NEWS
KSA and World Economic Forum to set up Fourth
Industrial Revolution Centre
S
audi Arabia and the World Economic
Forum are to set up a Centre for
the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the
Kingdom. Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri, Saudi
Arabia’s Minister of Economy and Planning,
and Klaus Schwab, WEF Executive and
Chairman, signed the agreement following
meetings to discuss areas of joint co-
operation between the Kingdom and the
Geneva-based organisation.
“The centre will provide space for the
development of the mechanisms, plans
and applications of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution in the Kingdom and will
contribute to the adoption of technology
and best practices in the region and the
world,” said an issued statement.
Saudi Arabia is forging ahead with plans
to overhaul its economy to reduce its
reliance on oil, through measures such
as investments in advanced technology,
to create jobs for nationals and diversify
sources of revenue.
The Kingdom has made investments in other
tech ventures as part of its broader plan
to transform the country into a high-tech
investment powerhouse.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is based
on a number of areas, including Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet
of Things, robots, Smart Cities, governance,
future shaping of technology and data
policy, automated mobility, unmanned aerial
vehicles and the future of airspace.
The King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology will manage the centre for the
Fourth Industrial Revolution in co-operation
with WEF.
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Nutanix hosts Enterprise Cloud
Conference in KSA
Executives from Nutanix delivered a number
of informative sessions including latest insights
into data centre modernisation, multi-cloud
and automation, and application workloads.
The event featured keynotes and talks,
hands-on learning with experts and a first-
hand look at the latest Nutanix products. The
solutions-oriented event educated attendees
on how they can build virtual apps and
desktops on Nutanix.
One of the attractions at the event was
Sophia the Robot, the world’s first robot
citizen who is a Saudi national.
Sophia the robot,
the world’s first AI
robot citizen
N
utanix, a leader in enterprise cloud
computing, has hosted its annual .NEXT
on Tour event with the theme ‘Invisible
Clouds, Visible IT’ in Riyadh.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
The conference focused on helping
enterprises in KSA free themselves from
the complexity and cost of legacy IT and
embrace the power of cloud.
Mohammad Abulhouf, Country Manager
– Saudi and Bahrain at Nutanix, said:
“.NEXT on has become a premier event
for the latest in cloud technologies. With
our company’s well-earned reputation
as a global leader in hyperconverged
infrastructure (HCI), we aim to help regional
organisations embrace the power of hybrid
clouds by eliminating pain points and
enabling them to manage, govern and
optimise applications across public and
private cloud architectures.”
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