A key partner of Area 2071 and Dubai Future Foundation, Microsoft Gulf, COO and CMO, Ihsan Anabtawi, talks about how Dubai’s pro-business policies and public private partnerships help build the eco-system the start-up community need to succeed. “IDC’s report, predicts that the cloud eco-system, supported by the local data centres, will help accelerate the creation of up to 55,000 jobs in the UAE, over the next three years, which is significant. We’re very encouraged about the opportunity this creates for the broader eco-system”.