GEC NEWS WIREThe world of IoT is a land of multiple opportunities and evolves and creates newer technologies for various sector. Day two of The Future IT Summit covered IoT projects, automation strategies, security, networking and data center opportunities that are projected and implemented so far. The prestigious Catalyst Awards for honouring the industry talent was also held on day 2.
The topics covered on day two were IoT: Myth or Reality, IoT: How far have we come, networking and data centre readiness, security and automation, security and automation. IT landscapes of Oman, Qatar and Bahrain were analyzed on day two.
The speakers for day two were Basil Ayass, Regional Marketing Director, DELL ME; Yahya Al Mawali, ICT advisor, TRA, Oman; Murat Ethem Eldem, Senior Director, M2M Services, Etisalat; Ashley Woodbridge, Senior Solutions Architect, Cisco; Trevor Moore, CIO, Qatar University; Khalid Laban, CEO, Oxygen; Dr Ahmed Abdulla Nasser, Assistant Secretary General for Parliament Affairs, Shura Council, Bahrain.
The panel discussion on ‘What is the Roadmap: Looking at Tomorrow’ was scrutinized by experts like Basil Ayass, Regional Marketing Director, Dell; Ajay Rathi, Director of IT, Meraas Holding; Kumar Prasoon, CIO, Safeer Group; Firoj Kumar Rauta, Head of IT, Skyline University; Rusty Bruns, CIO of American University of Kuwait.
The concluding session of preparedness and challenges of CIOs was done by Dr Jassim Haji, Director IT, Gulf Air.
The esteemed event was followed by Catalyst Awards 2016. Top IT professionals gave away the awards to the well-deserved winners. A session which started with intellectual knowledge ended in a fun light mood, creating memories for all the participants to cherish.
The sessions were sponsored by; session one- Dell, session two- Cisco, session three- Oxygen.
The sponsors for The Future IT Summit 2016 are; Platinum sponsor— DELL; Gold sponsor— Veeam. Government supporting partners— Consulate General of India, Dubai Municipality, University of Ha’il, Ministry of Community Development-UAE. Networking sponsors— Intertec, HP; Official Airline Partner— Gulf Air. Event Partners— Microsoft, Rittal, Aruba Networks, Emitac, Pure Storage, Oxygen, VCE, Finesse, OMA Emirates, Spectrami, Unify.
