Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Emirates e-Government hosted a meeting between the Data Model Dictionary initiative team and experts from Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the region's leading IT solutions and service provider, and IBM's representative in the Gulf Region. The meeting was carried out as part of the e-Government's efforts to support the development of e-services available to the customers and the implementation of new initiatives.
At the core of these initiatives was the development of a common Data Model for governmental bodies in order to establish a data structure that can be shared among the different organizations. Additionally, this would include implementing an electronic mechanism to allow the sharing of data between governmental organizations and gain direct access from its original sources. The Data Model will help reduce time and costs, in addition to avoiding duplicates while ensuring quick sharing of data.
According to the strategic plan of the initiative, coordination has started with expert companies, such as GBM and IBM in order to share ideas and take advantage of the best global practices. The aim is to identify the best methodologies for data models and the most effective way to create Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to meet integration needs.
The Emirates e-Government was represented by Abdul Wahab Mustafa, Hosny Abu al-Yazid and Ashraf Al-Masry; while IBM team included Khaled Sultan, Sales Manager and Mazen Hesn, IT systems executive designer, and Sethu Raman, engineer and software specialist. GBM experts included Rawad Abdul-Malik, Sales Manager and Rawad Abdul Baqi, software specialist. IBM and GBM experts made a presentation about Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) highlighting the two companies experience in the integration projects of e-services provision through e-government portals in the Gulf region and the world.
At the end of the meeting, GBM and IBM experts agreed to organize a seminar for the government sector in order to highlight global practices and methodologies to be utilized through the integration process.
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About Gulf Business Machines (GBM)
Founded in 1990, Gulf Business Machines (GBM) is the leading IT solutions provider in the region fulfilling the IT requirements of local, regional and international organisations in the GCC.
A spin-off from IBM, GBM is the sole distributor for IBM- excluding selected IBM products and services -throughout the GCC, except for Saudi Arabia. GBM's momentum was further enhanced in 1999, when the team secured the Cisco portfolio. Today GBM holds the highest level of recognition in the region from Cisco, Gold Partner status, in addition to the Cisco Borderless Network Architecture Specialized Learning Partner status.
GBM offers an extensive range of IT infrastructure, IT solutions and services ranging from consulting, resource deployment and integration to after-sales support, through 1000 professional and over 20 solid strategic partnerships forged with internationally-recognised IT solution providers.
The company, which is ISO-9001 certified since 1999, has offices in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain. GBM also has established a presence in Pakistan, where the company now operates three offices, one each in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore as an IBM Premier Business Partner. The Pakistani operation also holds a Silver Partner Status from Cisco.
For more information please visit www.gbm4ibm.com
For further information, please contact:
Ilana Zacka,
Corporate Communications Manager
Gulf Business Machines
Tel: +973 17584333, Dir: +973 17584363
Email: ilana@bh.gbm.ihost.com
Lina Al Desouky or Luz Villamil
Weber Shandwick
Tel: +971 4 321 0077
Email: lina.aldesouky@ws-mena.com
luz.villamil@ws-mena.com
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