COUNTRY FOCUS: UAE
With the move towards ‘smart everything’
the UAE has been at the forefront of
technological innovation. With the
country’s IT market predicted to top AED
20 billion this year, the UAE is leading the
way in Smart Cities, smart services, smart
jobs and smart transactions.
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Smart cities
Smart Cities are one of the reasons the
UAE’s IT market is predicted to top AED 20
billion in 2018.
This is according to the newly-appointed
UAE Managing Director of global technology
company SAP.
Increasingly, UAE organisations are
becoming ‘smart enterprises’ using the
latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning, the Internet of Things
and advanced analytics to disrupt industries,
improve productivity with data, foster a digital
workplace and deliver seamless experiences.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
Thanks to the growth in technology
adoption, nationwide Digital Transformation,
Smart Cities and Expo 2020 Dubai, BMI
Research predicts the UAE’s IT market will
reach AED 20 billion in 2018.
“Winners in the UAE’s digital economy will
be organisations that gain a first-mover
advantage, adopt ‘next practices’ that
allow them to innovate faster than the
competition, and become better, faster and
more out-of-the-box than ever before,” said
Julien Bertin, Managing Director, SAP UAE
and Oman.
“We’re co-innovating with UAE organisations
across all sizes and verticals to run at their
Julien Bertin, Managing Director, SAP UAE
and Oman
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