Microsoft Corporation Opened Excellence Centre in Dubai
UAE: Microsoft Corporation has opened its
largest Centre of Excellence (CoE) for oil & gas industry in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. This centre of excellence would help in driving digital
transformation, reducing operational costs and better optimisation of
operational resources in the oil & gas industry.
Growing
oil & gas industry along with rising spending over digital technologies by
oil & gas companies has driven Microsoft for this move. This CoE would
allow oil & gas companies to take advantage of various digital technology
and emerging trends, such as Internet of Things (IoT), advanced analytics,
cloud computing, modern productivity tools and other Microsoft’s technologies,
such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365, etc.
TechSci
Research analyses that rising adoption of digital technologies in oil & gas
industry along with rising number of cyberattacks and emerging concerns for IT
security to mitigate data breaches, and other cyber concerns would propel the
demand for IT security services in the province as well.
According
to the recent report published by TechSci
Research, “UAE
Managed Security Services Market By Deployment Mode, By
Application (Managed Endpoint Security, Managed Firewall Security, Managed IPS
& IDS, Managed SIAM, & Other), By End User, Competition Forecast and
Opportunities, 2011 – 2021”,
UAE managed security services market is projected to grow at a CAGR over 8%
through 2021. increasing cybercrime, fast emerging Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
concept, and growing concerns regarding malicious malware attacks, zero-day
attacks, Synchronization (SYN) floods and encrypted attacks, etc. is
anticipated to boost the managed security services market in UAE in the coming
years.