The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) will showcase its latest smart services and innovative solutions for ensuring an integrated environment at the upcoming Gitex Technology Week in Dubai, UAE.

The 35th edition of the major IT exhibition runs from October 18 to 22 at Dubai World Trade Centre.

The new smart services to be launched by the Authority during the event include ‘Smart Investor,’ ‘Smart Employee,’ and ‘Smart Operations’ among others.

Dafza will review major developments related to ‘smart’ transformation and its own success on transitioning to a ‘smart city’ environment during its participation at Gitex under the theme ‘The Internet Future of Everything.’

Gitex 2015 visitors will have the opportunity to closely explore the benefits of the Freezone’s ‘Smart Investor’ application, which provides access to all smart services for new and existing customers, including application submission, payment via smart devices, and delivery of official documents.

Dafza will also showcase its ‘Smart Operations’ applications which is of high importance as it provides direct access to smart services for security and safety, controls smart security gates, operates traffic management and integrated parking systems, and enhances the efficiency of energy consumption in buildings, among many more other functions.

‘Smart Employee’ is a professional app that will also be highlighted at Gitex 2015. It provides human resource management services via smart phones and is supported by a smart intranet portal. The app includes mobile management systems for institutional resources and facilitates the smart management of customer services. Other key achievements to be highlighted by Dafza is being among the first free zones in the region to offer free wireless internet access to both customers and staff, at download speeds of up to 1 MB.

Buthaina Bin Fahad, senior director of Information and Communication Technology Department, Dafza, said: “We have kept a sharp focus on designing and developing an integrated portfolio of smart innovative services to complement our efforts at the Freezone to improve infrastructure and turn the area into a genuine ‘smart city.’”

“The new services we have introduced are important additions to our strategy of attracting more regional and international investors and to our commitment to meet the needs of companies operating within Dafza, especially those involved in IT sector, in order to keep them in pace with rapid developments in this digital age,” Bin Fahad added.

“ Through our new services we look forward to further cementing the leadership of Dafza, and we are currently working on an ambitious vision for providing innovative solutions, advanced infrastructure and interconnected smart services to enhance our stature as a global destination for major IT companies seeking a strong presence in key regional markets,” she noted. – TradeArabia News Service