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The GCC Turns To Egypt For IT Outsourcing As ITIDA And IDC Launch ‘Business Without Barriers’
Published May 27, 2010
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The rise of Egypt as a global IT outsourcing and offshoring destination was confirmed by the attendance of nearly 40 companies at a ‘Business without barriers’ networking event.
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the executive IT arm of the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, is hosting the events in conjunction with International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm for the information technology and telecommunications markets.
Together with IDC, ITIDA has been working on a research-led go-to-market program called ‘Go-to-GCC’ that is aimed at partnering Egyptian IT organizations with leading systems integrators and channel partners from the Gulf region.
Egypt is among the world’s fastest-growing locations for global outsourcing and offshoring, and the country offers a world-class, cost-effective alternative to organizations looking to adopt the outsourcing model.
"There has been huge interest in these Business without barriers events,” said Dr. Hazem Y. Abdelazim, CEO of ITIDA. “Communicating our partnership message in the Gulf is key to creating new business opportunities between Egyptian IT companies and their counterparts in the GCC region. Egyptian companies looked forward to attending the two events and further solidifying business relations with their partners in the Gulf.”
Most forums for business networking tend to have a very low success rate as insufficient time is spent on researching and identifying viable business opportunities. However, the ‘Business Without Barriers’ conferences mark the culmination of six months of intense research by IDC’s most senior consultants and analysts as they have sought firstly to identify skills, products, and solutions within select Egyptian IT companies that are in demand in the Gulf region, and then match them with relevant systems integrators and channel partners from the GCC nations.
These two highly structured and targeted go-to-market gatherings hosted an ICT trade delegation from Egypt to build long-term business partnerships between Egyptian and Gulf-based companies. As well as facilitating intelligent networking opportunities at the event itself, IDC will also act as a facilitator in the six-month period following the conferences, providing support for both Egyptian and Gulf-based organizations as they seek to develop and sustain viable business partnerships.
For more information:
Ahmed Reda
Media & Communication Manager
Information Technology Industry Development Agency
T: +202 35 34 51 85
E: areda@itida.gov.eg
Amina Grimen
Junior Account Executive
T: +971 4 33 44 930
E: amina.grimen@hillandknowlton.com
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