NEWS
UAE
broadcasters
lead US$16
billion media
innovation
market
SANS Cyber Security Middle
East Summit & Training 2019
to be held in Abu Dhabi
Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo Protego
U
AE broadcasters are leading innovation
in the world’s US$16 billion digital media
and entertainment market, optimising how
customers experience content on any device
at any time. Numerous media free zones –
such as Dubai Production City, Dubai Media
City and Dubai Studio City, and TwoFour54 in
Abu Dhabi – enhance the UAE’s standing as a
regional and global hub for broadcast media.
In response to changing customer needs, the
UAE is at the forefront of digital innovation in
audiovisual content creation and distribution
across multiple formats, channels and
languages, says Condo Protego, the UAE-
based IT infrastructure and information
management consultancy and solutions
provider. “Broadcast media – whether TV,
video on demand at home, or digital videos in
taxis – has become pervasive in our lives in the
UAE, and will only continue to increase,” said
Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo Protego. “UAE
media companies are among global early
adopters in having content readily accessible
to create, distribute, personalise, and analyse
content from anywhere, at any time and on
any device.” As media companies adopt high
definition formats such as 4K and digitise
archives, the global media and entertainment
storage market will grow by 45% to US$16
billion by 2021, according to a recent
Technavio report. Condo Protego estimates
that UAE media companies adopted 20 to 25
petabytes of storage in 2018.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
S ANS have announced the launch of
the first SANS Cyber Security Middle
East Summit and Training. community with the expert guidance
and skills needed to stop cyberattacks
against their organisations.
The 2019 Summit will be held on April
4 in Abu Dhabi, at the Fairmont Bab Al
Bahr hotel. This event will be the first in a
series of SANS Summits to be held in the
Middle East. Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle
East and Africa at SANS Institute,
said: “Organisations in the region
continue to experience a shortage of
cybersecurity professionals, which is
creating overwhelming pressure on their
inadequately staffed cybersecurity teams.
In addition to the summit, world-class
SANS courses are being offered to help
participants expand their information
security expertise.
SANS instructors are experienced
industry practitioners considered to
be among the best cybersecurity
instructors in the world. They will
provide those taking part and their
“The shortage of cybersecurity
professionals around the globe has
never been more acute. In fact, a recent
Gartner survey reveals that only 65% of
organisations globally have cybersecurity
experts. It, thus, becomes even more
important to invest in developing
cybersecurity skills of the future, today.”
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