Bbi Career Opportunities-Dr Riktesh

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GROWTH IN IT SECTOR - 1

Dubai Internet City has Middle Easts biggest IT

infrastructure, employing over 5000 knowledgeworkers.

Dubai Silicon Oasis, with an area ofapproximately 6.5 million square meters will

offer customized buildings for an industrial

park for semi-conductor industry.


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The major sector of economy in UAE like

banking, financial institutions, import and

export organizations have substantially

increased their investment in IS & IT.

The UAE Government has moved in a big way

towards e-government.

US Software giant Microsoft and Dubai

government sign MOU to develop software

applications.

GROWTH IN IT SECTOR - 2


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ICT inUAE

IndustryDevelopments

CompetitiveLandscape

Hardware

Software

IT Services

E-Readiness

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) growth in UAEDivided into 6 different sections


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Industry Developments1. In September 2010, the UAE announced plans to position up the firstmicrochip factory in the Middle East by 2015. The project is backed bythe Abu Dhabi government-owned Advanced Technology InvestmentCompany (ATIC) and is expected to cost the company US$6-7mn. Federalspending will be an important driver of IT opportunities in Industry

Developments.2. The Ministry of Education is leading an initiative to supply computers andthe internet to state schools after concerns that they were lagging behindprivate schools in IT and internet use.

3. IT manufacturing hub for microchips planned to be called Dubai CircuitDesign which would "complement existing regional and global integratedcircuit design companies already at DSO" and Europe's Optical Disc Groupand Solar Technologies Group that will invest AED 112 million in thetechnology park to establish a research and development center, an

optical media training and support facility.


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Competitive Landscape1. Software market leader Microsoft hopes migrations to its Windows 7operating system will continue to driver its sales in the UAE market.

2. HP Middle East has planned to concentrate on software and services for2010-2011. HP regards data centre transformation as a key driver ofopportunity.

3. Another competitive landscape in IT/IS is area for federal IT spending willbe healthcare. The government's 'Wareed' healthcare IT initiative aims toestablish a completely integrated electronic platform linking 13 state-runhospitals and 67 affiliated clinics across the country.


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HardwareUAE computer hardware sales, including PCs, notebooks and accessories, areforecast at over US$1.8bn in 2011, with high single-digit growth consolidatinga recovery that began in 2010. The segment is forecast to grow at a CAGR of8% between 2011 and 2015 in US dollar terms.


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SoftwareBMI anticipates that the UAE's software spending will reach nearly US$636mn

in 2011.The UAE is one of the region's fastest growing ERP markets, as

more businesses realize the benefits of efficient resource management intheir internal processes. Manufacturing and trading firms are seekingefficiencies by transitioning from manual environments to full automationof back-office systems. Customer resources management (CRM) isanother growth area, with fewer than 2% of SMEs in the Middle Easthaving a specialized CRM application in place.


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IT ServicesBMI predicts IT services growth will remain in positive territory over 2011-2015. Spending is forecast to rise from US$1.0bn in 2011 to more thanUS$1.5bn in 2015. The IT services revenue compound annual growth rate(CAGR) over the forecast period is expected to be 10%. Services have become

an increasingly important component of many deployment contracts, asevident in recent projects by leading Emirati corporations such as the Emiratesairline and Etisalat.


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E-Readiness

Despite the economic downturn, which has taken a toll on e-readiness ofcountries, the UAE has improved its score and jumped the global ranking bya notch, emerging the top scoring country in the Middle East and Africa

(MENA).The UAE has seen an improvement in its score from 6.09 (out of10) in 2008 to 6.12 in 2009 to 7.64 points out of 10 in 2010, which hasresulted in the country being ranked 34 among 70 countries listed in theEconomist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) e-Readiness Rankings 2009-2010.


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ICT Facts about UAE- Reports1) Report by the International Telecommunication Union that aims to measure' theglobal information society using ICT rankings sees United Arab Emirates experienceda large value increase as a result of strong performance in both ICT access and use.Furthermore, UAE is the first country to surpass the 200 percent mobile cellularpenetration mark.

2) According to research by economic and financial analysts Global Insight, UAE is

currently spending US$14.8 billion on Information and Communications Technology(ICT), and that figure is set to rise to US$14.8 billion in 2011. The country has beena leader in the Middle East when it comes to spending on ICT, Global Insight reportsupplementary added to the report.

3) International Data Corporation (IDC) analysis predicts that of the overall ITindustry, IT spend alone in the UAE will reach US$2.3 billion in 2012, with acontinuous annual growth of 23.9 per cent. IDC further predicts that IT spend in the

UAE to reach US$1.8 billion by 2013, with a growth rate of 32%.4) UAE scores the 1st rank first among the Arab states and 23rd internationally by the

World Economic Forums Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2009/10 report (whichassesses the impact of ICT on the development and competitiveness of nations).The NRI also ranked the UAE second in terms of government procurement ofadvanced technology products.


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ICT Facts about UAE- Reports..contdAccording to published in The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010 and isbased on data collected by organizations such as the ITU, the World Bank, and theUnited Nations, UAE ranked first among the Arab states on: Internet user rates; International internet bandwidth capacity; The importance of ICT to Government vision of the future;

ICT use and Government efficiency; e-Government readiness index; Presence of ICT in Government agencies; and The number of telephone lines.

Internationally, the UAE was ranked: 1st in mobile penetration rate;

2nd in e-Government readiness index; 2nd in the importance of ICT to Government vision of the future; 2nd in Government success in ICT promotion; 2nd in ICT use and Government efficiency; and 2nd in Government procurement of advanced technologies products


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ICT Opportunities in UAE

1.Virtualisation is an area of opportunity along with cloud computing.Companies seem to be heading towards desktop virtualization andinternal and external cloud computing services. [UAE is the onlycountry in the Gulf that has ventured into the field of cloud computingand the demand for this model will be robust in the years to come as

the market matures. {report from Keross LLC-taken from Gulf News}2.Enterprise application software (EAS):UAE retail sector will spend

heavily on Enterprise Application Software, according to SageSoftware, the leading global supplier of Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and (HumanResource Management) HRM solutions to medium and large

organisations, as increasing competition in the retail sector will lead toa rollout of heavy EAS investment by 2013. {www.ameinfo.com}

Apart from retail sector, other sectors which is expected to investheavily on EAS includes: Education, Healthcare ,and ,

Government sectors.


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3) Semiconductors Industry: The Advanced Technology Investment Company(ATIC) is an Abu Dhabi government-owned operator plans to start firstmicrochip company in UAE.

4) Storage management and security: As network usage grows, demand forprotection of data is expected to increase.

5) Mobile, data and video services and higher capacity uninterruptible power

supplies (UPS).6) Arabised IT products e.g. Mindware, Adobe have released Arabised

versions of their products.7) Business Intelligence (BI): A report from KPMG indicates:

Around 20% companies in UAE are implementing BI currently 50% companies in UAE are planning to implementBI in the next 1 -- 3 years. Finance and Business Heads use BI more extensively than the C-level

executives and the Business Analysts. However, the usage ofBI among front-line staff and customers is very low in UAE.

Most of the companies have reported improved decision-making as a result ofthe BI implementation. 50% of those surveyed by KPMG also reportedimproved customer services and improved financial performance as the benefitsrealized because ofBI.

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