Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022 centered on data center and storage

The Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022, themed ‘Green Data, Super Power,’ recently brought together Huawei experts, independent analysts, and customers to discuss the role of modern data center and storage technology in enabling businesses to innovate more quickly.

Addressing the summit, Steven Yi, President for Middle East & Africa, Huawei, said, “Countries in the Middle East & Africa are keen to adopt new technologies, as we have seen with the fast development of 5G in the region. We will continue to work with our customers and partners to lead the next wave of digital transformation and drive the national transformation visions.”

Other keynote speakers at IT Day included Bill Raftery, VP of Storage Solutions at Huawei, whose speech titled ‘Redefining All-Flash Data Center’ emphasized the importance of innovative technologies like flash-based storage platforms in enabling organizations to accelerate digital transformation. He also emphasized Huawei’s pioneering technology’s applicability in various verticals such as tax/finance and Oil & Gas.

The event also featured the release of a white paper titled “The Trend of Data-intensive HPC (High-Performance Computing)”. The report captures insights into the rapidly evolving requirements placed on the HPC ecosystem by the growth in the adoption of data-intensive applications and workloads.

Early adopters of all-flash storage have already witnessed this technology’s transformative power. Sim S. Lim, Group Executive, Consumer Banking & Wealth Management, DBS Bank, led participants on a journey through the bank’s digitalization. “At DBS, we are re-imagining and re-investing in the latest ICT solutions to digitally empower our customers and build a trust and collaboration ecosystem,” he said.

Fahem Al Nuaimi, CEO of Ankabut, shared insights on building an Intelligent Full-Stack Data Center in the UAE. He said, “An intelligent full-stack data center enables us to offer digitalized education services, making the academic process more efficient while boosting collaboration.” 

Based on the need to digitize the customer journey, stringent data handling requirements, and the need for robust cybersecurity, the financial industry is one of the most important markets for modern storage. A roundtable discussion titled “The Future of the Financial Sector – IT Driven Digital Transformation” focused on this sector and drew IT executives from some of the region’s largest banks.

Wilson Xavier, ICT Research Director, IDC META, was also one of the many distinguished speakers. He highlighted industry trends for storage and data center, noting, “The enterprise DataSphere share of global data volume will increase to 68% by 2025, and data management strategies can either make or break IT modernization.” 

Liu Gui, Vice President of Marketing and Solution Sales, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East, closed the day by launching the Huawei Flash Track Promotion program, which can deliver storage devices sooner and help customers deploy IT resources quickly and implement projects faster.