Oracle opens regional cloud data centre in Dubai
dubai — The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) participated in the launch event of Oracle’s regional cloud data centre in Dubai, reflecting the importance of the UAE as a local, regional and global technology hub.
The launch comes as the UAE enters a new era towards enhancing its position as a global hub for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, smart cities, the Internet of Things and advanced tech supported by artificial intelligence.
In his speech during the virtual launch event, TRA director-general Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori congratulated Oracle for this achievement and for the establishment of the Zayed Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Hub in the UAE, the first of its kind in the region that will prepare the digital future generation leaders, and raise awareness
among hundreds of Emirati students in the latest emerging technologies.
Al Mansoori said: “The UAE has always been an attractive environment for major international projects. However, as much as it encourages prestigious companies, especially those supporting digital transformation to establish regional centres here, it is also keen to provide an environment appropriate for local creative ideas to sprout, blossom and become global companies. As you know, many globally successful stories have started here, and become an indisputable evidence of the UAE’s digital environment. They prove that the UAE accommodates future thinkers who wish to transform their ideas into projects that benefit everyone.”
In his speech, Al Mansoori highlighted the increasing demand for real-time data exchange, which is heading for a further increase with the growing need for communication between countless devices and systems, all through the second-generation cloud that includes many data centres around the world, to which this new centre joins.
Al Mansoori added: “This digital environment that we are talking about is the result of a strong and deeply rooted partnership between the public and private sectors. Today, this partnership is one of the key characteristics of the so-called digital nation, as the boundaries between the government and the private sectors are blurring and replaced by cooperation for the benefit of all.”
The TRA emphasised that the launch of cloud data centres and cloud services in the UAE confirms the its leading role and position in the ICT field, as one of the most important global hubs for digital transformation in all sectors. —