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Dubai: «Gulf»

Dubai’s strategy for “Metaverse” aims to consolidate Dubai’s position among the top 10 cities in this field, to multiply the number of “blockchain” companies 5 times compared to the current number, and to enhance the success achieved by Dubai by attracting 1,000 companies and supporting 40,000 virtual jobs that contribute to economic prosperity by The year 2030. According to the “official portal of the UAE government”, data, network and cloud computing represent the technological pillars that focus on real-world data that is obtained, validated, stored, processed and managed.

These pillars also include the full deployment of fifth generation networks to enable data management known as “edge computing” due to the proximity of storage and management centers to institutions and companies, and the availability of computer system resources on demand, while “edge computing” allows data to be collected, stored and processed locally through smart devices and local networks instead of from the cloud.

Unprecedented capabilities

Experts assert that the world of “Metaverse” will multiply the demand for data storage and management solutions many times over. With the aim of using it to create actual use experiences for institutions and companies during the coming period, at a time when data needs unprecedented capabilities to deal with it and protect it at the same time from informational and cyber breaches.

According to Gartner, global spending on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the two core technologies of Metaverse, is expected to reach $72.8 billion in 2024.

Adopt strong practices

Tariq Al Husseini, Senior Director of Sales at Western Digital, said: “The UAE is preparing to become a data center, which requires adopting strong security practices to maintain information security, and here the data infrastructure will play an important role in the country.”

He added, due to its exceptional digital growth and increased information sharing and with the overall storage capacity expected to grow exponentially, the industry needs more storage capacity, more efficient storage technologies and higher performance solutions to handle more data than ever before, especially with the entry of the UAE. To the world of metaphysics.

Al-Husseini explained, with the growth of the challenges facing data centers, the opportunities and solutions that enable information technology to provide new services and extract data insights will increase, and at a time when the demand for storage volume increases, data centers are under constant pressure to provide greater capacity, speed and better results with Costs continue to fall.

He continued: With the advent of “Metaverse” to build a fully virtual world, we will witness countless opportunities. It is expected to change the landscape of many government, financial and e-commerce sectors.

He said: With this shift to the virtual world, the demand will increase for data storage solutions, especially sensitive ones. Although “Metaverse” is in the initial stage, it is expanding day by day. Therefore, institutions and companies must prepare for the expected huge growth, and it is natural that with the continuous expansion we witness an increase in storage requirements, which makes it imperative for storage units manufacturers to continue providing powerful and high-performance storage solutions with large capacities that can support this new digital world.

The metaverse itself must be stored somewhere, whether it is a server, a central location, or a decentralized one, and the data required to create and change multiple virtual worlds within vast environments and complex details that users can interact with will be very massive. Data sets collected by individual companies will also have to be taken into consideration.

Concern of privacy experts

Vladislav Toshkanov, privacy expert at Kaspersky, said: The world has witnessed during 2022 the transformation of the global data market, and it cannot be denied that topics such as “metavirus”, artificial intelligence and machine learning will remain present in the circle of interest of privacy experts during 2023. He added: With the advent of More Metaverse Privacy Concerns The amount of data people generate just by making digital payments and carrying a mobile phone around the clock is enough to draw sensitive conclusions.

He continued, “Smart home devices and smart cities that deploy surveillance cameras in all its aspects, cars equipped with multiple cameras, and the increasing reliance on the Internet of Things, in addition to the continuous digitization of services, will make personal privacy, at least in cities, a thing of the past.” Metaverse aims to bring realistic experiences to the Internet world. Experts believe that the Internet world is already taking over the physical realm.