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Schneider Electric is Smart City Partner at IDC’s Middle East CIO Summit 2014 in Dubai
Published Feb 17, 2014
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Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has signed up as the Smart City Partner for IDC’s Middle East CIO summit that is set to run on February 24 and 25 at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.
The two-day conference is titled ‘Being a CIO in the New Business World of Tech + Transformation’. As part of its support to the event, Schneider Electric will showcase its portfolio of integrated solutions in industries including banking and finance, hospitality, transportation, healthcare and telecommunications. At the heart of Schneider Electric’s capabilities in smart technologies is its strength in the datacentre space, particularly in building a physical datacentre infrastructure as well as its revolutionary Struxureware software for datacentres.
Schneider Electric will host a panel discussion on smart cities on day two of the summit headlined by Charbel Aoun, Vice-President, Smart Cities, Schneider Electric, and Dr Arwa Al Aama – Chief Information Officer, Jeddah Municipality. The hour-long discussion will highlight the need to integrate IT infrastructure strategies for shaping a smart city that is sustainable.
Charbel Aoun said: “The convergence of IT and smart solutions is inevitable and definitely represents the way forward in achieving a smart city. At Schneider Electric we have adopted a five-pronged approach towards developing a smart city. First by setting the goal and the roadmap; next by bringing in the technology solutions to improve the efficiency of the urban systems; step three involves integrating and combining information and operation of overall city efficiency; step four requires using innovation to build the city’s specific business model and lastly, by collaborating with global players and local stakeholders.
“Schneider Electric has smart solutions in energy, water, buildings, public services and mobility and these are brought together to create a smart city through efficient integration of technology using the datacentre.”
Schneider Electric’s new technologies are redefining efficiencies and optimisation, with the greatest impact visible in smart cities where its energy management solutions are at the absolute forefront. The company’s solutions validate the benefits of IT investment through improving the management of energy and utilities, saving costs, and adding business value. All of these solutions are achieved through optimising its datacentre technology.
Jyoti Lalchandani, Group VP & Regional MD, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at IDC, said: "Globally, IT spending is expected to grow by nearly 4.6 per cent in 2014, totalling US$2.14 trillion. In the Middle East, this growth will come from IT infrastructure build out and an increased focus on technology-led efficiencies, even as most GCC countries aim to achieve ‘smart city’ status. The IT market in Middle East and Africa currently estimated at US$76 billion (2013) is anticipated to witness a surge and may peak to US$94 billion by 2017.”
The IDC Middle East CIO Summit is one of the largest gatherings of CIOs in the region and in 2013 attracted over 200 specialist attendees from the trade. Now in its seventh year, the summit provides an excellent platform for the exchange of best-in-class practices, ideas, advisory services, and establishing a peer-to-peer community.
Schneider Electric has worked across the globe on more than 200 smart city projects worldwide. These include the renowned Guiyang city’s Smart Grid and Beijing’s inter-urban traffic control system (China); Barcelona’s command and control centres for traffic (Spain), and Abu Dhabi’s energy audit (UAE), which have helped pave the way for Building SCADA for 70 buildings in the capital including the management of energy use in street lighting.
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