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At a glance…
Smart Cities takes
centre stage at IDC’s IT
Forum 2015
International Data Corporation (IDC) has held its annual IT
Forum 2015, an event that offered a comprehensive, up-todate, and reliable stage for the more than 300 IT professionals
in attendance to discuss strategic IT decisions based on global
best practices and emerging technology solutions.
The Middle East region is expected to be one of the world’s
fastest growing IT markets over the coming years, with IT
spending anticipated to grow 9% year on year in 2015.
Growth in the Middle Eastern markets will be driven by tangible
economic stability and resilience supported by increased
government spending.
across data centres, regional hubs, and
branch offices. “Nutanix reduces IT
complexity for customers, providing a costeffective option for deploying Silver Peak’s
EdgeConnect virtual appliances in the
branch,” said Venugopal Pai, vice president,
global alliances and business development
for Nutanix.
When Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnect
is deployed directly onto the Internet in
branch offices, Zscaler enables employees
to access the Internet securely by scanning
all incoming and outgoing traffic between
the EdgeConnect appliances and the
Internet to identify and block potential
threats and to protect intellectual property.
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The growth in these markets will be driven by tangible economic
stability and resilience supported by increased government
spending. The biggest verticals in the region — contributing to
nearly 74% of overall Middle East IT spending in 2015 — will
be the consumer, public, communications, and finance sectors,
but looking ahead, the fastest growing verticals will be the
transportation, public, and energy sectors, as much of the largescale infrastructure upgrade projects planned by the region’s
governments are focused on these areas.
“Across industries, businesses everywhere are transforming
the way they engage with customers and how they innovate
in product and service delivery,” says Jyoti Lalchandani, IDC’s
group vice president and regional managing director for the
Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. “IT is especially vital to these
efforts, often in the form of transformational technologies
such as cloud, mobile, social and analytics, as well through
new and emerging ‘innovation accelerators’ such as cognitive
computing, natural interfaces, 3D printing, robotics, and nextgeneration security.
The event also featured a panel discussion on Smart Cities
and the UAE’s vision for 2020. This particular session analysed
the role of ICT in improving citizen services in public safety,
transportation, and public works, as well as its function in
fostering innovation and civic engagement.
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