December 30, 2015, Dubai, UAE: The Mobile App - Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) Citizen App - available both on iOS and Android won the 2015 Gold Stevie Award in the “Best Business / Government App” category. This award was judged by a panel of leading technology experts who had to judge from competing applications nominated under this category.
The end-to-end solution delivery of this App was owned by Torry Harris Business Solutions (THBS), in collaboration with Gulf Business Machines (GBM).
DSC provides smart and easy ways to navigate Dubai’s economic, demographic, social and population statistics through this application. Some of the key features, among others, of this bi-lingual citizen app are:
- Providing information on socio-economic indicators of Dubai
- Mapping different statistical information like population count, education details, shopping malls counts, building details, etc.
- Generating statistical reports through the data provided by the center
- DSC provides statistical, consulting and training services through this app, which can be subscribed to or requested by the citizens of the Emirates of Dubai for free
- Income & expenditure module to plan an individual’s budget by identifying his/her monthly and annual income
- Social sharing of the app screens from different modules
Commenting on this achievement, Manjunath G.K., Business Unit Head at Torry Harris Business Solutions, said, "We are honored by this acknowledgment from ‘The Stevies.’ This is a great achievement for DSC and we are proud to be a part of this innovative effort and thankful to DSC & GBM for the opportunity to build this Mobile App." He added, "Stevie award for this application is truly a global recognition of the hard work to build this information repository for the people of Dubai."
According to Rajneesh Datta, Service Delivery Manager at GBM, "It was a pleasure working with Torry Harris Business Solutions, who have been our long-term partners in delivering turn-key solutions in UAE. We look forward to many more such successful collaborations in the future."
