Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 18 | Page 7

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 www.intelligentcio.com 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. INTELLIGENTCIO 7