New technology, new capabilities

New technologies for analytics, data management, cloud computing and the Internet of Things are enabling new capabilities in business but are not properly applied because enterprises do not centralize their IT systems to control security, privacy and protection. Farid Al Sabbagh, managing director and VP at Fujitsu, said, “On average and according to Gartner, 67% of the total IT cost is used for ‘keeping the lights on’ — or, to run and maintain current systems. This is not enough to prepare an enterprise to benefit from a hyper connected market, preventing the development of new innovation that has the power to transform business efficiency.” Al Sabbagh was speaking on stage at the Fujitsu World Tour 2015, part of a global event that takes place in 19 countries and will see over 10,000 delegates attend. Under the theme of ‘Human Centric Innovation’, the Dubai leg hosted the Dubai Police, CIO of Lulu Group, VP and Head of Business Development at SAP, Cloud Technologies Director at Microsoft and Commercial Business Director at Intel amongst other speakers. The event was an opportunity for Fujitsu to focus their customers attention on its portfolio of solutions and services that support the three dimensions of people, information and infrastructure in technology. Ayman Abouseif, VP product marketing at Fujitsu, reiterated earlier comments and said that only by centralizing IT systems can an enterprise truly protect itself and move into the era of hyperconnectivity with confidence. “In a safer and centralized environment, businesses can apply new technology to deliver deeper insights and value from information. It’s about seamlessly connecting multiple devices and data centers through the cloud — ensuring that the right information is available to the right people, at the right time, in the right place. It’s about using technology confidently to help people do what they do even better.” To illustrate his point Abouseif referred to Fujitsu’s work with Airbus. “The manufacturer implemented Fujitsu’s RFID solutions to develop a profile of any aircraft’s spare part numbers, maintenance history and overall reliability. As a result, a manual check of seats and lifejackets that used to take 14 hours, now takes 20 minutes in a plane — besides allowing easier tracking and replacement.” As a company with approximately 95,000 registered patents, Dr. Adel Rouz, executive vice president of Fujitsu Laboratories, spoke of new paradigms in research, and used real life examples of how today’s hyperconnected world presents many opportunities previously unimaginable such as CCTV cameras that can cut through fog and LED lighting embedded with information. From Dubai Police, Capt. Ahmed Bin Fahed also spoke of human centricity in their adoption of smart technology for Dubai — and how its innovations are benefiting residents of the emirate. “With 34 channels of communication, 57 online services and 79 mobile services, we are using mobile applications and smart solutions to serve customers more effcienctly and make the citizens and residents of Dubai safer and happier as a result. This is all part of our social policing vision.” Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. Fujitsu uses its experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with its customers. Fujitsu in the Middle East is a solutions driven company focused on building and delivering the largest and the most complex IT solutions in the region. We offer IT infrastructure across server, storage and data center environments. This is backed with a full range of services from infrastructure, application and consulting through integration, deployment and support delivered by world class engineers, consultants, systems and delivery models. — SG