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Tuesday 09 Feb 2016 - 13:29 Makkah mean time-30-4-1437
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Dubai, (IINA) - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Microsoft Corporation to promote cooperation between the two sides in exchanging knowledge and expertise, development of solutions and applications, and enhancing innovation across the UAE and GCC, WAM reported.
The MoU was signed by DEWA’s CEO Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer and Microsoft’s Gulf Regional General Manager Samer Abu Ltaif during the first day of the World Government Summit, which is being held from Monday to Wednesday in Dubai under the patronage of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.
"DEWA supports the strategy of our wise leadership by adopting innovation and excellence to provide the best quality and efficient services. This is done by making optimal use of modern technologies to achieve the Smart Dubai initiative, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world”, Al-Tayer said.
"DEWA’s partnership with Microsoft reflects our continuous efforts to use state-of-the-art technologies in DEWA’s operations. It also underlines our commitment to keep up with the latest developments to achieve our vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility. The move also contributes to DEWA’s global position as one of the largest and most efficient utilities, achieving the happiness of its customers and stakeholders”.
"Today, DEWA has taken a new step in its smart transformation by partnering with Microsoft. This will contribute to enhancing DEWA’s operations, improving efficiency, accelerating innovation, and making more achievements and successes", he added.
On his part, Microsoft’s Regional Director said: "We are excited to be supporting DEWA in this step towards government modernization and solidifying their efforts in realizing goals set in accordance with the Dubai Plan 2021. This strategic collaboration will contribute in the direction of enhancing competitiveness in information technology and the smart infrastructure. It also supports DEWA in their mission to make use of the latest technologies to drive innovation for a smart and integrated city".
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