INDUSTRY WATCH
GITEX
Technology Week
2015: Sneak peak
Launched in 1981, GITEX is the ICT business gateway
to the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia Region.
Focused on providing exhibitors with high ROI through
direct business opportunities with decision makers,
GITEX has maintained its position as the industry’s trend
setting authority.
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ITEX continually identifies the
hottest global IT trends and
incubates these into the event
either as new sectors or conference
programmes. The sectorisation of
GITEX has enabled new companies
to participate in identified trends as
well as giving visitors the opportunity
to engage, learn and implement the
advances in the industry.
GITEX’s role in the ICT industry is
pivotal for the re-export market. It
is an annual international trading
hub for the global technology sector.
GITEX acts as both, an inbound
sourcing platform for the entire Middle
East region and the eminent source for
anyone interested in doing business in
the region.
Courtesy of strong regional technology
take-up, Middle East organisations
are ideally placed to become leaders
in IoE innovation. The Middle East
and Africa is set to post the world’s
second-fastest growing ICT market in
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2015, reaching $270 billion, according
to IDC. Longer-term, the Middle East’s
IT market is set to grow by 23%, from
$204 billion in 2014, to $252 billion in
2019, according to Gartner.
With more people, devices,
organisations, and government
collaborating on smart environments
and integrated ecosystems, Deloitte
predicts global IoT hardware
connectivity revenues stand to rise
20% per year, while related services
revenues will grow 50% annually.
“The IoE era is a fourth industrial
revolutions that is redefining how
new technologies such as drones
and robotics are transforming
global and regional organisations
and their consumer experiences,”
said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice
President, Dubai World Trade Centre,
the organisers of GITEX Technology
Week 2015, which will be presented
under theme “The Internet Future of
Everything”.
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