COUNTRY FOCUS: UAE
technology, organisations need to provide
employees with the right information on
any device, at any time and from any
location. CIOs need to foster a culture
centred on trust, accessibility, and
collaboration to have their employees be
engaged and productive.”
Dubai Municipality, the government
agency that fosters Dubai’s growth and
development, faced challenges in ensuring
its thousands of employees had consistent
access to business applications that ensure
city services are delivered on time.
In response, Dubai Municipality launched a
digital transformation project to virtualise
desktops and consolidate data centres for
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MAKING
APPS HIGHLY
ACCESSIBLE
FROM ANY DEVICE
POWERS A REAL
DIFFERENCE IN
PERFORMANCE.
business applications using VMware Horizon
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and VMware
Workspace ONE.
Ahmed Kajoor, CIO, Dubai Municipality,
said: “Dubai Municipality, as one of the
UAE’s largest government institutions, needs
to provide our employees with business
applications available from any device, at
any time, from any location to ensure the
city is running well.
“Digital transformation, based on
business applications, has increased
Dubai Municipality’s staff productivity
and collaboration, optimised costs, and is
driving new levels of citizen happiness and
innovative citizen services.”
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