التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة الإمارات لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات
KPMG: By 2022, Digital initiatives to Drive 80 Percent of Revenue;
Information Management Enables Business Continuity, Happy Customers, and Smart Services
In the face of COVID-19 coronavirus, the UAE’s banking and finance, education, and retail
sectors are accelerating digital transformation to deliver business continuity, customer
happiness, and smart services, industry experts announced today.
The Dubai Department of Economic Development recently mandated 80 percent of private
sector employees to work remotely. As a result, the BFSI, education, and retail sectors have
led in innovation, argues Condo Protego, the leading UAE-based IT infrastructure and information management consultancy and solutions provider.
“In the face of coronavirus, remote work, distance learning, and virtual malls are examples
of the UAE’s private sector supporting short-term business continuity, happy customers, and digital resiliency, and transforming industries and business competitiveness in the long-term,” said Andrew Calthorpe, CEO, Condo Protego.
By 2022, KPMG predicts that 80 percent of revenue growth will depend on digital offerings and operations – meaning early adopters will have a competitive edge.
Banking and Finance Firms Boost Remote Work
The UAE’s banking and financial sector has already been using Big Data, AI, and machine learning to personalize customer services. Now, the challenge is moving desk-bound employees to remote working. Firms have had to purchase hardware, secure access to data and applications, and adopt collaboration platforms.
EducationInnovation Supports E-Learning
About 1.1 million public and private school students have movedfrom the classroom to e-learning platforms such as Google Classroom, ClassDojo, and Seesaw, with distance learning now through the entire Spring 2020 academic term. Supporting remote learning,over 42,000 educators received e-learning qualifications from the UAE Ministry of Education and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University.
Retailers and Restaurants Personalize Offers and Virtual Malls
As UAE malls have closedfor the foreseeable future, retailers and restaurants are re-orienting to deliveries and developing plans to launch virtual malls.Personalized customer shopping offers, geo-location services, and targeted marketing are delivering the goods and services that maintain business and society.
“UAE organizations should turn to knowledgeable and experienced channel partners to align strategic business goalswith information management tactics in hardware acquisition, IT infrastructure, and business software,” added Andrew Calthorpe.
