool and Smart Kiosks located in Deira, Al Barsha, Al Tawar, Al Kifaf and the RTA Headquarters.

Dubai Metro services on both the Red and Green Lines will run from 5am until midnight on Monday while Dubai Tram services will operate from 6am until 1am the following day.

Passengers using public buses are advised to check the S’hail app for updated holiday schedules.

The RTA also announced that Bus Route E100, which normally operates between Al Ghubaiba Bus Station and Abu Dhabi, will be suspended from June 13 to 15. Passengers heading to Abu Dhabi during this period can use Route E101 from Ibn Battuta Bus Station instead.

Marine transport services will be unaffected during this period.

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Alhind to Launch Indian Consular Services Across UAE from July 2026

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The Indian Embassy in the UAE has announced that Alhind Tours and Travels LLC will become the sole outsourced service provider for passport, visa, and consular applications across the country starting July 1.

In a statement shared on its official social media channels, the Embassy said detailed information on procedures and working hours will be released in due course through official platforms. The transition will impact consular services for over 3.5 million Indian expatriates in the UAE.

Current service providers, BLS International Services Ltd. and SGIVS Global, will continue operations until June 30, with applicants advised to complete pending submissions before the changeover.

Under the new arrangement, the largest service centre is expected to be located in Bur Dubai, spanning approximately 12,000 square feet with over 45 service counters. Alhind has also indicated plans to streamline operations through an expanded workforce of more than 400 staff, alongside an all-inclusive service fee of Dh19, excluding mandatory government charges.

The Embassy and Consulate have urged applicants to depend only on official sources for updates, cautioning against misinformation, and reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring a smooth transition of services.

The decision follows a tender issued in November 2025 for outsourcing a range of consular services at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India in Dubai. Four companies—Alhind, DU Digital Global Ltd, SGIVS Global LLC, and VFS Global—were shortlisted, with Alhind emerging as the lowest bidder.

Founded in Kerala in 1992, Alhind Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd is part of the wider Alhind Group, which operates across IT services, luxury rentals, and foreign exchange. The company expanded its presence to the UAE and other Middle Eastern markets in 1995.

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Travelling to Oman? Sharjah introduces new bus departure times

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Travellers heading from the UAE to Oman now have more flexibility, with the Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA) announcing revised schedules for its popular intercity bus service connecting Sharjah with Sohar and Muscat.

The updated timings apply to Intercity Bus Route 203, which departs from Al Jubail Bus Station in Sharjah and serves passengers travelling to Oman’s two major cities. The changes are aimed at improving convenience, enhancing cross-border mobility, and providing more travel options for residents and visitors.

New Sharjah to Muscat bus timings

Passengers travelling from Sharjah can now choose from three daily departures:

  • 6:30am
  • 3:30pm
  • 8:30pm

Oman to Sharjah bus timings

For travellers returning from Oman, buses departing from Sohar and Muscat will operate at:

  • 7:00am
  • 1:30pm
  • 3:00pm

More travel options between UAE and Oman

SRTA said the revised schedule is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen regional transport connectivity and offer a comfortable, safe and efficient travel experience between the UAE and Oman.

Passengers are advised to check the latest updates through SRTA’s official channels before travelling and to arrive at the station early to ensure a smooth journey.

Route: Intercity Bus 203
Departure Point: Al Jubail Bus Station, Sharjah
Destinations: Sohar and Muscat, Oman
New Timings Effective: Immediately

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