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Show dates: 16-20 October 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre | AT GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK | Exhibition hours: 10am -7pm
Dubai Airports, Huawei to build tier 3 designed modular data centre Huawei and Dubai Airports have today signed a partnership that will see the vendor deploy a data centre solution to support the increasing ICT needs of the ‘world’s fastest growing’ airport. Alaa ElShimy, Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group, Middle East, said, “It is a real honour for Huawei to have signed this partnership with Dubai Airports. With almost 230,000 passengers passing through DXB per day and growing towards 325,000 per 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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SAP: We will save Dubai $5 billion
Tayfun Topkoc
SAP’s UAE managing director Tayfun Topkoc has pledged to save the UAE government more than $5 billion over the next five years. Speaking from the company’s Hall 6 stand, Topkoc also revealed the company’s plans to invest “$100 million” for the same period, in developing the country’s regional infrastructure and Dubai data centre. “There are a range of opportunities for this country,” Topkoc said. “From ensuring a better use of energy, better waste
management and improved emergency services, the coming five years will be incredibly exciting in terms of the opportunities that technology can bring.” The firm’s global CEO Bill McDermott announced plans to build an SAP public data centre in the Middle East in May, and Topkoc has taken pledged his commitment to make the most of the plans. “This will be our first data centre in the EMEA south region,” he said. “We have announced a 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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