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Redington, a leading technology integrator and innovation powerhouse, hosted its inaugural Redington Re-Imagine 2023 at Dubai Opera on 14 June 2023. The event was a gathering of customers, vendors, partners, and innovators from the technology industry and students in technical streams from leading UAE universities.
The event featured the experiences of Elie Habib, Co-Founder and CTO, Anghami, Stephen Kruger, Chief Technology Officer, Careem, and George Njuguna, Director, Information Technology (CIO) of Safaricom. Speakers of the event include Dr. Michio Kaku, a distinguished theoretical physicist, and futurist, Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker, an authority on material innovation, and Mike Walsh, a prominent futurist and the CEO of Tomorrow, Adam Simon, Global MD of CONTEXT, a leading IT Channel Intelligence company, and Redington leadership.
Redington Re-Imagine 2023 brought together 700 technology professionals from across the globe, representing industry giants such as Microsoft, Dell, HPE, AWS, Apple, and brands across the ecosystem. The sponsors for the event include AWS and Livlyt (Technology Partner), Microsoft, Huawei, Nutanix, Fortinet, Dell, and VMware (Elite Sponsors), Intel, Dragos, Vast, HPI, Epson, Barco, HPE, IndusFace, Veritas, Global Knowledge, Nsinga, Human Logic, AMD, Palo Alto, and AWS (Premium Sponsors).
“Redington Re-Imagine 2023 brought attention to emerging technology areas such as Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Robotics, Quantum Computing, and much more. Our survey also showed that we are all in a region where the real-world adoption of these advanced technology areas is imminent with 53 percent of companies investing in technologies like AI compared to previous years. Our focus is on Re-Imagining technology, from potential to opportunity, in a sustainable manner,” said Redington Managing Director Rajiv Srivastava.
According to Sidharth Vinesh, Head of Business for Livlyt, the future of tech is extremely dynamic with Redington and with other partners. Livlyt is the all-in-one tech subscription platform to select & manage devices and software for everyone.
For Nutanix, Redington Re-Imagine was a great opportunity for many business leaders from all parts of the middle east. Marwan Dandan, Senior Channel Sales Manager of Nutanix said “A lot of customers today are looking how to automate the way they do IT and operations, how to focus on the end user and make more use of the existing IT team, and how to become more innovative and adopt the technology. Redington operates our extension in the market when it comes to our partner ecosystem and customers as well”.
Skillsoft Global Knowledge, the next-generation live and digital learning that engages learners with interactive videos and practical simulations also participated in the Re-imagine event. Yasser Afifi, Regional Marketing Manager, MEA, Skillsoft Global knowledge, said: “The future of tech is unexpected, every day you can find new things, especially the engagement of AI and the AI chatbot, ChatGPT. We are worried about losing valuable data and information”.
For NIFTRON, Redington Re-imagine is a great platform to meet many business partners and showcase their solutions. Sharmilan Somasundaram, Co-Founder and CEO of NIFTRON said “Technology transforms everything that we do in our daily lives. The partners and the partnerships that Redington provides help not only the businesses but also provide technological solutions that will benefit others”.
