In a recent survey of large and medium -sized organizations conducted by IDC across the Middle East, 40% of respondents said they are now actively investing in building their digital resiliency capabilities. Lalchandani believes that these stability strategies should be the premise of “hybridity” and urges organizations to embrace digitally augmented hybrid approaches and models in their business and IT processes and functions.
“Digital strategies need to enable seamless customer interaction not only through digital channels, but also through digitally augmented physical stores and branches,” Lalchandani said. . “The workforce now needs to be supported by technology to easily deliver through the hybrid model of working from home, the office, or anywhere. And at the same time, digital transformation enables hybrid business models that create new non-traditional revenue flows through ecosystem partnerships, while even digital innovation itself becomes hybrid-with in-house innovation running alongside co-innovation with partners and customers.Thus, designing for in hybridity and hybridity management will be a top priority for CIOs in 2022 and beyond. ”
These three themes shape discussions at the upcoming IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2022, which will take place on February 22-24 under the theme ‘Accelerating the Journey towards a Digital First World’. Featuring an introductory keynote from His Majesty Wesam Lootah, CEO of Smart Dubai Government, Digital Dubai the summit will include a two-day personal gathering at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dubai International Financial Center, followed by a virtual day event, hosts more than 500 CIOs and influential business leaders from across the region.
The annual IDC Middle East CIO Summit is the place to come for thinking, in-depth discussions about innovative technology solutions, emerging use cases, and proven strategies for driving success. For 15 consecutive years, it has served as the ICT world’s primary source of learning about the latest industry developments.
This year’s edition will feature exclusive insights from His Majesty Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, head of cybersecurity for the UAE Government, and Dr. Peter Diamandis, a New York Times Bestselling author of three books and founder of the XPRIZE Foundation. Meanwhile, Khalid Al Ameri, a well -known Emirati blogger, columnist, motivational speaker, and social media influencer, will be featured on the second day of the summit as the master of ceremonies of the event.
To learn more about IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2022, please visit www.idc.com/mea/events/69074-idc-middle-east-cio-summit-2022 or contact Sheila Manek at smanek@idc .com / +971 4 446 3154.
IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2022 is supported by Cyber Security Council UAE, Dubai Police, Saudi Data & AI Authority, and several leading companies from across the region, including: Strategic Partner: GBM; Digital Transformation Partners: Tech Mahindra and Oracle; Innovation Partner: Injazat; Smart ICT Partner: Dynatrace; Summit Partners: Riverbed, TATA Consultancy Services, Unifonic, SoftServe, Lenovo, Red Hat, Turbonomic, VMware, Mideast Data Systems, and AWS; Platinum Partners: CyberKnight, Mastercard’s RiskRecon, BlackBerry, Tenable, BluePrism, Qualys, ServiceNow, Nutanix / Salesforce Tableau, Wizards, Armis, Denodo, Apptio, HCL, and Cloud4C; Technology Focus Group Partners: Outsystems, Equinix, Aruba, Netapp / Logicom, Informatica, Mandiant, Zoom, Nintex, ManageEngine, Confluent, Entrust, Mendix, Microfocus, SUSE, Glass House, Trellix, Freshworks, and Udacity; Fireside Chat Partner: Workato, and KYNDRYL; Dinner partners: Symphony SummitAI Partners Associate Partners: UAE Banks Federation, Dubai Business Women Council, Emirates Digital Association for Women, Women in AI, and Women in Cyber Security Middle East;
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