Begun in 2000, the Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East’s biggest ICT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone. The DIC is located in an area of the Middle East where companies can easily reach and benefit from proximity to emerging markets in the Middle East, on the Indian subcontinent, and northern Africa. This area covers 2 billion people with an estimated GDP of $6.7 trillion.
ICT Global giants including: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco along with other small foreign and local enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures have established operations within the DIC. Sectors represented in the cluster include: Software Development, Business Services, Web Based & e-Commerce, Consultancy, Sales & Marketing and Back Office Operations.
DIC provides an environment that attracts most elements of the value chain for an ICT business.
