Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 39 | Page 10

NEWS King Fahd Hospital and STC launch cloud-based radiography platform S audi Telecom Company (STC) has announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind radiography platform (Enterprise Medical Imaging) in KSA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health at King Fahd General Hospital in Madinah. STC will support the hospital with state-of-the-art technology to ensure the provision of excellent healthcare services to the patients. Through the new platform, it will be possible to facilitate workflow, enable immediate reporting, archive all data contained in STC’s cloud database centre, co-ordinate healthcare services in the hospital and reduce the cost of healthcare programmes, especially with the availability of the platform’s staff management feature which allows centralised management of human resources and medical staff. Mu’awwad emphasised that this partnership with the Ministry of Health and its affiliate institutions is of utmost importance and pointed out that STC is working on building and developing new technology solutions for various sectors to help implement cloud computing technology and shape the future of Digital Transformation in the Kingdom. Engineer Riyadh Mu’awwad, Vice-President for Public Sector Sales and Major Customers, said: “We continuously seek to build strategic partnerships to strengthen and empower the medical facilities and hospitals in the country and allow them to take advantage of state-of-the-art digital technology. As a result, this will enhance and support the quality and efficiency of the services provided to the patients in line with the objectives of the kingdom’s Digital Transformation Vision 2030.” ////////////////// Teradata announces availability of analytics platform T eradata, a data intelligence company, has announced the availability of its next-generation analytics platform Teradata Vantage. in Saudi Arabia as they struggle with the challenging macro-economic situation of transitioning out of oil led economies into knowledge services. Vantage enables enterprises to uncover actionable answers to the toughest business questions by tightly integrating the best analytic functions and engines to provide a scalable, agile platform that enables enterprises to drive business value. “End-users and IT managers are adapting to technologies and experiences across cloud, analytics, social data, mobility and other new platforms. Digital Transformation can add complexity in the short term, since not all vendor applications are easy to use or intuitive in nature. Teradata global surveys indicate that 74% of senior managers find analytical applications too complex for them to use. It also provides access to a wide variety of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics; autonomous decision making; Machine Learning functions; and visualisation tools deployed across public clouds, on-premises, on optimised or commodity infrastructure, or as-a-service. Jamil Jeitani, Managing Director, Teradata GCC, said: “Digital Transformation is a journey forward for regional businesses 10 INTELLIGENTCIO Jamil Jeitani, Managing Director, Teradata GCC “Teradata applications help businesses to rapidly get returns from their operational and transactional data without increasing the level of complexity and pain in their departmental workflows.” www.intelligentcio.com