MARKET MOVEMENT
Jumbo Enterprise
goes to market
with smart office
solutions in UAE
Jumbo Enterprise, a business unit
of Jumbo Group, has launched its
latest solutions for the smart work
place. Jumbo offerings provide smart
collaboration solutions, mobile work
force, mobility, and enables a secure
environment for documents and
products. According to a new market
research report by MarketsandMarkets,
the smart office market was valued at
$22.21 billion in 2017 and is expected to
reach $46.11 billion by 2023.
Factors such as the increasing
demand for smart office solutions and
sensor networks for energy efficiency,
advancement of IoT in smart office
offerings, growing need for safety and
security systems at the workplace, and
favourable government regulations in
several countries are driving the growth
of the smart office market.
In addition, the advantages of
implementing smart work place are
improved employee productivity,
increased document security, and
reduced print services costs.
Jumbo Enterprise offers products
such as the latest generation of end
user computing devices, digital signage,
display solutions, immersive computing
technology and interactivity products.
The company also provides 3D printing
devices, low cost energy efficient multi-
function devices, as well as a host of
solutions from leading brands.
Jumbo’s bespoke enterprise
solutions empower large and medium-
sized enterprises with end-to-end
solutions, including services in IT
infrastructure management, managed
print services, system integration,
audio-visual, and broadcast solutions
for diverse industries such as
government and hospitality businesses,
colleges and universities, SMBs and
large corporations.
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Cisco expands learning courses with three
business architecture certifications
Three new specialist certifications and
related training courses have been designed
to progressively build and validate expertise
in business architecture:
Shadi Salama, Channel Leader East Region,
Cisco Middle East.
Cisco announced it is expanding its
learning portfolio with new business
architecture training and certifications
designed to accelerate the pace of business
transformation, innovation and growth.
Providing professionals with the latest
skills, tools and best practices enables
them to build and strengthen the bridge
between technology solutions and business
needs. These new offerings mark the
second recent addition to Cisco’s business
transformation-focused learning portfolio.
“The relationship between customer
and vendor is being significantly disrupted
by digital transformation, with the long-
term result being a closer relationship,
spanning more than the deal,” said Shadi
Salama, Channel Leader East Region, Cisco
Middle East.
“As the industry transforms and
companies try to evolve their businesses,
new talent gaps are forming. Our new
Business Architecture training and
certification offerings target the business
skills that go hand in hand in conjunction
with the technology skills to address the
growing talent needs brought forth by
business transformation.”
According to a recent analyst report,
only about 15% of organisations feel they
have the right talent in place for digital
transformation. Cisco is addressing this skill
gap by expanding its training, certification
and enablement programmes.
Cisco Business Architecture
Analyst Certification
Equips professionals with a general
awareness of business architecture principles
and provides a methodology for uncovering
a company’s business goals. These desired
outcomes could then be bridged to the
technology solutions required to achieve
them, thus building credibility and rapport
with customers or key internal stakeholders.
Cisco Business Architecture
Specialist Certification
Builds on the foundational skills and
knowledge assessed at the Analyst level
with a focus on change management
and the creation of a customised
transformation roadmap.
Cisco Business Architecture
Practitioner Certification
Expands upon the Specialist level by
validating a candidate’s mastery in leveraging
tools, methodologies and best practices to
bridge IT solutions with the organisation’s
business goals. Participants will be assessed
for their ability to create and map the
customer engagement journey to deliver
tangible business outcomes and value.
Training courses supporting each of
these certifications, respectively, include:
Adopting the Cisco Business
Architecture Approach
Applying Cisco Business Architecture
Techniques
Mastering the Cisco Business
Architecture Discipline
These new offerings broaden Cisco’s
Business Transformation portfolio
initiatives, launched in April 2017, with
the introduction of the Customer Success
Manager certification. Cisco continues to
develop a pipeline of additional training and
certifications that will further advance skills
in this area.
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