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EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Greetings to the readers of Intelligent CIO Middle East . COP28 UAE is taking place at Expo City Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 12 . The conference is expected to convene over 70,000 participants , including heads of state , government officials , international industry leaders , private sector representatives , academics , experts , youth , and non-state actors .
Says Michael Cole at DP World Tour , recognising the Middle East is a pivotal region for golf , we are using the DP World Tour Championship as a key technological platform for driving greater regional interest and global growth in golf . We actively encourage fans to use their phones and take advantage of the technology on offer , so they always know what is going on across the site and feel as close to the action as possible .
The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are the world ’ s highest decision-making body on climate issues and one of the largest international meetings in the world . The host of this year ’ s , 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 will be the UAE .
In our lead feature this month , Caspar Herzberg at AVEVA says , we want the software we create to transform how industries are designed and how they operate , to accelerate climate action and reduce inequalities . AVEVA will demonstrate at COP28 how leveraging data in a connected industrial economy can accelerate the path towards a sustainable future .
Turn these pages to read more about these fascinating enterprise use cases .
And in our well-thumbed Editor ’ s Question section , as the pace of digital transformation picks up , what are the tools of trade that CIOs must master and what are likely to be their principal challenges going forward ?
Top executives from Barracuda Networks , ManageEngine , Epicor , Omnix International , Qualys , Veritas Technologies , SolarWinds , recommend the technologies and tools regional CIOs must master and key challenges to circumvent .
AVEVA is a gold sponsor of the International Chamber of Commerce pavilion within the Blue Zone of the United Nations Conference of the Parties , with the aspiration of building bridges between developed economies and the global south .
All of this and our range of thought leadership blogs , news , features , and trends in the pages ahead . Happy business planning for the year ahead .
And in another fascinating feature this month , we look at how DP World Tour Championship , Dubai ’ s prestigious golfing event , is using technology to boost spectator interest and engagement .
Arun Shankar Managing Editor arun @ lynchpinmedia . com
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