TECHx Review Magazine - Cairo ICT Edition 2022 (Arabic)

،ةعومجلماب دماتعلااب .ةركتبلما ايجولونكتلاو ءادلأا ةروطلما ةيتحتلا ةينبلا تاثيدحت لىع ةبسنب ايرفوت ةعومجلما تدهش ،ايتاذ ةفلكت في يونس ساسأ لىع 8% ةدتملما ةترفلا في دروم لكل ةبسوحلا .برمفون 11 لىإ ليربأ 1 نم يذيفنتلا سيئرلا ،غناشت لي لاق :»اباب ليع« ةعومجم في ايجولونكتلل مادختسا قمعو عاستا رهظأ ،ىرخأ ةرم« 11.11 ناجرهم للاخ ةيباحسلا ايجولونكتلا ةيقيبطتلا تاسرمالما لضفأ ماعلا اذه ءاوس ؛»اباب ليع« ىدل ةينقتلاو ةيباحسلا لثم ةيساسلأا ةينبلا للاخ نم كلذ ناك تاجتنم معدت يتلا ةصاخلا ايجولونكتلا وأ ،ءادلأا ةيلاع تانايبلا دعاوقو ةبسوحلا عم لماعتت يتلا دتملما عقاولا تاينقت .شرابلما ثبلا تاينقتو

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CAPTURE EVERY DETAIL WITH TOSHIBA S300 PRO SURVEILLANCE HARD DRIVE

The 3.5-inch S300 Pro Surveillance Hard Drive is designed and tested for 24/7 reliable surveillance, built for speed, capacity, and longer content retention. Capture and analyse every frame from up to 64 video cameras in high resolution with the S300 Pro. Space is important to continually capture a history of video evidence over a period of time. With up to 10 TB you get the capacity to record and play back the events in real-time in high resolution and with object identification and face recognition.

BUILT TO PERFORM

With up to 10 TB of storage capacity and support for up to 64 video cameras, the S300 Pro ensures mission-critical surveillance continually records. Real-time drive performance allows higherresolution video recording and streaming and longer content retention.

CAPTURE EVERY FRAME, ANALYSE EVERY DETAIL

When analyzing security footage, you can't risk any frame drops. That's why your storage has to provide ultimate performance to detect rapid movements, record the smallest details, and perform face recognition. The S300 Pro has been designed to meet your specialist demands and is built for 24/7 reliability and high-performance to help you never miss a thing.

DESIGNED AND TESTED FOR COMPATIBILITY

The S300 Pro has been designed and tested to support up to 64 high resolution cameras, allowing flexible scalability for your security camera systems. Compatible with

DVR, NVR, video servers and video management systems for aroundthe-clock security, the surveillance never sleeps – so that you can.

INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE

A 256 MB buffer and high transfer rates meet the demands of surveillance data from higherresolution camera streams. Improved real-time drive performance is achieved through Toshiba's Dynamic Cache Technology optimizing read and write cycle cache allocation through an on-board cache algorithm and buffer management.

INTEGRATED RV SENSORS

Regular hard disk drives without RV sensors can affect the performance of a multi-bay system by generating 'knock-on' vibration. The S300 Pro ensures high reliability by minimising vibration effects through their advanced control and sensing technology. Multiple sensors detect the slightest shock and built-in RV sensors also compensate for rotational vibration - eliminating the

possibility of 'knock-on' vibration in multi-bay surveillance systems.

HIGH ENDURANCE, HIGH RELIABILITY

The high-endurance, highperformance components of the S300 Pro withstand harsh environments for superior reliability. High-temperature environments trigger optimized seek speed to support lower power consumption while automatically reducing noise and vibration emissions. Up to one million hour MTTF (Mean time to failure) and 180 TB per year workload rating provide peace of mind when operating security camera systems.

BUILT TO DELIVER, DESIGNED TO LAST

Toshiba is renowned the world over for 50 years of leading innovation – and the power behind its range of hard drives is no exception. Designed for high capacity and excellent performance, you can be sure that Toshiba’s wealth of experience in hard drives is at work in your storage system. A three year extended warranty is also included with the S300 Pro for the ultimate peace of mind.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• 3.5" SATA Hard Drive

• 7200 rpm

• 256 MB buffer

• 24/7 operation

• 64 video cameras

• 3-year warranty

• High-endurance design

CYBERATTACKS ON ARAB COUNTRIES RISE AS GLOBAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT APPROACHES

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The world’s attention is now focused on the Arab world’s first global football tournament, which begins on Sunday, November 20, but malicious actors have already begun their World Cup-themed cyberattacks. Email security researchers from the Trellix Advanced Research Center discovered that attackers are leveraging FIFA and football-based campaigns to target organizations in Arab countries, resulting in a 100% increase in the volume of malicious emails in Arab countries in October.

“It is common practice for attackers to utilize important/ popular events as a part of social engineering tactics and particularly target organizations which are related to the event as they are far more promising victims for an attack,” commented Daksh Kapur, Research Scientist at Trellix. “As the host-country and the affiliated organizations prepare for and manage the event, attackers

take advantage of employee’s busy schedules which increases the chances of human error and the victim interacting with the attack vector. The aim of such attacks can be anything from financial fraud, credential harvesting and data exfiltration to surveillance and damage to the country’s/organization’s reputation.”

$9.73 MILLION GRANT AGREEMENT TO HELP AFRI-CA DEVELOP ITS DIGITAL MARKET

The signing ceremony was held on November 17 at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The agreement was signed on behalf of their institutions by the AUC Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals, Am-bassador Albert M. Muchanga, and the African Development Bank's Deputy Director General for the East Africa Region, Abul B. Kamara.

Ambassador Muchanga expressed the AUC’s gratitude to the African Development Bank for its support. He said: “The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of digital technologies and the digital economy as a whole, and in that regard, Africa should think big when it comes to digital development, digital economy and the grand opportunities on integration and economic growth.”

The African Development Bank's board of directors approved the grant of 7 million Units of Account ($ 9.73 million) in September of this year. The project helps the AUC implement digital economy projects to create a continental single digital market.

The project is taking place against the backdrop of the Covid-19-induced recession, which has revealed several gaps in the African digital economy ecosystem.

EMPOWERING SDGS THROUGH DIGITAL TWINS

Bentley Systems' ES(D)G - Empowering Sustainable Goals, Product Strategy Director Rodrigo Fernandes says their purpose is to empower sustainable goals through infrastructure digital twins.

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE YEAR 2022 FOR BENTLEY SYSTEMS.

We have seen multiple organizations looking for opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint associated with the different lifecycle stages – and particularly (but not only) in the design stages. While many of the companies are still drawing their strategy and are only asking questions to better understand "the art of possible", in other cases where the sustainability market is more mature (e.g., UK), we are approached for supporting digital twins on large infrastructure projects where carbon plays already an important role.

This has been an important year for us to better understand the market needs and to position ourselves through strategic partnerships that will try to fill some of the existing gaps in better quantifying environmental performance in infrastructure digital twins.

WHAT IS BENTLEY SYSTEM'S OVERALL STRATEGY REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT KIND OF GOALS HAS BENTLEY SET FOR SUSTAINABILITY?

Our purpose is to empower SDGs through infrastructure digital twin solutions, helping our users –infrastructure professionals – realize outcomes that are more sustainable, predictable, and resilient. And that is why we combined the two acronyms ESG and SDG to form ES(D)G – empowering sustainable development goals.

We recognize that creating futureproofed infrastructure will play a key role in protecting the environment. We empower infrastructure

professionals everywhere to deliver and operate more sustainable and resilient infrastructure, enabling them to work on our most significant environmental challenges – energy transition and efficiency; circularity, land and water resources; healthy cities; and climate action. To accelerate the answer to those challenges, our ES(D)G priorities in terms of investments, partnerships and initiatives are focused on 3 main areas: grids (energy transition); mobility (healthy cities); environment (climate action + land & water resources).

HOW IS BENTLEY ENSURING SUSTAINABLE MODELS OF SMART CITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE?

Cities are simultaneously the biggest driver and victim of climate change. It’s simultaneously part of the problem and part of the solution. We advocate that a city without digital, sustainable mobility is not a smart city. Our digital solutions are helping cities efficiently design and build collective transportation systems and facilitating multimodal transportation planning and simulation – reducing vehicle congestion, air pollution, and GHG emissions. In addition, buildings and campuses should be designed and operated to reduce carbon, energy, water and waste footprints as much as possible.

We provide multiple industry solutions for infrastructure digital twins that can help address those aspects. Some examples of these solutions: operating complex (electric) grid digital twins (Open Utilities DER); designing and operating water, wastewater, and stormwater networks (WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, WaterSight); designing

and simulating energy and carbonefficient buildings (OpenBuildings).

BENTLEY'S FOCUS AT COP27 WAS ON DECARBONIZATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, TELL US WHAT THE COMPANY HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS AGENDA?

At COP27, we wanted to bring attention to “going digital” strategies to future-proof and climate-proof our infrastructure:

1. Double (green and digital) transition is inevitable: Unprecedented transformation will need to happen in the upcoming years to achieve SDGs and future-proof infrastructure; digital twin solutions are an essential enabler and accelerator for real-world change

2. We should leverage open ecosystem collaboration as a way to fill the gaps and accelerate success

3. Implementation of low-carbon, climate-resilient pathways should start NOW, delivering results in the short term and, in many cases, with little cost. Many early movers are already driving that path, futureproofing their infrastructure.

Rodrigo Fernandes Director Rodrigo Fernandes

‘WE AT LEXAR BELIEVE AFRICA IS THE FUTURE’

African economies, like all emerging economies, require strong, fast, and dependable technology to help them grow faster, according to Fissal Oubida, Global Marketing Director & GM, Middle East & Africa at Lexar.

WHAT WILL BE LEXAR'S KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM CAIRO ICT THIS YEAR?

ICT CAIRO holds a special place in our hearts; it is a technology convergence initiative that has been running for over 25 years across the Middle East and Africa, in the most iconic, magical city of Cairo, which we all love and continue to visit.

Lexar's presence in this Edition by having our own booth sends a clear message to our Egyptian customers that we are committed to serving them in the best way possible with the latest innovation Lexar has achieved, as well as a message to our African partners that we are fully committed to bringing technology to them in the best quality and at the most competitive price to aid in the continent's rapid development.

WHICH OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU SEE IN THE AFRICAN REGION?

After being nominated as LEXAR's General Manager of the Middle East and Africa, having lived and seen the evolution of the continent, being the base of the world's most youthful population, technologically savvy, entrepreneurial, and most importantly, hungry for success, we at Lexar believe Africa is the future.

We are dividing a strategy that has already begun to perpetrate coastal areas first, from the north part of Morocco and Egypt, west Nigeria, east Kenya, and finally south Africa.

These will be our starting points for covering the entire continent and ensuring that our consumers can access our products in their own economic environment, whether in a retail store in the heart of

Fissal Oubida

Global Marketing Director and GM, MEA

Casablanca or a small independent shop in the heart of Nairobi.

ARE THERE ANY TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE IN HIGH DEMAND IN THE AFRICAN REGION; HOW WILL LEXAR CATER TO THEM?

Lexar will focus on 2 segments in Africa:

- Components and parts (SSD and Memory modules ) to assist in upgrading and boosting computers, laptops, and gaming devices. This segment has enormous potential, and we will invest heavily to ensure that our consumers receive our products of the highest quality in the market at a reasonable price, making them very competitive.

- LEXAR offers a range of robust cards that can fit to all devices, with different capacities and high performance that has been tested to withstand all weather conditions from extreme heat to low temperature. Our primary goal

is to make imaging cards available throughout the continent.

CONSIDERING LEXAR'S EXPANSION PLANS IN AFRICA, CAN WE EXPECT ANY EXCITING PARTNERSHIPS SOON?

Lexar is currently armed with a team of passionate professionals ranging from a dedicated sales team to a brilliant branding department and proactive management.

Under the leadership of our CEO Mr. Tsai & our COO Mr. JESS, we have been instructed to step on the gas and push our expansion to cover every corner of our region. We have been provided with the necessary resources and tools, so I am confident that 2023 will be an exceptional year in Lexar's life cycle.

Our goal is to reach 1000 retail locations, 25 distributors, and over 25000 sales points, so there is a lot of work to be done, but believe me when I say IT WILL BE DONE.

BENTLEY SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES BENTLEY INFRASTRUCTURE CLOUD,

POWERED BY ITWIN

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, its combination of enterprise systems that span the end-toend lifecycle and value chain of the world's infrastructure, at the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference. Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, powered by the iTwin Platform and Bentley's infrastructure schemas and thus seamlessly integrating with Bentley's engineering applications, will enable better infrastructure creation, delivery, and ongoing operation through complete and evergreen digital twins.

Bentley Infrastructure Cloud includes ProjectWise, which is used for project delivery, SYNCHRO, which is used for construction, and AssetWise, which is used for asset operations. These enterprise systems now use iTwin-powered digital twin technologies to open up data contained in engineering files via automated and intrinsic mapping to Bentley's infrastructure schemas. Bentley Infrastructure Cloud provides user organizations with significant opportunities to improve collaboration, productivity, and quality by advancing these enterprise systems to become fundamentally data-centric without disrupting file-based workflows.

Bentley's infrastructure schemas are open and extensible, and they now connect to reality modeling and IoT devices, as well as include carbon calculation and subsurface data. Bentley's infrastructure schemas' rich data representation is useful for exporting Industry Foundation Classes. The ability to seamlessly share and enrich data throughout its lifecycle assists engineering firms and owner-operators in creating and deriving more value from their engineering data.

Bentley’s Senior Vice President of Enterprise Systems Ken Adamson said, “Bentley Infrastructure Cloud stands for our commitment to connect everyone and everything in

the infrastructure engineering value chain and extended project ecosystems. Infrastructure professionals deserve an evergreen digital twin environment for data that they can trust and act upon. I believe Bentley Systems is uniquely positioned to fulfill this requirement by virtue of the combined comprehensiveness of our ProjectWise, SYNCHRO, and AssetWise enterprise systems, our software’s intrinsic engineering fidelity, and our commitment to openness –including our unique resolve to semantically integrate the full range of relevant engineering file formats. The iTwin Platform, in becoming the robust foundation for unifying all of our software development, has been proven equal to this challenge.”

PROJECTWISE, POWERED BY ITWIN

Bentley Systems also unveiled major enhancements to ProjectWise to extend its scope from work-in-progress engineering to full digital delivery. By supplementing each project’s sequential file-based workflows with data-centric information mobility and analytics across all projects:

• through new project portfolio and program management capabilities, ProjectWise users can now apply analytics at the level of engineering fidelity across all projects, learn from and reuse rich project data, and retain knowledge to enhance the quality and efficiency of future projects; and

• through new digital twin capabilities, ProjectWise users can undertake interdisciplinary design reviews and advanced design validation to improve the effectiveness and quality of their designs, and also increase the richness of their digital deliverables for construction and operations, to position their businesses for transformational digital services beyond handover.

IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY IN DATACENTRES

Nutanix, Inc. a hybrid multicloud computing company, has announced that, in response to the global climate crisis and the recent energy crisis, it has sponsored an in-depth report to help business decision makers not only minimise energy costs but radically cut the carbon footprint of their datacentre assets.

Events such as COP27 raised awareness of the need for businesses, across the board, to put sustainability and climate protection at the top of the strategic agenda. However, while the majority are keen to do just that, there is little in the way of objective information when it comes to what the options are, the comparative benefits and the inherent risks of different approaches. Particularly when it comes to IT infrastructure and the datacentre, which need to be high on the agenda for organisations’ net zero plans to succeed.

“Datacentres and digital infrastructures as a whole account for a substantial share of worldwide energy consumption with a considerable carbon footprint,” commented Sammy Zoghlami, SVP Nutanix EMEA, “In EMEA alone datacentres consume over 90TWh per year with an emissions level equivalent to roughly 5.9 million vehicles (27 million tonnes CO²e). Hence this Nutanix sponsored report which examines in detail how different datacentre technologies compare when businesses examine the pros and cons of looking to achieve their climate neutrality goals.”

KEY FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT INCLUDE:

• Alongside automation, innovative cooling systems and renewable energies, the transformation of traditional 3-Tier architectures towards next generation modelslike hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) - will be key to realising the savings potential in datacentre energy consumption and carbon footprint.

• Measurable benefits could be achieved across a range of organisations from large scale hyperscalers and managed service providers to large enterprises and small businesses.

• In comparison to traditional 3-tier IT platforms, next generation HCI architectures could potentially reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint by roughly 27% per year.

• Across the EMEA region HCI transformation has

Zoghlami SVP Nutanix EMEA

the potential to reduce energy consumption by 56.7 TWh and cut emissions by 14.2 million tonnes of CO²e over the period 2022-2025

• By 2025 a full changeover to HCI across UK datacentres could potentially save 8.1 TWh of energy and 1.8 million tonnes of CO²e, roughly the same as taking 400,000 cars off the road

• By 2025 a full changeover to HCI across datacentres in the Middle East & Africa could potentially save 4 TWh of energy and roughly 2.4 million tonnes of CO²e.

• Large-scale co-location datacentres offer a much lower PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) factor than typical onpremise facilities. Switching these to HCI architectures could potentially boost energy saving towards 30-40%.

• Next-generation co-location datacentres could provide access to renewable energy through longterm Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and so contribute to an organisation’s climate neutrality goal without having to invest in CO2 certificates.

• Businesses planning the move towards an HCI architecture within their own on-premise datacentres should also evaluate next generation cooling technologies as energy prices rise.

• The datacentre industry has delivered significant energy efficiency improvements over past decades and is now one of the most advanced in terms of both energy efficiency and decarbonisation. Nevertheless, future energy demand will rise substantially and will result in large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. Innovative technologies, like HCI, could create considerable efficiency potentials and have a strong impact on energy cost savings.

Sammy

BENTLEY SYSTEMS EXTENDS ITS ITWIN PLATFORM

engineering applications.

At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference, Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced new capabilities of its iTwin Platform, significantly extending the scope and interoperability of infrastructure data that engineering firms and owner-operators can use to create and leverage digital twins in design, construction, and operations workflows.

The new iTwin Platform capabilities will power Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, a set of solutions that span the end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle and value chain, encompassing ProjectWise, SYNCHRO, and AssetWise, unified and made interoperable by Bentley’s infrastructure schemas

iTwin Experience is a new cloud product to empower owneroperators’ and their constituents’ insights into critical infrastructure by visualizing and navigating digital twins. Significantly, iTwin Experience accelerates engineering firms’ “digital integrator” initiatives to create and curate asset-specific digital twins, incorporating their proprietary machine learning, analytics, and asset performance algorithms. iTwin Experience acts as a “single pane of glass,” overlaying engineering technology

(ET), operations technology (OT), and information technology (IT) to enable users to visualize, query, and analyze infrastructure digital twins in their full context, at any level of granularity, at any scale, all geocoordinated and fully searchable.

ADDITIONAL ITWIN PRODUCTS INCLUDE:

iTwin Capture, for capturing, analyzing, and sharing reality data, enables users to easily create engineering-ready, high resolution 3D models of infrastructure assets using drone video and survey imagery from any digital camera, scanner, or mobile mapping device.

iTwin IoT, for acquiring and analyzing sensor data, enables users to seamlessly incorporate Internet of Things (IoT) data created by sensors and condition monitoring devices.

BENTLEY’S ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS, POWERED BY ITWIN

In the 2022 Going Digital Awards, the proportion of finalists crediting iTwin reached 42%. Noting the sophistication and maturing of digital delivery approaches, as evidenced by the 2022 finalists’ projects, Bentley presented a broadening of its strategic priorities for iTwin, including adding “digital-twin native” advantages to its infrastructure

In the keynote, Founder and CTO Keith Bentley said, “It is clear to me that infrastructure digital twins are the future of our industry and our company. Our digital twin journey began four years ago with a series of open source projects to create cloud-native tools, called iTwin. js. It has evolved into the iTwin Experience that is the workhorse for digital twin solutions from Bentley and others. I’m very proud of the tremendous progress we and our users have made using the iTwin Platform, as evidenced in the current YII submissions. Phase 2 of our journey involves improving our existing desktop products using the same iTwin engine. Users of our MicroStation and engineering design and analysis applications will next gain new features that can make their projects more efficient, more connected, and the results more valuable. We can do that by augmenting, not replacing, their existing tools, workflows, file formats, and deliverables. The iTwin engine will run on the same desktop ‘in process’ with the design applications, synchronizing a local iModel and connecting to cloud services when and as necessary.”

AVAILABILITY

iTwin Experience is in early access; iTwin Capture and iTwin IoT are available now. iTwin Experience incorporates capabilities from OpenCities Planner. iTwin Capture incorporates capabilities from ContextCapture and Orbit 3DM. iTwin IoT incorporates capabilities from the sensemetrics platform and Vista Data Vision. To find out more, visit www.bentley.com.

Special Feature

LEXAR PROFESSIONAL NM800PRO NOW AVAILABLE WITH HEATSINK OPTION

Lexar, a global provider of flash memory solutions, has introduced the Lexar® Professional NM800PRO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD, which is also available in a heatsink model. It is designed for gamers, professionals, and creators who require high-performance computing.

The Lexar® Professional NM800 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD provides maximum SSD performance that puts you in the computing fast lane with speeds up to 7500MB/s read and 6500MB/s write. With blazing-fast performance, the Lexar® NM800 PRO SSD leverages the 12nm controller to produce lower power consumption and longer battery life for all your high-performance computing needs.

“Inspired by gamers, creative professionals, and content creators who demand high-performance computing, we are proud to announce the Lexar® Professional NM800PRO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD. With unparalleled SSD performance, NM800 PRO is designed for data-heavy applications for gaming, design and more.”, said Joel Boquiren, General Manager of Lexar.

Unlike traditional hard disk drives, the Lexar® NM800PRO SSD has no moving parts, so it’s built to last. On top of that, it’s also shock and vibration resistant, making it one robust and reliable SSD.

Powered by PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe 1.4 technology standard and also backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0, you can experience 2x faster speeds than PCIe 3.0 SSDs and up to 12x faster than SATA SSD.

For gamers looking to take their game to the next level, the NM800 PRO is also available in a heatsink model. The Lexar® Professional NM800 PRO with Heatsink NVMe SSD features an integrated Heatsink and heat spreader label to effectively maintain speed, power efficiency, and thermal control for sustained high-performance when playing on PlayStation® 5

and PCs. And with up to 2TB capacity, store and play more of your favorite games so you never run out of room.

NM800PRO

• Unparalleled speed PCIe Gen4x4 interface: 7500MB/s read and 6500MB/s write – NVMe 1.4

• Get 2x faster speeds than PCIe 3.0 SSDs

• Adopts the latest 12nm controller providing lower power consumption and longer battery life

• Designed for hardcore gamers, professionals and creators

• Shock and vibration resistant with no moving parts

NM800PRO

WITH HEATSINK

• Next-Gen PCIe Gen4x4 SSD Technology with cooling Heatsink-compatible with PlayStation®5 and PCs.

• Integrated Heatsink reduces heat for better performance and power efficiency to level up your gaming experience. Able to reduce temperatures by up to 30%.

• Unparalleled speed PCIe Gen4x4 interface: 7500MB/s read and 6500MB/s write¹ – NVMe 1.4

• Leverages the latest 12nm controller providing lower power consumption and longer battery life.

• Large capacity options up to 2TB

• Designed for hardcore gamers, professionals and creators

• Shock and vibration resistant with no moving parts

Lexar® Professional NM800PRO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD and with Heatsink version is available for purchase online.

A MORE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE AND GREENER 11.11 RUNS WHOLLY ON ALIBABA CLOUD

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has once again excelled in its mission of supporting the group’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, thanks to its high-performance computing and innovative technology. Drawing on selfdeveloped infrastructure upgrades, the group saw an 8% year-on-year saving in computing cost per resource unit from April 1 to November 11.

“The breadth and depth of cloud technology deployment during this year’s 11.11 has once again showcased Alibaba’s best cloud and technology practice; be it through fundamental architecture like self-proprietary technology powering high-performance computing and database products, or consumer-facing XR (extended reality) and livestreaming technologies. We intend to continue applying these proven capabilities to even better serve our customers and help them to be more efficient, innovative and greener in their own digital transformation journeys,” said Li Cheng, Chief Technology Officer(CTO) of Alibaba Group.

DOING MORE WITH LESS THROUGH CLOUD-NATIVE AND SERVERLESS INNOVATIONS

This year’s 11.11 was powered by Alibaba Cloud’s dedicated processing unit for the Apsara Cloud operating system. The upgraded infrastructure system, significantly improved efficiency of computing, storage and network in data centers supporting the event, while also reducing network latency.

During this year’s 11.11, the front page of Taobao, one of Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms, was upgraded by the latest serverless technology, allowing for automatic scaling with extreme elasticity based on actual workloads.

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS MORE IMMERSIVE CONSUMER EXPERIENCE

A more immersive shopping experience was created this year thanks to Alibaba’s proprietary technology in supporting extended reality. Alibaba’s technology in 3D modeling leverages a neural radiance field (NeRF), a neural network technology for generating novel views of complex 3D scenes.

Through self-developed 3D renderings that realistically represent natural light, flames and natural flowing water, an outdoor nature scene was built for sportswear brands including Descente (Japan), to showcase its latest products in a vibrant and invigorating environment.

Cheng Chief Technology Officer, Alibaba Group-Featured

Another new expressive interaction came from an XRpowered marketplace on Tmall and Taobao. Using the automatic 3D space creation technology from Alibaba’s research institute DAMO Academy, a virtual shopping street was built, featuring over 700 products from 70 brands including 30 internationally-recognized franchises.

During this year’s 12-day festival from October 31 to November 11, nearly 2 million packages were delivered by Xiaomanlv vehicles, Alibaba’s last-mile logistics vehicle. This is double the package delivery volume from the same period last year.

A GREENER 11.11 POWERED BY CLEAN ENERGY

In addition to its cloud computing solutions helping to reduce energy consumption, Alibaba Cloud’s five hyper-scale data centers across China also doubled the amount of clean energy used to support this year’s 11.11 compared to last year. More than 32 million kilowatt-hours of electricity used by Alibaba Cloud to support 11.11 this year came from renewable energy, up by 30% on a daily basis average compared to last year.

Additionally, Alibaba Cloud's Heyuan data center, the cloud company’s largest hyper-scale data center in South China, now runs entirely on clean energy. Alibaba Cloud’s self-developed immersion cooling technology has reduced the energy consumption of the data centers, with power usage effectiveness (PUE) reaching as low as 1.09 - a world-leading level.

Li

LEXAR ANNOUNCES CFEXPRESS™ TYPE A CARD GOLD SERIES AND CFEXPRESS™ TYPE A/SD™ CARD READER

Lexar, a flash memory solution brand, has announced the new Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series and Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A/SD™ Card Reader.

The Lexar® CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series, with read speeds up to 900MB/s, write speeds up to 800MB/s, and a minimum write speed of 700MB/s1, is designed for professional creators who want to capture high-resolution images and cinema-quality 8K video with ease. Furthermore, Video Performance Grade 400 (VPG 400) ensures stable video recording at a minimum of 400 MB/s, giving creators peace of mind that they will never miss a frame.

Available in capacities up to 160GB, capture more high-quality images and cinema-quality 8K video without needing to constantly swap cards. The Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series also features a rugged design, providing the durability you need to protect from temperature, shock and vibration2. It is also backed by lifetime limited warranty.

Coupled with the new Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A/SD™ Card Reader, experience simultaneous high-speed transfers of CFexpress™ Type A and SD™ UHS-II memory cards, with high-speed 10Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen 2) transfer speeds. Featuring a lightweight metal design, users can fit the reader into their pocket or bag with ease to transfer data on the go. With a complete workflow solution for capturing and transferring

content on the go, content creators can streamline their workflow from field to post production with ease.

“We are excited to announce the Lexar® Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series. With industry leading performance and VPG 400 rating, professionals can capture cinema-quality video with confidence so they never miss a frame.” said Joel Boquiren, General Manager of Lexar, “paired with the new high-speed 10Gbps Lexar® CFexpress™ Type A/SD™ Card Reader, creators are able to establish an efficient workflow when transferring content from the field to post production”.

Lexar® Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series and Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A/ SD™ Card Reader is available now for purchase online.

AVAILABILITY:

• Amazon

• B&H

• Adorama.

Warning: Compatible with CFexpress™ Type A memory cards and SD™ memory cards only, as clearly indicated by the framed USB label on the card. Use of incompatible memory cards will result in data loss. For more information on memory cards, please consult the card manufacturer.

UAE AND EGYPT TO BUILD ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST WIND FARMS

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of Egypt witnessed the signing of an agreement between Masdar, one of the world’s fastest-growing renewable energy companies, along with its Infinity Power joint venture with Infinity, Egypt’s main renewable energy developer, and Hassan Allam Utilities, to develop a 10-gigawatt (GW) onshore wind project in Egypt – one of the largest wind farms in the world.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and

Advanced Technology, UAE Special Envoy for Climate, and Chairman of Masdar, on the sidelines of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm ElSheikh in 2022.

The 10 GW wind farm will create 47,790 GWh of clean energy annually when finished and offset 23.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions which are equal to about 9% of CO2 emissions from Egypt.

The project will be a component of Egypt's Green Corridor initiative, a grid specifically designed for renewable energy projects, and it will help Egypt reach its target of having 42% renewable energy in its energy mix by 2035.

AFRICAN STARTUPS ARE WEATHERING THE FUNDING STORM WITH ACQUISITIONS

According to a new report from TechCabal Insights, Africa’s digital economy consultancy, acquisitions have become more common in Africa’s tech ecosystem, indicating a maturing market. According to the report, 32 acquisition deals will be completed on the continent in 2021. There were about 43 acquisition deals at the end of Q3 2022, indicating a consolidation trend.

Commenting on the findings of the report, Olanrewaju Odunowo, Head of TechCabal Insights, said “When it comes to Africa’s evolving tech ecosystem, appropriate context and nuances must be taken into account. Data without context is imbalanced and misleading and can lead to the wrong outcomes. Beyond crunching the numbers, we have gathered robust insights drawn from primary interviews with leading industry experts. Our aim with this report is to present easy-to-digest insights and data points that anyone – from founders to investors – will find valuable. ”

After two years of uninterrupted growth in VC investment, funding announcements have reached a halt. Startups have cut costs to extend their runway, and acquisition deals have become essential for survival, particularly among startups in the same market. Acquisitions between startups in the same market increased from 31% in Q2 2022 to 52% in Q3 2022.

CPUT ADOPTS HUAWEI OCEANSTOR

DORADO ALL-FLASH STORAGE SYSTEM

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in South Africa aspires to be at the forefront of technological innovation and education in all of Africa. Naturally, it must have a university campus that is extremely efficient and environmentally sustainable in order to accomplish this.

Huawei began working with CPUT's IT Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team on its digital transformation journey in June 2019, ultimately recommending OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage to replace the legacy system. CPUT conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) test in October 2019, which convinced the team to include Huawei in their RFP process. Huawei was awarded the contract following a rigorous procurement process managed by CPUT's Procurement Services Department. This was due to Huawei meeting both the technical and commercial requirements established by CPUT.

HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH AVAILABILITY, AND EASY TO USE

Huawei OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage employs proprietary hardware, E2E Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) architecture, and Huawei's intelligent FlashLink

algorithm, which optimizes communication between controllers and Solid-State Drives (SSDs). The smart SSD enclosure, powered by RAID Triple-Parity (RAID-TP) technology, can withstand three simultaneous SSD failures and reconstruct 1 TB of data in 25 minutes. Furthermore, the storage system includes comprehensive enterprisegrade features such as 3 second periodic snapshots, which set a new standard for storage product reliability.

Dear Readers,

It's time for another edition of the TECHx Review.

Africa is growing and so is TECHx. Being a part of an event like Cairo ICT with this new edition of TECHx Review is exciting, and it is a great opportunity for us to explore the prospects for the tech industry in this continent. As our mission states, "Empowering Innovation," we choose to play a pivotal role in assisting the tech industry in empowering innovation for the burgeon-ing African continent.

What's within? You'll discover that we place a strong emphasis on showcasing the newest technology products, insightful articles, tech professional interviews, etc. We hope that TECHx Review's distinctive mix of articles will give you a clear view into the perspective of brands trying to expand into the African market, updates on the latest tech products, and relevant information on sustainability initiatives by tech brands.

As you read through our pages, we invite you to look for opportunities to connect with us. We welcome your feedback, emails, or you can meet our team directly at Cairo ICT 2022, which takes place at the Egypt International Exhibition Center from 27-30 November 2022. Best Wishes,

CEO: Adnan Bin Abdulla Director - Editorial & Business Strategy: TP Sharafudheen Director Business & Media Relations: Christopher David Executive Editor: Rabab Zehra Regional Director Africa: Ashraf Gaber

About: TECHx is an exclusive media and publishing platform for technology affairs, facilitating the promotion of new technological innovations, product launches, and advocacy of exclusive market insights on technology and various other domains interdependent to technology.

Rabab Zehra Executive Editor

Dear Readers,

ICT industry in Egypt has seen the highest growth of about 16.3% as compared to the other sectors in 2021/2022 as per the report issued by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt. This doesn’t come as a surprise at all, especially when Egypt is clearly pushing the pedal on digital acceleration and moving forward towards a Digital EGYPT with their ICT 2030 strategy.

As a technology media covering MEA region, Egypt has been an important market for us to explore. Just in the second year of our existence we launched our TECHx Review Africa magazine ICT Cairo 2021 and yet again we are at Egypt’s biggest technology event as media partners.

We are pleased to bring you the English/Arabic version of our TECHx Review Africa Magazine with exciting, encouraging and exclusive news from TECH & Business World in the Middle East & Africa. The special issue comes with various highlights from the Middle East & African govt. in terms of strategies and the digital push that every country is focused on. Of course, the special edition offers Interviews with thought leaders & stakeholders of the ICT Value Chain, new launches, special features from tech brands etc.

Through our online & offline media in English & Arabic languages, we provide a platform for the technology eco-system, 24/7 to communicate to the right audience, learn about other major industries and of course, to showcase their offerings for the world to see.

Hoping you have a good read of our ICT CAIRO special edition and feel free to drop me a line on how we are doing, would love to hear from you.

Don’t forget to visit us if you are here. See you around. Cheers!

Christopher David Director –Business & Media Relations

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