Allam Al Beainy, Director of Sales – Middle East and Africa, Octave, discusses the company’s evolution from Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division and explains how contextualised data can support scalable AI and intelligent transformation.
Industrial organisations have invested extensively in digital technologies, yet fragmented data across multiple products, processes and systems continues to limit transformation. Connecting and contextualising this information across the asset lifecycle can help businesses make faster, better-informed decisions while establishing a reliable foundation for AI.
In an interview with TahawulTech at LEAP 2026, Allam Al Beainy, Director of Sales – Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, Octave, explains how the newly independent company is building on decades of experience from Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division. Al Beainy also discusses Octave’s “Unleashing Intelligence at Scale” strategy and its role in helping organisations design smarter, build faster, operate more efficiently and protect critical infrastructure.
Octave is a new name at LEAP. Who is Octave?
Octave may be a new name, but the company brings decades of industry experience. This is our first LEAP under the Octave brand, although we have participated throughout the event’s journey under the Hexagon name. Octave was launched as an independent company at the beginning of this year following a spin-off from Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division. We help organisations across multiple industries realise the value of digital transformation throughout the asset lifecycle, from design and construction to operations and protection.
“Our goal is to bring data and information together so organisations can unleash intelligence at scale.”
Your theme at LEAP is “Unleashing Intelligence at Scale.” What does that actually mean?
Organisations do not necessarily have a shortage of data. The challenge is that their data is scattered across multiple products, processes and systems. Our focus is to bring this data and information together, place it in the right context and provide organisations with a strong digital foundation. This enables them to use their data effectively and make better-informed decisions more quickly.
AI is obviously a major topic at LEAP. How does Octave see the role of AI in industry?
AI offers enormous potential, but it cannot deliver value in isolation. Its effectiveness depends on the quality and context of the data behind it. Octave helps organisations establish accurate, properly contextualised data across the entire asset lifecycle, from design and construction to operations and the protection of critical infrastructure. Once this foundation is in place, organisations are better prepared to scale AI and generate meaningful value from it.
What is holding organisations back from achieving true digital transformation?
One of the biggest challenges is data fragmentation. Organisations possess significant volumes of data, but it is often distributed across multiple systems following extensive investments in different technology tools. Businesses do not necessarily need to expand their technology stacks. The priority should be to integrate their existing information, contextualise the data, and enable its continuous flow across the entire asset lifecycle. This will allow organisations to progress from digital transformation to intelligent transformation and unlock the value of their data at scale.
What did Octave demonstrate at LEAP?
We are demonstrating how data intelligence can prepare organisations for the next stage of their transformation journey. We will show how continuous data flow across the entire asset lifecycle can help organisations design smarter, build faster, operate more efficiently and protect their most critical infrastructure.
What does the future of industrial digital transformation look like?
The industry is moving from digital transformation towards intelligent transformation. Organisations are increasingly focused on using and contextualising the data they already possess. The future is not about adding further complexity through multiple technology platforms. It is about making existing data work harder for the organisation and using it to generate greater operational and business value.
What did visitors take away from Octave at LEAP?
AI is undoubtedly important, but it should not introduce additional complexity into an organisation. We want visitors to understand the importance of bringing information together and establishing a strong data foundation that enables them to scale their AI journey effectively.
Source: Tahawul Tech