GEC NEWS WIREOpportunities for IT Sector in Delivering Smart Government Initiatives to 85% of UAE Residents Online
STME is seeing increasing collaboration with government and public sector entities in the UAE. According to Google’s global interactive tool, Consumer Barometer, around 85% of UAE residents access the internet through their smart phones or tablets, of this over 24% shop online, and 70% of smartphone users said they would choose to complete a task digitally if the option was available.
Of those online in the UAE, 70% said they would carry out a task digitally if the opportunity existed. Knowing the mind-sets of their populace, the UAE Federal and Local Governments and their branches have extensive plans to digitize government services through apps or online. As part of these initiatives total of 37 government entities showcased their ready smart platforms and services at the recently concluded GITEX 2015.
“At STME we are geared to handle these requirements trusting in our decades of experience to keep the client’s data managed and secured, making sure that their critical online business runs at any time, and manage exponential growth in data,’’ commented Mr. Ayman Al Bayaa, CEO of STME. “However the benefits of using a cloud reflected in lowered costs in maintenance, easy management of the data infrastructure, and the less time involved when using a cloud to serve customers on the fly is convincing public and government agencies to use private or hybrid cloud systems,’’ said STME CEO.
