Bayanat.ae
Editorial Team
Open
data boosts the transition towards knowledge-based
economy and increases the competitive capabilities of
countries in general and organizations in the public and private sectors
in particular. Open data also contributes in encouraging investment and
supporting business environments.
Issue no. 8 of mGov sheds light on open data through a report on Baya-
nat.ae, which is an online portal that provides a large number of data and
statistics related to the services offered by the UAE government in various
sectors.
Open data confirms creativity for the benefit of society and markets in gen-
eral. Open data effectively contributes in reinforcing successful decisions
in economic and social fields through making the necessary information
available to create investments and make vertical and horizontal expan-
sion decisions.
The UAE gives much attention to the open data policy to make govern-
ment data and information available for the benefit of the public. By adopt-
ing such policy, government data and information are available to users
easily and seamlessly. Documents are available in MS Word, Excel and
PDF formats.
Open data is particularly important in supporting economy through its sig-
nificant contribution in encouraging creativity as open data serves as the
basis to develop new services of great value. Open data also supports
scientific research through conducting research and studies by relying on
the inputs and statistics published by organizations.
In coverage on the digital information security sector, experts considered
that the transition towards eGovernment, then smart government has sig-
nificantly contributed in supporting and advancing information security in
the UAE. They expected public expenditure in the state on this sector to
achieve a compound annual growth rate of 16% within the next five years.
Information security experts explained that the overall value for this sec-
tor in 2012 reached AED 818 million, and expected these investments to
double and reach AED two billion by 2019.
Under the Lab.com section, we will review the Federal Electricity & Water
Authority (FEWA) website, which seeks to provide customers with state-
of-the-art electricity and water services. FEWA’s website has an easy URL
and is disabled-friendly.
In this issue, we will also publish an array of reports and local and interna-
tional news on various topics covering technology, ICT, smart phone and
tablet software and apps and the Smart Government latest apps.
