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GITEX Edge intros innovative new features to GITEX Technology Week

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Harmeet
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DUBAI, UAE: GITEX Technology Week is bolstering its programme with a series of innovative new features and competitions as a part of its GITEX Edge segment. Set to be one of the most prominent elements of this new direction is the Middle East's largest ever gadget awards, which are already capturing the imagination of technology fans across the region.

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From smartphones and tablets to TVs, audio equipment and beyond, the GITEX Hot Stuff Awards, powered by Stuff magazine, celebrate the most desirable, exciting and innovative consumer electronic products currently or soon to be available in the region. The deadline for submissions is 11.59pm on Saturday 14 September. The awards are open to all GITEX Technology Week exhibitors, as well as any technology brands in the region keen to make a mark.

A panel composed of leading technology experts will sift through the entries to shortlist the top ten best gadgets. Each of these will feature on GITEX Technology Week's website (gitex.com), the October edition of Stuff magazine, and the Stuff website.

The gadgets will also get prime positioning in display cases from October 20 to 24 at the GITEX Hot Stuff Awards 2013 stand, located in the Consumer Hall of the exhibition. From October 1 to 22, members of the public and GITEX Technology Week attendees can vote on their favourite gadget from the top ten. The winner will be decided in equal measure by the expert judges and the general public.

GITEX Edge's Cloud Confex will also present the first-ever Cloud Awards on 21 October. Awards will be presented in the categories of Best Data Centre Infrastructure Project, Best Cloud Security Implementation, Best Virtualisation Solution Implementation, Best Big Data Solution Project, and Best Government Implementation of Cloud Solution.

The judging committee includes Todd Thibodeaux, president and CEO, COMPTIA; Daniele Catteddu, MD, EMEA, Cloud Security Alliance; Sam Johnston, director of Cloud, Equinix EMEA; and Kuldeep Bhatnagar, IT advisor, Environment Agency, Government of Abu Dhabi. The judges will make their decision based on an entry's innovation, integration, functionality, value, usability and scalability.

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