Microsoft hosted region’s first Gulf Datacenter Community meetup, as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to bridge the regional cloud-skills gap that was held at Microsoft’s Dubai offices, delegates got the opportunity to network with a community of seasoned specialists.
Experts from Microsoft Necip Ozyucel, Senior Cloud & Enterprise Regional Business Group Lead, and James Toulman, Technical Director at Digital Energy. Ramez Dandan, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Gulf talked about the emerging Datacenter technologies and shared best practices, and attendees gained the opportunity to quiz the experts during a productive Q&A session.
“Microsoft’s mission is to empower every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more,” said Necip Ozyucel, Cloud & Enterprise Business Group Lead Microsoft Gulf. “Digital transformation through the intelligent cloud represents lucrative opportunities for MEA, in terms of entrepreneurship, job creation, economic growth and enhancement of government services.”
The Gulf Datacenter Community plans to organise more such events in the coming months, with monthly weekday meetings and quarterly weekend meetings. Those interested in active participation and networking, sharing content as well as management for the region’s first Datacenter community, can join the Meetup group here for more information.
Ozyucel further said, “But the ability to empower, engage, optimize and transform starts with community engagement. That’s why we held the first Gulf Datacenter Community event here in Dubai – to remind such communities that we are here to help. Microsoft Gulf currently works very closely with communities such as Data & AI, DevOps and Data Science. And now we want to extend that same collaboration to the Datacenter Community and help them to establish best practices and strategies for transformation.”
