"As the government entity tasked with ushering in a period of smart technology in the emirate, we were elated with the UN's choice to choose Dubai as a regional center for city information in the center East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region," stated Her Excellency Dr Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of the Smart Dubai Office. "This underscores the progress that Dubai has actually made in its smart transformation, which is now commanding global focus. We are confident that our newly found standing as regional center for city information will offer us with more energy to execute our plans and techniques to transform Dubai right into the most intelligent and happiest city on the planet. Additionally, this honor will aid us spread our success to the remainder of the MENASA region, with any luck leading them by instance to attain their own smart transformation."
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"Dubai has launched a series of thorough and integrated campaigns to mine and manage the city's information," His Excellency Younus Al Nasser, CEO of the Dubai Information Facility, discussed. "The Dubai Information Facility has worked tirelessly to develop audio city-wide data infrastructure in Dubai. We have actually released an extensive record researching the impact of open and shared information on all city sectors, and sought to implement initiatives such as 'Dubai Pulse' (the centralised center for all of Dubai's smart data). It is exactly this advanced facilities that has securely put Dubai on the international smart development map.