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GITEX Technology Week 2013 showcases new features and innovation to optimise RoI

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Harmeet
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DUBAI, UAE: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) revealed that GITEX Technology Week 2013 is poised to become the most comprehensive edition yet in the event's history.

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Running under the theme "Lets Create, Disrupt and Re-imagine Together", the 33rd edition of GITEX Technology Week 2013 runs from October 20-24 at DWTC, with Dubai Internet City (DIC) a strategic partner.

The event organiser's optimism comes as the local IT market continues to go from strength to strength; the latest forecast by Gartner suggests that IT spend in the Middle East will hit $192.9 billion in 2013, up 5.5 percent from last year.

DWTC also stated that GITEX Technology Week's reputation for shaping the Middle East Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) agenda is largely attributable to an enduring ability to deliver unbeatable industry insights and strong returns on investment (ROI).

Now firmly established as MEASA's top ICT event - and one of the most influential in the world - GITEX Technology Week attracted 139,000 ICT professionals from 144 countries last year. Eighty percent of world's leading ICT brands were present.

The 2012 show's "Where Technology Means Business" tagline proved apt, with 61 percent of C-Level Executive visitors boasting procurement budgets of over $5 million while 18 percent had budgets between $1 million and $5 million, 13 percent were prepared to spend $500,000 and 8 percent had up to $500,000. The average deal struck at GITEX 2012 either met or exceeded ROI expectations.

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