Huawei renews its cooperation with naseba on 3rd edition of CIO Strategies InfoCom Mid-East

Following a first successful participation to the second edition as a silver sponsor, Huawei Technologies, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, is renewing its cooperation with naseba on the third edition of CIO strategies InfoCom Mid-East in 2008.

The CIO strategies InfoCom Mid-East forum gathers CIO and IT professionals from all industries and gives them the opportunity to discover innovative and customized products, services and solutions, creating long-term value and potential growth for their companies.

"We are very happy about the success of CIO InfoCom Strategies Mid-East 2007. Sponsors and participants are already asking about next year's edition. We just started to produce the third edition which promises to be a much bigger event with a high variety of solution providers, cutting-edge speakers and top-level executives," declared Saudin Dungog, the event producer.

A successful second edition

The second edition gathered 80 CIO and IT professionals representing companies such as Al Nisr Publishing, Aldar Property, Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Bahrain National Holding, Barclays, Johnson & Johnson and the Ministry of Planning and Int'l Cooperation on November 26th-27th, 2007 in Dubai at the JW Marriott.

The forum was working in strategic partnership with CNBC Arabiya, Business Monitor, Computer News, DPM News Agency, Network World Middle East and Security Advisor Middle East. Participants had the opportunity to meet solution providers such as Huawei and Hitachi during one-to-one business meetings and to attend keynote presentations led by industry-renowned experts, who discussed the latest trends and challenges of the industry:

-"Connecting Your Business" by Ihab Ghattas, Chief Business Development Officer, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
-"SOA Implementation Experience Session" by Abdulhakim Abdulkarim Malik, IT Director, Dubai Municipality
-"IT innovations in the Middle East " by UVK Kumar, the Head of IT at Doha Bank
-"Secure Systems For Your Company" by Christophe Faems, Head of IT Operations, Nakheel
-"Mid- Large Scale ICT Implementation Case Study" by Ashi Sheth, IT Director, American University of Sharjah
-"IT - A Profit Center" by Naghman Rafique, Information Technology Manager, Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises Co.
-"Reputation Based Security" by Tareque Choudhury, Technical Manager, Middle East and Africa , Secure Computing
-"Information privacy and security" by Samer Hamwi, the CIO of Shuaa Capital

"With globalization becoming an increasingly common trend, Enterprises' expanding geographical operations have naturally resulted in increased Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Huawei continues to work hard at helping Enterprises to simplify their network infrastructure, whilst reducing TCO. The CIO forum addressed this topic perfectly, emphasizing the role of next generation CIOs," said Ihab Ghattas, CBDO, Middle East & North Africa, Huawei Technologies.