King Saud University’s Deanship of Electronic Transactions and Communications was established in 1978 as the Computer Center in Al Malaz. After a humble beginning, using rented computers from IBM, the Center’s name was changed to Computer and Data Processing Administration and thus began a program of fast-paced development and acquisition of computers.  In 1991, the name was changed to the General Directorate of Computer and Information Systems by Administrative Decree 5849.  The facility, which in 2007 became the Deanship of Electronic Transactions and Communications (ETC) … more