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Show dates: 16-20 October 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre | AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 10am -7pm

Finesse showcases app deployment kit and ‘Hymed’ solution Finesse is back for its fifth consecutive year at GITEX Technology Week, to showcase its latest system integration solutions.

The company, started in 2010, has continued to increase its presence at the event in the past five years – both in terms of booth size and the range of solutions being showcased.

Sunil Paul, Finesse

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Infor ‘here to stay’ in Middle East

Tarik Taman, Infor

Infor is exhibiting a range of its enterprise applications from its Hall 7 booth, a move the company’s regional decision-makers believe is a mark of its growing presence in the region.

Infor has recently opened offices in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and Tarik Taman, general manager, India, Middle East and Africa, is bullish about the opportunities that the move will offer.

“The Middle East was largely an outpost for Infor until then,” he said.

“We now have over 50 employees in the region, and the openings coincide ver y nicely with GITEX. We have a strong presence across the 16 industries to which our applications apply, and we want the marketplace to know that we’re here to stay.”

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WHAT’S INSIDE

Etisalat UAE launches ‘Etisalat Digital’

Dubai Chamber launches BIIS platform

Almoayyed Computers focuses on services

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Finesse...

“We have created an application deploy kit, which can finish the whole implementation in just 15 days – whereas a typical implementation used to take approximately 2 to 3 months. We come up with frameworks that allow us to extract information and give businesses deeper insight knowledge,” said Sunil Paul, Co-founder and COO, Finesse.

“This year, our focus is on analytics, Big Data, and the Internet of things. We work with a variety of companies to provide these kinds of solutions as well as providing

performance management on dashboards.”

Finesse is also launching a new product known as ‘Hymed’ in partnership with Unify, for use in hospitals and medical institutions.

“With Hymed, a screen will be attached to hospital beds and will cater to all of the patients needs. It will be connected to the hospital management system and the pharmacy management system, and it will log all comments made by doctors and nurses, as well as keeping track of which medication a patient has been given,” said

Everything that a patient requires can be found at their fingertips from this one device using Hymed.”

Paul. “This device will also act as a TV, as well as a tablet in order for patients to programme their preferences and order food and services. Everything that a patient requires can be

found at their fingertips from this one device.”

Visit the Finesse team at their stand in Hall 8, Booth 704 for more information on their latest products.

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Etisalat UAE launches ‘Etisalat Digital’

Etisalat announced today the launch of “Etisalat Digital”, its new business unit to help drive digital transformation and to enable enterprises and governments to become smarter through the use of the latest technologies.

Today, the pace of digitally driven change is accelerating through every business, irrespective of industry, geographical location or company size. Digital transformation is a top strategic priority for more than 77 percent of global companies, according to the latest survey from ‘The Economist Intelligence Unit’. Organizations are reinventing business practices to gain maximum value from digital technologies such as Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT),

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We want to further strengthen our capabilities and processes with a unique service model to better serve our customers in their digital transformation journey.”

Mobile Applications and Big Data.

Digital transformation presents a lucrative market opportunity in the UAE, worth AED50 billion over the next 5-7 years. Etisalat’s launch of the new business unit will address this opportunity and will support UAE’s leadership objectives to achieve digital transformation in the country.

Etisalat Digital’s unique value lies in combining the scale, strength

and robust network of the Leading Regional Telco with the agility, skills and platforms of a digital player.

Etisalat Digital will rely on the following pillars: - Worldwide and National talent, including theindustry’s best Digital Experts, Solution Architects, Project Managers, Data Scientists, and Digital Engineers.

- State-of-the-art digital assets such as Data Centers, Cloud,

Cybersecurity, M2M and IoT platforms, Analytics &Big Data engines as well as digital payment gateways.

- 24x7 Cloud, Security and IoT Command and Control Centers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for fully managed solutions and proactive monitoring.

Salvador Anglada, Chief Business Officer, Etisalat said: “With Etisalat Digital we want to accelerate in the digital business. Etisalat is already playing in various digital domains with strong references such as Dubai Parks and Resorts and the upcoming Dubai Expo 2020. We want to further strengthen our capabilities and processes with a unique service model to better serve our customers in their digital transformation journey.”

Francisco Salcedo, SVP Digital Solutions, Etisalat said: “We are here to enable a smarter today. This is our purpose and our commitment to our customers. We strongly believe that a smarter education, healthcare, government, industry and economy are possible with the right use of technology. Together with our customers and partners, we are helping to build a brilliant reality in the UAE.” The unit will operate prioritising customer experience, organisational agility, open innovation and growth.

Initially, the unit will center its efforts in the UAE and in the future offer its capabilities to the rest of Etisalat’s footprint.

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Infor...

There are a lot of cultural and physical similarities between the regions, as well as the obvious geographic proximity.”

Infor has recently established a new IMEA division – India, the Middle East and Africa – and Taman believes the change will facilitate the company’s growth. “There are a lot

of cultural and physical similarities between the regions, as well as the obvious geographic proximity.”

Taman also highlighted how the Middle East was

in the early stages of seeing its enterprises and governments shift to the cloud, but the situation is fastchanging. “The region is only one or two percent

into a decade of cloud replacement,” he said.

“It’s also going through a major transformation away from being a petroreliant economy, to one that is dependent on discerning technology decisions.

“A lot of technology providers have forgotten what their job is: to provide more value at a lesser cost. We are in a position to be specialised across industries so that we can give value back to the region.”

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Dubai Chamber launches BIIS platform

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched the Business Intelligence Information System (BIIS) smart platform, which aims to change the way business information is shared and used.

The new platform gives users instant and easy access to important

information about local and foreign businesses, enabling companies to research prospective partners and make more informed decisions.

Launched during the Chamber’s participation in GITEX Technology Week 2016, BIIS is a one-stop shop for intelligent information as it provides key data such as financial

details and credit ratings.

Users on the platform can access research reports and statistics covering exports, economic data by country, and product groups, among other topic areas.

The system also features a Trusted Member Label for e-commerce platforms, enabling them to gain the confidence of potential clients and business partners.

H.E. Hamad Buamim, President and CEO, Dubai Chamber, stated that this revolutionary service is a valuable resource for businesses as it fills an information gap and gives them the tools to become more intelligent and efficient.

He explained that BIIS will also enhance transparency within the

local business community, and provide more reliable information about Dubai-based companies to foreign firms and investors, which is essential to securing trade partnerships.

H.E. Buamim added: “As part of its innovation strategy, the Chamber is working to create an intelligent business community which is capable of keeping pace with the emirate’s rapid economic development. This platform is the first of its kind in terms of resources that provide comprehensive access to corporate information. We are confident that it will improve the ease of doing business in the emirate and enhance its reputation as a leading global business hub.”

Almoayyed Computers focuses on services

SM Hussaini, Almoayyed Computers

Bahrain-based Almoayyed Computers aims to put the country in the spotlight as it is participating at the Bahrain pavilion and ensuring customers from the country StarLink_Strip Ads_AW.pdf are visiting the trade show. The

systems integrator has been and continues to be a customer-focused organisation.

“We are asking customers to not only support us at the pavilion but also to plan with us for the coming year. We have set up both customer and partner meetings over the course of the exhibition days. This works very well for us when we go back to Bahrain and can do follow ups from the show,” says SM Hussaini, GM, Almoayyed Computers.

Hailing from a traditional systems integration background, the company has gotten into the 4 10/12/16 7:53 PM application business area and

done a commendable job in that space. Today customers expect the company to go that extra mile when it comes to services.

“Our customers take it for granted that there will be assured downstream support from us. It has worked very well so far as we have managed to deliver on those expectations.”

In the last two years, the SI has realised the importance of evolving with the times and has transformed the business to include emerging technologies such as cloud and managed services.

“We started going back to our customers in a measured

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way wherein we started taking responsibilities for certain components of managed services.

We also started offering cloud solutions from our partners and held our own activities and made investments in terms of cloud.

“We made sure we retained our workforce and invested in a cloud data centre offering so that we are ready and can help in ensuring customers are ready,” he adds.

The GM says it was a strategic decision to stay focused in Bahrain but with the advent of cloud, the SI is now investing in a business model that can take it across markets.

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