FeatureAhmed Diab, Senior Sales Director, StarLink explains why regional channel partners need to transform and reposition themselves. Diab also explains: Are regional channel partners well equipped to manage hybrid and multi-cloud cloud migration, AI use cases, digital transformation, intelligent automation, other implementations, across vertical markets; Are regional end users well equipped to roll out organization wide digital transformation projects including hybrid and multi-cloud migration, AI, intelligent automation, across vertical markets; Do you see IT decision making getting significantly altered in the next 24 months, towards alternative metrics; Are your solutions and services ready to meet the expectations of end customers or channel partners over the next 24 months in terms of cloud ready, automation, AI and ML, analytics, pricing, agility, partner programmes, training, services other areas; What is your business and technology forecast over the next 24 months?
This year’s GITEX GLOBAL x Ai included 4,000 exhibitors, 35% of whom came to the region for the first time, from over 140 participating countries with 200 government ministries in attendance. A comprehensive range of digital leaders participated in regional events for the first time exclusively through GITEX GLOBAL x Ai Everything. These included, the AIoT firm redefining smart cities; Stripe, the world’s top Fintech unicorn; Zoom, the video conferencing platform that enabled remote work during the pandemic; Snowflake, the pioneering unicorn who reinvented cloud data solutions; and TeamViewer, whose software is installed on more than two billion devices. GITEX GLOBAL x Ai Everything was a major technology event with every leading technology player, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Huawei, Dell Technologies, Ericsson, Intel, Avaya, Honeywell, HPE, Red Hat, Etisalat, du, Lenovo and Cisco, covering sectors including smart cities, cybersecurity, the data economy, mobility, healthcare, and telecoms amongst others.
