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ISSUE 11
EDITOR’S COMMENT
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A
s we enter the final stretch to
Gitex Technology Week 2017, the
regional IT industry looks all set
to find the next launch pad to drive its
business into 2018. Increasingly, vertical
market enterprises have begun to test the
waters with integrating their on-premises
core business applications with other
value-add and peripheral applications
hosted in the cloud. These could be CRM,
HCM and talent management, inventory
management, field and service support,
POS, fleet and logistics management,
warehouse management.
For Gitex Technology Week 2017
itself, the stage is set for the display
of how converging technologies and
disruptive business models will solve
problems in daily lives and businesses.
Gitex Technology Week 2017 will run
under the theme Re-Imagining Realities:
Discover, Transform and Innovate. The
event’s vision showcases 17 specialist
technologies, including blockchain,
artificial intelligence, drones, robotics, 3D
printing and the Internet of Things.
With the global Smart Cities market
set to grow seven-fold to $3.5 trillion
by 2026, the new Global Smart Cities
Hall will feature 150 public-sector
organisations from around the world
showcasing the latest innovations. Among
the most innovative are from the UAE,
thanks to Smart Dubai’s Smart Cities
Managing Partner
Richard Judd
[email protected]
vision and mission to make Dubai the
happiest city on earth.
Gitex Technology Week 2017 is helping
to stream the sourcing process with
Gitex Global Sourcing, which connects
solution providers and vendors to buyers
with sourcing needs. The new Gitex
Future Stars will enable the world’s most
innovative startups and entrepreneurs to
find commercial investment and catalyse
innovations. Startups will be able to use
Gitex Technology Week to amplify their
presence and reach a global audience
of investors and partners to bring their
solutions to market.
Attendees will also have the opportunity
to gain critical insight from more than
80 global practitioners in eight power
conferences being held at Gitex Technology
Week 2017. The eight verticals being
tackled are Smart Cities, Healthcare, Digital
Marketing, Finance, Retail, Transport and
Logistics, Tech Leaders and Education. The
Gitex Power Conferences have expanded to
cover the latest advances, applications and
case studies across eight industry verticals,
featuring a fast-paced, highly-curated
programme. As Supporting Media Partner,
Intelligent Tech Channels will engage with
exhibitors and conference speakers and
bring you the best of thought leadership in
the coming issues. See you there.
Managing Partner
Stuart Lynch
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Editor, ITC
Arun Shankar
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Editor, ICIO Middle East
Mark Bowen
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Editor, ICIO Africa
Emily Freer
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Editor, ICIO Europe
Alix Pressley
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Jubin Honarvar
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Pippa Sanderson
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Marketing & Content
Development Manager
Nick Onyett
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