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DEWA receives COBIT5 cert. in governance & IT operation control
DEWA has received the COBIT5 certification in governance and information technology operation control. DEWA passed a series of auditing and monitoring process evaluations, becoming the first government entity in the UAE to fulfil all requirements of the system, in all five fields.
The COBIT5 certification has been included in ISACA’ s globally accepted framework. DEWA applies the best governance and IT process control practices, through finding harmony between DEWA’ s framework, and the operations, systems, and procedures included in the certification. The COBIT5 framework provides principles, practices, patterns, and analysis tools which allows IT Department officials to apply the best practices in these fields. DEWA successfully applies the framework of the certification in five fields. These include Human Resource Management, Risk Management, Infrastructural Management, Management of Outside Threats, and Service Security Management. Receiving the COBIT5 certification increases the efficiency of DEWA’ s internal and external operations, provides a clear and comprehensive vision to serve the IT officials, and allows for a clearer approach, with greater focus on the provision of services, and a quicker response to service requirements, business, and the optimum use of available resources.
“ This achievement is a result of DEWA’ s efforts to achieve the Smart Dubai initiative, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to manage the city’ s utilities and services using smart and connected services. We strive to improve our services through adopting the latest techniques and solutions, and applying them across all administrative and operational levels at DEWA,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
Tejari signs MoU with Dubai SME to streamline procurement services
Strategic procurement company Tejari, has announced the signing of a MoU with Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development( DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise( SME) sector, to deploy a dedicated eProcurement platform for SME members.
The collaboration aims to automate member requests, enable supplier categorisation and reporting capabilities through the BravoAdvantage Supplier Value Management capability. The platform will fully integrate with the eSupply and will act as a gateway for membership payment.
Marwan Al Naqi, Chairman at Tejari commented on the partnership saying:“ The UAE is generally considered, and in particular the city of Dubai, one of the first to adopt the latest technology to build a better, improved life and development model. The vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai is clear in Dubai’ s transformation into a smart city to provide a new way of life based on creativity and innovation.”
The announcement follows the successful automation of Dubai SME’ s registration, pre-qualification and approval processes to their Government Procurement Program. The program, founded in 2011 was designed to enable SMEs to access contracting opportunities with government departments in the UAE. With the deployment of the new application all transactions among Dubai Government Departments will be consolidated on one unique platform ensuring all departments assign the agreed 5 % of their purchasing spend to SME members. www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO
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