The rate of growth in tech-driven solutions and platforms is alarming, which has cascaded to the astronomic drive and craving to create smart cities that support this imminent lifestyle in our world today. A smart city is a place where conventional networks and services are made more efficient with the use of digital solutions for the good of its residents and organizations. It traverses the use of technologies for resource optimization and less environmental pollution.
It implies an innovative urban transport system, automated water supply and waste management process, and superior approaches to lighting. It also points to a more interactive and responsive city administration, safer public spaces, and attending to the needs of an aging population. Smart cities pay attention to the infusion of human intelligence into everyday processes for improved productivity.
Businesses cannot ignore there are cultural aspects to bringing in a tech transformation
The UAE Cabinet has approved a strategy in which the digital economy will contribute 20 per cent to the gross non-oil national economy within the next 10 years. This is a clear recognition of the impact of digitisation on the country’s economic and societal progress.
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The utilities sector, an underlying facilitator for all industries, has witnessed a spike in the adoption of digital technology and it is expected to climb as power demand rises to drive economic development.
Placed in this context, the World Utilities Congress, with a dedicated strategic panel on Digital Transformation and Technological Innovations, will deeper into how digitalisation will transform the utilities sector.
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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai issued the executive resolution to ensure optimal use of existing infrastructure, data and services
Dubai Crown Prince has issued a resolution to align the ICT strategies of government entities to drive digital transformation and mitigate risks.
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Accelerated by urgent demands for increased connectivity, reduced costs, and improved operational efficiency – there has been a rapid growth and development in digitalisation across the world’s key industrial sectors
With the impact of the pandemic and the increasing need of pursuing greener and sustainable alternatives, the utilities sector, an underlying facilitator for all industries, has witnessed an emergence in the adoption of digital technology in the sector, and is expected to climb as power demand rises to drive economic development.