His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that “the UAE has made innovation a major engine for development and an essential tributary of comprehensive and sustainable development. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and in the light of the continuous follow-up by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, to establish a culture of innovation an institutional approach and a community culture, believing that innovation is the foundation of growth and a pillar Shaping the features of the future.
His Highness made the remarks, on the occasion of the announcement of the start of work at the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Digital Life Garage Innovation Center, at full capacity in Dubai, which is the first of its kind in the world for the company "Hewlett-Packard Enterprise", and is expected to have a clear contribution to accelerate the growth in The region and the world, by providing digital solutions to all sectors.
Industry of the future
His Highness said: “Such initiatives embody the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which has strengthened the global confidence that Dubai enjoys in the field of innovation and a center for the future industry, and emphasizes the excellence of its economic climate and its business environment that attracts creative and innovative thinkers and international companies. Major, including diversified technology areas. Dubai is keen, and under the guidance of its wise leadership, to open the way for every creative thought that contributes to supporting the state’s institutions, and enables it to reach new levels of performance efficiency and speed of production, and benefit the region with appropriate tools and knowledge to enhance its productivity and accelerate the business innovation cycle, which is what It is considered an essential factor to ensure economic sustainability and prepare for the future, and push the emirate's path to achieve its specific directions in its national vision. ”
Inspirational model
The Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Digital Life Garage Center, with its opening in Dubai, will be an inspiring model for the region and the world, through its four pillars: the Digital Innovation Showcase, an accelerated incubator of a culture of innovation through various technologies, and the Digital Life Lab «Digital Life Lab», and works to embrace the workshops to produce innovative concepts and convert them into presentations before the production stage, and the Digital Knowledge Center, a digital knowledge center, specialized in transforming ideas into practical results that enhance the way people live and work.
In addition to this, the global Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Global Network, which provides access to international programs and societies, as well as its role in gathering a broad spectrum of institutional systems, researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs, companies, government agencies, universities, and service providers , And systems integrator companies.
The new technology center, which Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Dubai has chosen to host the world's first edition, will benefit many stakeholders in the UAE. For government agencies, the center will be a distinguished destination for scientific research and advanced technology solutions developed locally, which may result in pioneering technical innovations that enrich the life of society.
Local companies will benefit from the center, which will provide them with solutions to give them competitive excellence, and a fast track to reach the stage of production. Innovators that focus on creating new technologies and solutions, from small startups to large companies, will have access to real data that helps them achieve success and benefit.
Individual lives
For his part, Antonio Neri, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, said: “The Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Digital Life Garage Center is an example of the Foundation’s work to transform the lives and work of individuals for the better. And we chose Dubai as our initiative for its great harmony with (UAE Centennial 2071), which focuses on harnessing technology to advance societies as a whole. Our initiative seeks to provide institutions, of all shapes and sizes, with access to the latest technologies and digital innovation experiences, and expanded resources from tools to accelerate their digital business agendas. ”
It is scheduled that the new center in Dubai will support the "Hewlett-Packard" team in the Middle East and South Africa, where expertise and experiences can be shared, thus contributing to enhancing the positive returns of the center at the regional and global levels.
As the world enters the recovery phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Digital Life Garage Center is launching “Back to Work” initiatives, in cooperation with partners to develop disease detection equipment that will help organizations track potential individuals Injury, and help companies work safely from offices.
Excellent initiative
“Our partners played an important role in achieving the goals set by this distinguished initiative, and the success of the joint innovation model for the Digital Life Garage Center,” said Ahmed Al Khelafi, general manager of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in the UAE. Since the inception of the center, we have continued to cooperate with dozens of partners, including startups, universities and service providers, to achieve the various aspirations of clients, and to help them translate them into tangible results on the ground. ”