Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 57 | Page 9

NEWS Huawei emphasises 5G’s role in postpandemic economic growth Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, hosted this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 event, which is organised by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, took place in July, with leaders from multiple country clusters to participate virtually. The agenda of the Leaders’ Summit 2020 has been defined under the theme, ‘5G+X: Harnessing 5G across Industries for Investment Revival.’ The annual SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders’ Summit brings together ICT leaders and decision makers, including policy makers, heads of regulatory authorities and premier global ICT development bodies, CEOs of large telecom operator groups, toplevel executives from telecommunications service providers, professionals, experts from vertical ICT segments and more, from South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Europe and beyond. Discussions during the summit focused on driving digital development throughout the region, learning from leading experiences across the world especially in 5G and the other advanced technologies such as AI, cloud and big data, to take stock of the rising complexities occurring within the digital ecosystem in order to overcome challenges and seize new business opportunities in the ME region. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer meets with Michael Dell, Chairman of Dell Technologies, via video conference HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has held a video conference with Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, a global leader in telecommunications and information technology. The meeting was attended by Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman of Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), Matar Al Mehairi, Board member of Moro Hub, Mohammad Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub, Ahmed Al Ketbi, Chief Information Security Officer of Moro Hub, Adrian McDonald, President of Dell Technologies EMEA, Fady Richmany, General Manager – Dell Technologies, and Yahya Kassab, Director of Sales at Dell Technologies. The meeting aimed to share best international practices and experiences between the two organisations to adopt and offer futuristic digital solutions. Moro Hub is working with Dell Technologies to develop and deliver highly reliable enterprise cloud computing solutions, integrated infrastructure administration services and servers, secure data storage solutions and innovative information technology applications. “DEWA and its subsidiary, Moro Hub, work in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who mandated Dubai Government organisations to implement services 10 years ahead of other cities around the world through government innovation through Dubai 10X initiative,” said Al Tayer. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 9