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news UAE experts plan how to deliver game-changing tech event in Dubai The Advisory Board meeting in full swing ome of the UAE’s most forward-thinking experts, charged with delivering technological innovation and security to the Emirates, have met to mastermind delivering a game- changing tech event in Dubai. Future Technology Week, to be held from April 2 to 4 2019, will attract futurists, entrepreneurs and innovators S in Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cybersecurity, IOT and telecoms from all over the world. With the event in its seventh year, the newly formed Advisory Board is charged with giving the strategic direction needed to both align it to Dubai’s super-charged mission to become the most technologically advanced city in the world and also draw thousands of visitors to the city to be wowed by the world’s most exciting emerging technologies. Chairman of the Advisory Board, Colonel Saeed Al Hajri, said: “Future Technology Week is about to see a seismic shift. With Dubai Electronic Security Center, Smart Dubai Office and Dubai Police all throwing their support behind this mission, we intend to make this a globally- attractive event where people come to find true innovations in security and technology.” Future Technology Week will see more than 200 exhibitors showcase the most cutting-edge technology in their fields. The event, which is free to attend, will also have hundreds of educational sessions (some with a fee), hacking demonstrations, experiential displays and networking features. GEMALTO EXPANDS DATA CENTRE FOOTPRINT IN EUROPE emalto, a world leader in digital security, has announced it is expanding its delivery footprint for access management-as-a-service solutions across the European Union with additional data centres in the region. These newly added facilities will help the company respond to rising demand for its cloud-based authentication and access management solutions while also helping EU customers meet requirements around data sovereignty. G As more companies use multiple cloud-based collaboration, infrastructure and storage services that are delivered from data centres around the world, securing data across all cloud platforms while meeting local regulatory mandates has become an increasing challenge. The addition of the new Gemalto data centres will give organisations the ability to take full advantage of Gemalto SafeNet Authentication and SafeNet Trusted Access solutions while ensuring the service is delivered from within the European Union. “With GDPR and other legislations putting pressure on our EU customers to ensure that their data is secure, we’ve seen a large increase in demand for control over where cloud www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 08 services are delivered from,” said Francois Lasnier, Senior Vice President of Identity and Access Management at Gemalto. “As our service expands, it’s important that we continue to provide our customers with the best means to manage access to multiple cloud services and provide the flexibility and agility to scale as they require.” 9