FEATURE
average life of S&P companies has fallen
from 60 years to 20 years.
With the huge number of tourists and
investors coming to the UAE, there will
be a large influx of data, which will need
greater infrastructure planning. Businesses
will have to manage this large amount of
information in the most organised way.
To ensure the same, investing in
additional storage and network capacity
would be required.
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO of eHosting DataFort
the way to becoming the smartest city
in the world. Dubai has witnessed smart
infrastructure being built based on the
latest and cutting-edge technology and
the government now aspires to transform
the Emirate to not only be the smartest
city but also the happiest city in the world
over the next few years.
The government sector is continuing
to move towards digital. From adopting
AI, to Big Data, Blockchain, mobility,
IoT, BYOD, cloud and analytics, the
sector is seeing an increased uptake in
transformational technologies.
Big Data, AI, IoT, analytics, security and
cloud technologies are key technology
platforms enabling today’s disruption. With increased frequency in the number of
cyberattacks, the government spending on
cybersecurity, which is one of the biggest
technology trends in this sector across the
globe, has definitely increased. With the
increased uptake of IoT, the government
sector is also ensuring that the connected
devices are secure.
Only 43% of Fortune 500 companies
around in 1995 exist today and the Cloud is one of the key drivers of
Digital Transformation. As more UAE
organisations are accelerating their Digital
Transformation efforts, we see a higher
uptake of hybrid cloud.
Many Middle Eastern countries and
especially the GCC have been making
strong investments to bring in Digital
Transformation for economic and social
prosperity. The digitisation efforts are
clearly visible in the way governments
are providing their citizens and residents
with services, as well as in transportation,
banking, etc.
The key factor to all of this is
connectivity through the cloud, which
is turn has propelled the growth of the
cloud business.
What is the role that new age
technologies such as AI, IoT
and Big Data will play in the
near future for businesses in
the region? And, how are you
leveraging such technologies?
Trends such as AI, automation,
virtualisation, IoT, Big Data etc. are driving
a change in the overall business context
and organisations are looking at these new
technologies to transform their business
and capitalise on this growth.
Data centres are at the centre of this
digital growth and transformation and
are rapidly evolving to meet current
and future business requirements. They
are going through many changes as
businesses are shifting their focus to
issues such as speed of implementation,
flexibility, agility, efficiency, scalability
and security.
Cloud computing is one of the key
technologies driving the transformation
of data centres as it facilitates faster
business operations and offers
organisations the flexibility to scale their
infrastructure capacity on demand.
With the continuing trend of cloud
computing, data centres are being
transformed to utilise these new
technologies to enhance their
performance and provide solutions to
enterprises and businesses who want to
maintain a leadership position in the years
to come. ◊
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