The global sukuk market is big business. With a value predicted to hit $70 billion by mid-2008 and continue on to as much as $225 billion by 2010, the major financial institutions are starting to take notice. BM spoke with BarCap’s Arul Kandasamy to find out more.
Dave Sonnen, IDC’s Senior Consultant for Spatial Information Management, discusses the potential for spatial technologies in the utility industry – including the development of tools, the associated benefits and how SIM is no longer a specialized application.
Extreme weather, earthquakes and political instability are all factors that can have a major effect on Middle Eastern companies. BM speaks with Chris Green, Chairman of the Business Continuity Institute, about the importance of being prepared when disaster strikes.
BM talks to Karen Parrish, IBM’s Vice President for Worldwide BI Solutions, about the evolution of business intelligence and why companies need to start thinking in terms of enterprise-wide approaches to data analysis.