NEWS
SAS partners with the Institute of
Management Technology (IMT) Dubai
to prepare students for evolving
business environment
New initiative addresses soaring
demand for data scientists in the UAE
and GCC, as global data science jobs
estimated to reach 1.5 million by 2018.
SAS, the leader in analytics, and the
Institute of Management Technology
(IMT) Dubai, a leading business
school, have inked a ground-breaking
partnership to embed analytics into
IMT’s MBA program.
The partnership is designed to equip
the Institute’s students with relevant
analytical and data science skills
needed to operate in the ever-evolving
business environment of the 21st
century.
The SAS-IMT collaboration provides
a framework to meet the growing
demand for data scientists in the
UAE and GCC, and provide a regional
counter-attack to the forecasted 50
percent global demand-supply gap, as
an estimated 1.5 million data science
jobs are created worldwide by 2018.
Under its partnership with IMT, SAS
will provide its complete Academic
Program suite to help IMT faculty
members and students create an ideal
environment for data science labs, as
well as the use of advanced business
analytics processes.
DEWA: European Specification
Certificate for its Innovation
Management Systems
Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA) received the
European Specification Certificate
on Innovation Management Systems
(CEN / TS 16555-1-2013), from
British organisation Lloyds Register,
for its preparation and application of
an integrated system for innovation
management.
DEWA is working to strengthen Dubai
Future Agenda’s approach towards
creating the largest government
business incubator in the world by
launching an interactive centre for
innovation at the Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The
centre will be equipped with the
latest technologies in renewable
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energy, and will develop national
abilities in the energy sector, while
promoting business competitiveness
through the creation of incubators
to find solutions, develop renewable
energy technologies, and support
the development of the sector on a
regional level.
The certification is based on defining
standards of managing innovation
on an institutional level, based on the
nature of the institution’s work, its
strategies, and management systems.
The certification also ensures the
connection between the corporate
elements that support and achieve
the institution’s vision in the field of
innovation.
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