Cisco To ‘Innovates Together’ With Customers and Partners at its Leading ICT Event in the UAE

Cisco today announced that it will be hosting its premier flagship technology event Cisco® Expo UAE 2012 on Monday, March 19th 2012, at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai.
Cisco Expo is an annual series of Cisco proprietary, in-country live events that sets the spotlight on latest industry trends and showcases the very latest in technologies, products and solutions. Under the theme, ‘Innovate Together’, Cisco Expo UAE will bring together around 500 key technical and business decision makers to discuss the latest technology trends that will transform and drive business success for governments and organizations in the region alongside customers, representatives from the media and industry experts.
The event offers immense opportunity to network, share knowledge on the latest developments in the world of information technology and gain insights that will help organizations make better informed decisions.
This year’s event includes an impressive line-up of global keynote speakers from Cisco such as Howard Charney, Senior Vice President, Office of the President; Duncan Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets; Den Sullivan, Head of Architectures and Enterprise, Emerging Markets, and Wayne Hull, Director and General Manager, Cisco UAE.
At Cisco Expo UAE 2012, Cisco will examine the most current and critical trends such as the power of cloud, collaboration, video, virtualization and borderless networks. In addition, the day will include presentations and breakouts from Cisco global executives, Cisco partner showcases and joint-design workshops. Cisco will also demonstrate how technology can improve and enhance the services that businesses have to offer – from simple connectivity to an intelligent platform that will dramatically improve productivity and collaboration.
Visitors to the event will also have an opportunity to experience the ‘World of Solutions’ which is an interactive exhibition area that includes product and technology demonstrations and cutting-edge solutions from Cisco and its partners. The official diamond sponsors of this year’s event include Dimension Data, ICT Partner Etisalat, EMC, Emircom, GBM and SAP. Gold Sponsors include Alphadata, Intel, Wipro and Lynksys. Silver Sponsors include CNS, Rockwell, SecureTech, Commscope. The Silver Learning Partners include GlobalKnowledge and Fastlane.
From participants to visitors, you can expect to meet the cream of Mid Market and Large Enterprises, Local and Central governments and Service Providers, including top level managements, decision makers, Network Administrators, Network Architects and many others – all of whom play a pivotal role in shaping the future. This further underlines Cisco Expo’s role as the IT industry’s premier business and technical platform that unites talented IT and Communication professionals to create a sustainable ICT industry across Emerging countries.
Cisco Expo UAE 2012 is a registration-only event. Those interested in attending Cisco Expo UAE can register online by visiting: http://www.cisco.com/web/ME/expo2012/uae/index.html#~Overview
Executive Quotes:
Wayne Hull, Director and General Manager, Cisco UAE
“The human network today is closer than ever before. With technology breaking barriers, connecting people faster and bringing the world closer, it has become all the more imperative that innovation should now be a more involved and collaborative exercise. And quite fittingly, the theme for Cisco Expo 2012 UAE is “Innovate Together” – a theme that truly encapsulates the growing call across societies the world over, for closer collaboration not only between communities, but also between public and private enterprises. Cisco Expo 2012 UAE will bring alive and reiterate the call to “innovate together”.
Fahad Alamoudi, Head of Marketing, Cisco Middle East
“We now conduct a Cisco Expo in almost every country we have a presence in around the globe and they continue to be highly sought after, heavily subscribed events that are very well received by attendees who see them as a worthwhile investment providing much needed ICT education and learning for their employees. The agenda and the networking opportunities will provide a real platform for thought leadership, technology architecture and the role of innovation to address our current and future government and business environment not only in the UAE but throughout the Middle East region.”