UAE To Host Datacentre And Cloud Infrastructure Conference In April 2019

DUBAI, UAE - Nov. 7, 2018 - PRLog -- Digitization of business models across industries has led to the creation of massive amounts of data sets. To manage these data sets that have a crucial impact on businesses, it is important to have a robust, secure and effective IT infrastructure in place as datacentres quite literally serves as a large reservoir of data.

In a world where all businesses heavily depend on data, the importance of maintaining and operating a datacentre effectively cannot be emphasized enough. According to market reports, the global datacentre market size is expected to reach approximately $174 billion by 2023.

The Middle East region is expected to witness the highest growth in datacentre construction, with a heavy preference shown towards colocation facilities. The dynamic growth for datacentres in this region is attributed to organizations across various industries undertaking measures to improve its business processes while maintaining cost efficiency.

Reports indicate that at least 9 public cloud datacentres are scheduled to be operational in the MENA region in the coming year. Infact, given the region's adoption of cloud infrastructure, industry reports indicate that this sector is set to reach $8.79 billion by 2022.

Against this backdrop, global conference organizer, Expotrade Global has announced the launch of its newest event, the Future Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure Summit that will be held on 8-9 April 2019 at Habtoor Grand Resort, Dubai. This event will lay focus on the trend witnessed in this growing industry, the opportunities and challenges present in operating an effective IT infrastructure.

Over 150 senior IT professionals from the region will attend the event to listen to subject matter experts discuss and share insights on the topics pertaining to the future of datacentres, datacentre colocation, protecting datacentre in the cybersecurity age, the importance of datacentre architecture and disaster recovery and the preference of the industry cloud computing or datacentre, amongst other topics.

More than 40 subject matter experts will participate as speakers and panelists at this two-day summit. Industry leaders Ahmad Mohd Darwish Al Emadi, Chief Information Officer, Dubai Municipality; Kumar Prasoon, Group Chief Information Officer (CIO), Safeer Group – Century Malls; Faisal Ali, Group Chief Information Officer, Gargash; Frank Watts, Chief Information Officer, Al Tayer Group; Jayesh Maganlal, Head of IT Infrastructure, Cloud & Operations, Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Hashim Saeed, Head of Information Technology, AZIZI Group, amongst many others are confirmed to speak at this event.

Mr. Brad Hariharan, Regional Director, Expotrade Middle East, said, "The Future Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure Summit will provide a platform for highlighting the importance of datacentres in this region. With the growing market demand, we believe this event will prove to be a valuable platform for all relevant stakeholders to network with other industry peers and engage in discussions on where this industry is headed and the trends that will shape the datacentre landscape in the region."

More information on the Future Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure Summit is now available at https://www.futuredatacentre.com/. Follow the Summit on social media with the hashtag #FDCCIS.

About Expotrade

Expotrade is a global conference and event organizer with its head office based in Melbourne, Australia and a regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Expotrade has delivered some of the largest, most successful B2B industry conferences and events. For almost 15 years, our unique blend of knowledge, experience and flexibility has accomplished an array of consistently top quality events. Today, Expotrade events enjoy such a distinctive edge, they are amongst the best patronized in the calendar.

For more information, visit www.expotradeglobal.com