The first health insurance management website in the Middle East, Bayzat, has just received a $1 million investment from regional venture capital firm BECO Capital.

Electronic waste is the fastest growing segment of the waste stream across the world.

CompTIA, an information technology industry association for vendor-neutral skills certifications, recently announced that it has partnered with the Qatar Ministry of the Interior’s Telecoms Department to provide crucial IT training courses for employees.

Experts recently released the Bahrain Liquid Natural Gas Market Analysis and Outlook Report to 2020, which includes forecasts of liquid natural gas supply, plant status, trade, demand, prices, contracts, capacity, stock, companies and investments.

Oman’s central bank recently opened a department that is specially designed to oversee Islamic banking. This move enhances the expertise and resources of the bank, while also centralizing all regulation and issuance aspects of Islamic banking.

British creativity has spread to the Middle East, thanks to John Wilford, a British entrepreneur, who recently opened a new marketing agency called JW International (JWI) to serve the Middle East region.

Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research recently visited the Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries in Julphar, where he said the pharmaceutical industry is key to adding more diversity to the UAE economy.

The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council recently held a regular steering committee meeting to discuss development projects and the Infrastructure Standard Guidelines. The QCC plans to apply a harmonized guideline within Abu Dhabi.

Awok.com recently released data demonstrating how shoppers change their behavior during Ramadan. The data system has studied United Arab Emirates online shopping trends and learned that its e-commerce site had more sales during Iftar and Suhour hours.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES said this week that it has completed its purchase of IBM’s microelectronics business. IBM has created top-notch capabilities for both high-performance silicon-germanium (SiGe) and RF silicon-on-insulator (RSFOI) technologies. Both of these technologies complement the company’s preexisting mainstream technology offerings.

A spacious two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom apartment in the Palazo Versace is available from Gulf Sotheby’s International Realty for $886,223.

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry said it has been awarded ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 certification from French classification organization Bureau Veritas. The certification recognizes the chamber’s excellence in IT service management standards.

A group of representatives from Dubai’s cooling services provider Empower recently announced that the company’s Command Control Center (CCC) now monitors 26 of its 62 plants through its advanced smart network; moving into the future, the center plans to continue…

Al Waleed Real Estate officials say construction on two residential developments in Dubai’s Jumeirah Village and Silicon Oasis will wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Jumeirah Village features one- and two-bedroom units and duplex villas.

Emaar Retail was honored as RLI Global Leisure Operator 2015 at Retail & Leisure International magazine’s 10th Global RLI Awards. Emaar Retail manages business operations for The Dubai Mall and Dubai Marina Mall’s leisure and entertainment brands.

ELAN Qatar and Fira Barcelona have been chosen by the Qatar Tourism Authority to manage and oversee day-to-day operations for the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. The new meetings, incentives, conferences and events venue will open by year’s end.

Omkar Realtors and Developers of Mumbai unveiled its newest luxury residential project, called Ananta, on June 20.

The Bahrain Technology Companies Society coordinated a seminar focused on the outlook for information and communication technology in Bahrain, as well as in the Middle East, with the goal of increasing the sector’s contributions to the national economy.

To celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, VIVA Bahrain will give its prepaid customers the opportunity to transfer any prepaid credits to family members or friends in their home countries — as well as to receive free international calling minutes.

The Oman Broadband Co. recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Salalah Sanitary Drainage Services Co. The memorandum allows the Oman Broadband Co. to run its broadband projects in tandem with sanitary drainage projects.