GITEX Dubai 2012 – Live Coverage Day 3

Wanna win USD 120000, then you need to visit at #Gitex - 

The Hamdan International photography award launched its latest participation by presenting its stand at the Gitex technology week 2012 in Dubai. The award in its second season of competition and is set to have the largest grand prize in the world worth USD 120000.

Some 70.2 per cent of the region’s internet users will use social media this year,as per a report released by e-marketer and Starcom Mediavest group . But that group represents just 11 per cent of the MEA’s population

Consumers who shop via multiple channels spend more  

Via

86% of your MEA customers will invest more for a great customer experience   E-commerce Session

 says 35% of our revenue is through Mobile transactions   

Microsoft to launch first ever Arabic-enabled phone at the end of October  #Gitex

The debate on how do you pronounce GITEX is still on.. is it ‘GY’ ‘GEE’ or ‘GIH’  hahaa

The big data revolution: How does it impact today’s CIO ? Upcoming presentation at  at 12pm #Gitex 

RT - Boss of a Saudi telecoms company has cancelled 20+ interviews, is telling journos he doesn’t like them. Free pen if you can guess who

Microsoft at Cloud Confex #Gitex

Average .5M spent per data breach   

Some stats being shared by DELL CIO at #Gitex #CloudConfex

Mark Chaban of  on stage at # in  talking about data centers of . 1st data center in 1989

Start of the Cloud Conference at GITEX   The first session will discuss “The state of cloud computing in the real world: Adoption”

Reminds me of our post of Cloud Computing in Middle East