Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 21 | Page 41

COUNTRY FOCUS: SAUDI ARABIA “Time played a critical role for SAB Holding because the implementation needed to be completed within a tight timeframe for a major project.” “Since the implementation, SAB Holding saw a decrease in the time spent managing its IT environment and launching new applications.” What have been the benefits of using IBM Cloud? SAB Holding now benefits from a highly available IBM Cloud infrastructure that’s fully-managed by a team of experts at IBM’s cloud data centre in Germany and backed by IBM’s global network spanning 19 countries and six continents. By hosting our workloads on the IBM Cloud, SAB Holding not only enjoys a highly secure environment but can scale instantaneously to accommodate the growth of its data. Since the implementation, SAB Holding saw a decrease in the time www.intelligentcio.com spent managing its IT environment and launching new applications. SAB Holding employees also benefit from the new, automated processes for gathering month-end closing and status reports and can more efficiently leverage their data to make faster, better business decisions. How have SAB employees benefitted from the new system? SAB Holding employees now benefit from the new, automated processes for gathering month-end closing and status reports and can more efficiently leverage their data to make faster, better business decisions. During the switch to the new system was there much disruption to SAB’s business? IBM Cloud environment was implemented and ready for use within seven days with zero downtime. How much ‘scalability’ does the new system provide to SAB? Through the IBM Cloud, we can scale quickly to accommodate growth. n “By hosting its workloads on the IBM Cloud, SAB Holding not only enjoys a highly secure environment but can scale instantaneously to accommodate the growth of its data.” INTELLIGENTCIO 41