Data Centre Strategies Middle East
Abu Dhabi, UAE — 25-26 May 2010
The 2nd Data Centre Strategies Middle East event takes place against a backdrop of increased investment and growth in the sector.
The agenda for the event will embrace a focused range of issues and topics relevant to the current evolution of data centres across the Middle Eastern region, and the technological and commercial challenges they confront.
Itech 2010
Doha, Qatar — 13-16 May 2010
ITECH 2010 demonstrated cutting edge technology to a targeted audience and brings together business and industry leaders seeking more efficient solutions through innovation and technology.
ictQATAR Business Connect — Doha, 20 March 2010
Microsoft Qatar and MEEZA participated in the third Business Connect event, Qatar’s leading information and communication technology event. Hosted by ictQATAR at Al Sharq Village and Spa, Business Connect addressed critical business challenges faced by the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with Microsoft and MEEZA sharing insights on new technology solutions that are ideal for SMEs to boost business efficiency and reduce costs
As key speakers at the event, Microsoft and MEEZA discussed new technology trends including cloud services that regional SMEs could adopt in order to boost their productivity and enhance competitiveness. This is particularly relevant now with SMEs emerging across the Gulf region as the key contributors to the economy’s GDP.
Data Centre Strategies Forum – Abu Dhabi, June 2nd and 3rd 2009
MEEZA participated in the Cloud Panel at the first major strategic forum for Data Centre operators, managed services, outsourcing and cloud computing businesses in the Middle East.
During the conference MEEZA focussed on the benefits of Cloud Services and assessed the risks involved in adopting a cloud services strategy as well as the importance of standardisation and interoperability in the increased adoption of cloud services in the Middle East.
IDC IT Managers Forum, Doha – May 91th, 2009
MEEZA Executives James Fanella and Michael Molson shared their extensive industry expertise in a presentation entitled Disaster Recovery and Managed Services: Protecting Your Business and Driving Value in Today’s Climate.
The presentation investigated the relevance of managed services for businesses today and highlighted the benefits such an approach can bring to an organisation. It discussed the future developments that will be driven by the proliferation of managed services and explain how cloud services (IT services provided over the internet) will drive more value into the managed services landscape. Finally, they presented innovative disaster recovery strategies that can minimise risk and outline the business benefits of an effective disaster recovery strategy.
IDC MENA CIO Summit, Dubai – February 8th and 9th, 2009
Michael Molson, Vice President Operations of MEEZA addressed over 100 CIO’s at this event about the importance of readying your business for Cloud Services.
Cloud Services are very quickly becoming a critical part of the CIO's strategy; however, implementing and integrating them effectively requires different strategies, frameworks, methodologies and tactics to deliver the desired value back to the business.
Michael explored these areas to help the CIO make the right decisions now to maximise their organisations’ benefit from the increasing shift to cloud services in the near future.
