The UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence (AI), His Excellency Omar Sultan AlOlama, today visited the SAP public cloud data center in the UAE which enables intelligent enterprises that can drive innovation, new levels of economic growth and competitiveness, and technology sector job creation.
His Excellency Omar Sultan AlOlama, said: “Future technologies like Blockchain and AI can enhance government services, reduce traffic, and predict energy needs to transform the economy, society, and environment.”
Government-led strategies for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are integrating smart, digital systems across the UAE. As a result, the UAE government expects to save time, effort, and resources, and also to enhance government performance, optimize costs, and increase productivity and economic growth.
Regional organizations are heavily investing in emerging technologies to become Intelligent Enterprises. Among the digital leaders in the in the Middle East and North Africa, SAP and Oxford Economics research shows that currently over 75 percent are investing in cloud, and 70 percent in artificial intelligence. Showing the potential economic impact, AI could contribute USD 96 billion to UAE GDP by 2030, according to PwC.
SAP is the first multi-national business applications provider to go live and onboard customers to its UAE public cloud data center, which is the centerpiece of the company’s 5-year USD 200 million UAE investment. Our cloud data center can enable public and private sector organizations to integrate emerging technologies.
“Having the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence visit our cloud data center is a testament to the UAE’s government-led innovation agenda,” said Gergi Abboud, Senior Vice President and General Manager, SAP Middle East South. “Our investment, training the workforce of the future, and exchanging global best practices supports the UAE’s global leadership in emerging technology and catalyzes digital job creation.”
In the UAE, SAP’s Training and Development Institute and Winnovate programs are training the workforce of the future in the digital skills needed to design, develop, and implement breakthrough innovations.
