Before dawn on March 1, 2026, while most of the Gulf was asleep, a swarm of Iranian Shahed drones crossed into the United Arab Emirates. They weren't headed for a military base. They weren't aimed at a port or an airstrip. They were looking for something far more valuable — and far more vulnerable. They found it. Two Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE took direct hits. A third in Bahrain was damaged by a nearby strike. Structural damage. Fires. Power knocked out. Fire suppression systems flooded the hardware with water. Two of the three availability zones in AWS's entire Middle East region went dark simultaneously — something the system was never designed to survive. Banks went offline. Payments failed. Careem, the Gulf's dominant ride-hailing and delivery platform, went down. Emirates NBD, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank — all reported disruptions. The UAE stock market halted. AWS quietly told its customers to migrate their workloads to othe...
Social Media and its use within companies have posed quiet a challenge for Human Resources. With some companies outright banning their employees from using social media in the workplace or even tweeting and posting Facebook updates relating to work and the company. While there are others who have a more open view to using social media in the work place. There have been many instances and this is something that is ongoing -- with recruiters asking potential employees for their Facebook passwords. Giving employers Facebook passwords can be dangerous as a lot of what is personal will now become available to a professional environment. Both of which do not mix. This has prompted some college students to create an ideal Facebook profile. Check out the infographic below which goes into much detail as to why HR must embrace Social Media. This Infographic comes courtesy of Compliance and Safety.
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