The awards in three categories - B2C (business to consumer), Innovation and Architecture - were based on applications received through out the GCC and evaluated jointly by CPI and Experton.
"This event is not only the platform that will recognise Middle East direction setters in the use of IT for business, but will also provide the opportunity for others in the field to share and listen to valuable SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) lessons from the front lines, to be followed by the awards presentation," said Kavitha Rajasekhar Vivek, Managing Editor-IT Publications, CPI.
The forum and awards are based on a survey conducted with over 300 CIOs and IT Managers throughout the GCC. The nominations for the awards were filtered down to 16 top applications for the final evaluation process. These applications represented companies from across the GCC region particularly UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait.
"Although the final award winners are from the UAE for having the most advanced SOA roadmap, we need to point out that some of the strongest applications were from Saudi Arabia and Qatar," said Donald Blair, Senior Advisor, Experton Group. "A major conclusion of our survey of the enterprises in the GCC is that SOA has not yet become "the next big thing". However, several leading organizations have developed strong SOA programs and are looking forward to the advantages it does offer."
According to Blair, the next two to three years will show significant increases in the development and use of SOA throughout the GCC. Experton-Group has conducted a number of studies of SOA implementation on an international basis. SOA has seen many applications by many different industries for the accomplishment of a variety of objectives.
"Our objective with this study was to learn about SOA in the GCC and the Middle East. Therefore, in order to ensure the broadest coverage possible, we teamed with CPI and the Dubai Quality Group to conduct our survey and to establish the SOA Vision Awards program," continued Blair. "The program is modelled after the National Association of CIOs (NASCIO) program in the U.S. and we hope it will grow and expand to become an annual event."
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CPI (Corporate Publishing International), one of the Middle East's leading IT publishing house and IDG's regional partner, the world's largest IT publisher, has held its first SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Forum and presented SOA Vision Awards in association with Dubai Quality Group and Experton.
Abdul Qader, Chairman, Dubai Quality Group with the winners of the three awards and the sponsors.
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Key results of the SOA survey:
1. Sixteen of the shortlisted respondents, or 80%, indicated that they do have an SOA roadmap
2. Some have teamed with global partners who offer structured methodologies while others have chosen to implement SOA without a partner.
3. Some respondents are changing out their hardware and software architectures while others are proceeding with the technology they have in place.
4. Programs range from the early strategic planning stage through pilot programs to larger-scale implementations.
5. Benefits are being realized by several of the respondents and they have plans to expand and continue SOA in their organizations.
6. Most of the programs are not time driven and, if and as successful, will proceed over a long period of time.
7. Numerous services range from internal enterprise access to external customer services.
8. All of the respondents in the final assessment group are following industry standard SOA (Web Services) standards which will lead to reusability and interoperability; B2C, B2B, G2C, etc.
The final nominees for the awards in alphabetical order were:
1. Al Ghurair Group, UAE
2. Al Rostamani Group of Companies, UAE
3. Al-Tawfeek Company for Investment Funds, Saudi Arabia
4. Al-Tayer Group, UAE
5. American University of Sharjah, UAE
6. DIFC, UAE
7. Doha Bank, Qatar
8. Dubai e-Government, UAE
9. Dubai Municipality, UAE
10. Emirates Airline, UAE
11. Habib Bank Zurich, UAE
12. Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
13. National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
14. Qatar Steel, Qatar
15. Takreer, UAE
16. Zamil Industrial Investment Company, Saudi Arabia
The winners of the awards in the three categories are:
1. The IBM SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - B2C: Dubai eGovernment
2. The Computer Associates SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - Innovation: Al Tayer Group
3. The Oracle SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - Architecture: Al Rostamani Group of Companies
The SOA Vision Awards programme was preceded with special presentations by some of the winners and shortlisted award nominees.
About CPI:
Dubai-based CPI is the Middle East regional partner of IDG, the world's largest publisher of IT magazines. CPI's monthly controlled circulation magazines include Computer News Middle East, Network World Middle East, Reseller World Middle East, Security Advisor Middle East, Storage Advisor Middle East and SMB Advisor Middle East. CPI also publishes well known international publications including PC World, OK! and Banker Middle East.
Its on-line, banner-free IT news portal, www.cpilive.net, welcomes news contributions from all the major IT and Banking players around the Middle East.
About Experton Group
Experton Group is the innovative, trusted ICT knowledge partner for leading companies. Experton Group offers research and consulting services, market surveys, conferences, seminars and publications related to information and communications technology issues. Our consulting portfolio includes technology, business processes, management and business co-operations, investments and mergers. Experton Group operates from offices in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. More information at http://www.experton-group.com
For more details on this press release, please contact:
CPI: Kavitha Rajasekhar Vivek, Managing Editor-IT Publications, Tel: +971 4 3515316,
Market Buzz International: Gail Fernandes, Tel: +971 4 3625480
1. Sixteen of the shortlisted respondents, or 80%, indicated that they do have an SOA roadmap
2. Some have teamed with global partners who offer structured methodologies while others have chosen to implement SOA without a partner.
3. Some respondents are changing out their hardware and software architectures while others are proceeding with the technology they have in place.
4. Programs range from the early strategic planning stage through pilot programs to larger-scale implementations.
5. Benefits are being realized by several of the respondents and they have plans to expand and continue SOA in their organizations.
6. Most of the programs are not time driven and, if and as successful, will proceed over a long period of time.
7. Numerous services range from internal enterprise access to external customer services.
8. All of the respondents in the final assessment group are following industry standard SOA (Web Services) standards which will lead to reusability and interoperability; B2C, B2B, G2C, etc.
The final nominees for the awards in alphabetical order were:
1. Al Ghurair Group, UAE
2. Al Rostamani Group of Companies, UAE
3. Al-Tawfeek Company for Investment Funds, Saudi Arabia
4. Al-Tayer Group, UAE
5. American University of Sharjah, UAE
6. DIFC, UAE
7. Doha Bank, Qatar
8. Dubai e-Government, UAE
9. Dubai Municipality, UAE
10. Emirates Airline, UAE
11. Habib Bank Zurich, UAE
12. Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
13. National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
14. Qatar Steel, Qatar
15. Takreer, UAE
16. Zamil Industrial Investment Company, Saudi Arabia
The winners of the awards in the three categories are:
1. The IBM SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - B2C: Dubai eGovernment
2. The Computer Associates SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - Innovation: Al Tayer Group
3. The Oracle SOA Vision Award for Enterprise Services - Architecture: Al Rostamani Group of Companies
The SOA Vision Awards programme was preceded with special presentations by some of the winners and shortlisted award nominees.
About CPI:
Dubai-based CPI is the Middle East regional partner of IDG, the world's largest publisher of IT magazines. CPI's monthly controlled circulation magazines include Computer News Middle East, Network World Middle East, Reseller World Middle East, Security Advisor Middle East, Storage Advisor Middle East and SMB Advisor Middle East. CPI also publishes well known international publications including PC World, OK! and Banker Middle East.
Its on-line, banner-free IT news portal, www.cpilive.net, welcomes news contributions from all the major IT and Banking players around the Middle East.
About Experton Group
Experton Group is the innovative, trusted ICT knowledge partner for leading companies. Experton Group offers research and consulting services, market surveys, conferences, seminars and publications related to information and communications technology issues. Our consulting portfolio includes technology, business processes, management and business co-operations, investments and mergers. Experton Group operates from offices in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. More information at http://www.experton-group.com
For more details on this press release, please contact:
CPI: Kavitha Rajasekhar Vivek, Managing Editor-IT Publications, Tel: +971 4 3515316,
Market Buzz International: Gail Fernandes, Tel: +971 4 3625480
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