ADTEK 2007: The 2nd Abu Dhabi IT Services Forum opens today

Injazat Data Systems, one of the Middle East's leading Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies, has announced that over 300 representatives from leading companies around the world have gathered today for the opening.

ADTEK 2007 embraces the theme 'Aligning IT services with business goals', and seeks to provide continuity to the momentum generated by ADTEK 2006 in boosting the business value of IT services across all market segments. The three-day event has also gathered 14 international speakers who will outline the critical issues and trends that affect the booming IT sector in the region, particularly in Abu Dhabi.

"The region's IT industry offers so much promise and it is our mission to constantly find suitable means to realise its full potential. ADTEK helps us fulfil this mission by providing a platform to leverage the power of IT in addressing various business needs. We aim to create and introduce high-level IT services in the different stages of an organisation's operations, which will significantly improve decision-making capabilities and result in precise execution of business strategies," said Ibrahim Mohamed Lari, CEO, Injazat Data Systems.

"Injazat Data Systems has also ensured that the Forum gets maximum support by collaborating with prominent figures from the region's IT community to be the event's partners, sponsors and speakers," added Lari.

ADTEK 2007 has gathered the support of high-profile names in the industry such as platinum sponsors Dell and EMC, gold sponsors Cisco and Citrix, silver sponsors Sun and Itqan, and workshop sponsor Microsoft. The event is also powered by knowledge partners ITSMF, IDC and The Injazat Institute.

"Cisco has been committed to helping clients realise the importance of adopting flexible enterprise infrastructure solutions in view of the changing demands of the business environment. We value ADTEK as complementary to our initiatives and we are pleased to extend our support to this important IT event," said Jožek Gruškovnjak, Director - Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco.

Commenting on ADTEK's role in developing the region's IT services industry, Feras Al Jabi, General Manager, Itqan, said: "ADTEK helps IT leaders get a broad understanding of the requirements of the current IT environment as technologies and management practices constantly evolve. Itqan supports ADTEK's vision of diversifying and expanding IT services to address emerging demands and help maintain the robust development of the industry."

Al Jabi and Gruškovnjak are among prominent personalities presenting at ADTEK 2007 confernce days, November 19 and 20. A pre-conference workshop on November 18 ushered in the activities of the three-day event.

The speakers will present the latest ideas and concepts covering different areas of IT, including Data Centres, IT services management, aligning IT with business strategies, system integration, cost-effective information management, effective training, and other critical elements of the IT services industry.