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DP World UAE Region , is the premier maritime gateway and hub to a region of more than three billion people . As the region ’ s frontline trade enabler , DP World UAE Region is home to the flagship Jebel Ali Port , a maritime commercial gateway and hub to the Middle East region . Today , the company offers integrated solutions to global companies doing business across the region . Ibrahim Al Najjar , IT Director , DP World UAE Region , tells Intelligent CIO Middle East , how the company is pushing digitalisation to facilitate smart and innovative global trade .
DP World UAE Region pushes digitalisation to enable smart global trade
Ibrahim Al Najjar , IT Director , DP World
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Take us through DP World ’ s IT infrastructure and why it is critical for the company to implement digitalisation and innovation across your entire operations in the UAE ?
It is DP World ’ s vision to ‘ Lead the Smart Transformation ’ in its ports and logistics hub . Every move the company makes represents an additional step towards achieving this vision and advancing its IT infrastructure to the next level .
The IT department of DP World in the UAE is a pioneer in business enablement and enrichment through technology , continuous exploration of new digital solutions and implementation of the latest disruptive innovations in the trade and logistics industry .
The digitalisation and innovative solutions that a customer experiences with us today , is a result of continuous investment in this direction over the decades . The mere realisation of the criticality that technological advancement brought with it at the right time made all the difference for our organisation to stay ahead .
What is DP World UAE Region ’ s IT transformation strategy from port managers to global trade enablers all about ?
Our daily lives have been transformed by technology and these technological transformations are bound to be adopted at various levels of business operations , whether locally or internationally .
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