February 14, 2018, InfoFort: Students from the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies took part in a recent visit to InfoFort Company, the leading information management solutions provider in Dubai.
The visit was arranged in the framework of class MCM 320 A-1 Computerized Media Archived activities. It was organized by Dr Wided Dafri, Assistant Professor Department of Communication and guided by Experts from InfoFort .
Students received hands-on training which focused on developing their technical skills. They were mentored by InfoFort’s senior executives who then they gave students ample time for discussion and responding to students’ questions.
Established in 1997, InfoFort is an Information Management Solution provider assisting more than 2,000 organizations in 25 cities across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.They are experts in securing and managing their clients’ information assets
They offer physical, digital and software solutions to manage, analyze & visualize digital data and cloud backups as well as automating business processes. InfoFort was recognized by Gartner in their "Cool Vendors in Emerging Market 2016".
Dr Wided said that she arranged the visit for her students to make them aware of the importance and the process of digital archiving and the latest systems available. She added that it enabled her students to compare how different companies manage their data archiving.
Mirah Hammad, one of the students who visited InfoFort said: “ Such a visit to a leading company in digital transformation solutions such as InfoFort was informative and beneficial and helped us see how our future is being shaped by technologies. This left us with a positive impact on our vision for our own future jobs and work opportunities. Moreover,it created a practical awareness of the vision of his Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum for 2020, in supporting youth to innovate and participate in the economic development.”
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