NEWS
UAE
Sheikh visits digital government
enabler SAP
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid
Al Nuaimi, Chairman of
Ajman Municipality and
Planning Department,
toured the Middle
East and North Africa
headquarters of digital
government enabler SAP,
experiencing the latest
innovations to drive the
Ajman Vision 2021 smart
government goals.
methodology can develop innovative
problem-solving solutions. Ajman
Vision 2021 aims to embrace national
energies empowered by knowledge
and technology. As a market leader
in enterprise application software,
SAP helps companies of all sizes and
industries run better.
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi,
Chairman of Ajman Municipality and Planning
Department, during the tour of the SAP HQ
During the tour, he
experienced SAP’s real-
time digital government solutions,
including the cloud-based SAP Digital
Boardroom. The Digital Boardroom
provides real-time information and
analysis to present to executives,
to ensure a quick decision-making
process. His Highness also explored
leading-edge solutions developed
by the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in
the UAE, and how Design Thinking
From back office to boardroom,
warehouse to store front, desktop to
mobile device, SAP empowers people
and organisations to work together
more efficiently and use business insight
more effectively to stay ahead of the
competition. SAP applications and
services enable more than 345,000
business and public sector customers to
operate profitably, adapt continuously,
and grow sustainably.
Registration for SANS
cybersecurity training event open
SANS Institute has announced its
largest ever cybersecurity training event
in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai
from 4–16 November.
SANS Gulf Region 2017 will feature
eight classroom-style instructor-led
courses covering key security topics
including ethical hacking, penetration
testing, digital forensics and incident
response, smartphone security and
threat intelligence.
qualified instructors, all of whom
are active industry practitioners. In
under a week, each comprehensive
training course will dive deep into
the subject matter and enable
attendees to cement the skill
sets they have learned through
extensive practical hands-on
sessions,” said Ned Baltagi,
Managing Director, Middle East
and Africa at SANS.
The duration of each course is either five
or six days and SANS will conduct four
within the first week and the remaining
four the following week. Depending on the course attended,
participants will also be prepared to
undertake the GSEC, GCIH, GPEN,
GCCC, GCFA, GASF and GRID
Certifications.
“We are providing Middle East
businesses with the rare opportunity to
get their security professionals expertly
trained in region by internationally For a complete list of courses and
instructors, or to register for SANS
Gulf Region 2017, visit: www.sans.
org/event/gulf-region-2017.
www.intelligentcio.com
Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle
East and Africa at SANS
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