NEWS
UAE
Equinix executive stresses the
importance of digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure needs to be
considered a basic business requirement
for UAE companies, according to an
Equinix executive.
Brian Lillie, Chief Product Officer,
Equinix, said during a visit to Dubai for
a knowledge sharing session with
telco du, that the rapid development
of smart technology in the UAE
has redefined the way companies
do business.
He said: “Data is increasingly becoming
the currency of the global digital
economy. For enterprises to monetise
their data and extract the most value
from it, they must re-think their data
architectures - this is extremely crucial to
drive global economic growth.
“With Dubai recently launching the
emirate’s flagship Internet of Things
Strategy and Data Wealth initiative,
my visit to the emirate couldn’t have
happened at a more opportune time.
It’s very exciting to see Dubai’s push to
build the future today and establish a
digital infrastructure.”
Farid Faraidooni, Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, EITC (which
trades under the name of du), said:
“Through our alliance with Equinix,
we are offering a true interconnection
platform for the regional enterprises,
banks, insurers and electronic
payments firms to co-locate critical
IT systems inside our data centre and
interconnect to facilitate the operation
of countless IT workloads.”
Brian Lillie, Chief Product
Officer, Equinix
Microsoft demonstrates power of
digital transformation at ADIPEC
hosted an oil and gas solution demo theatre, where visitors
got first-hand experience of the company’s industry-specific
solutions, as well as those of its partners. “Digital brings the oil
and gas industry exceptional capabilities to tackle problems,
and address new potentials, in a cost effective and efficient
manner”, said Omar Saleh, Director Manufacturing and
Resources, Microsoft Middle East and Africa.
“Building systems of intelligence that integrate to enable
end-to-end networks of value co-creation is what digital
transformation is all about and that is what we and our
partners are here to demonstrate.
Microsoft has showed the Middle East’s oil and gas
organisations the power of digital transformation at the Abu
Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
(ADIPEC) 2017.
Microsoft participated as the ‘Strategic Digital Transformation
Partner’ to showcase real life industry principles across every
stage of the oil and gas value chain. The company also
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“Organisations can capture and analyse data from connected
devices and with the help of Azure IoT Suite, workers can
receive real-time alerts from devices - including places that
were previously difficult to monitor.”
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