INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Mobile Technology
Mobily
expands cloud
computing
footprint with
Virtustream
and Dell EMC
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tihad Etisalat (Mobily), a leading
mobile and data service provider in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia along
with Virtustream, the enterprise-class
cloud company and a Dell Technologies
business, and Dell EMC, have
announced a new strategic agreement
to support the development of Saudi
Arabia’s cloud computing market.
As part of the new agreement, cloud
computing services will be established
at the Mobily Melgha 2 data centre in
Riyadh, which will be linked to the two
existing cloud computing data centres
located at Dammam and Jeddah. With
this development, Mobily Business
will own the largest cloud computing
network in the Kingdom, enabling
the company to offer unprecedented
levels of secure cloud services to the
Kingdom’s business sector.
At present, Mobily Business provides
cloud computing services from its data
centres situated in Dammam and
Jeddah. By expanding its cloud footprint
to its Riyadh-based Melgha 2 data
centre, Mobily Business’s customers
will have the flexibility to choose the
most suitable location to operate their
applications and systems, without
any impact to the standard of service.
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Mobily Business’s cloud computing
services are currently being used by
businesses across various sectors for its
high operational efficiency, enhanced
productivity and significant reduction
of operating expenses. Virtustream
will provide professional services to
upgrade Mobily Business’s existing
cloud footprint and will build new cloud
environments for future cloud services.
Commenting on the signing of the
agreement, Eng Ismail Alghamdi,
Mobily CBO, said: “Four years ago,
Mobily Business embarked on its journey
to provide cloud computing services
across the Kingdom. Today, we ascertain
our commitment by expanding our
offerings in cloud services by signing a
strategic partnership with the world’s
leading technology companies,
Virtustream and Dell EMC, to provide
highly-reliable services to meet the
strong growth in cloud adoption in
Saudi Arabia.”
“Demand from enterprises migrating
their mission critical applications to the
cloud within Saudi Arabia has reached
an all-time high,” said Simon Walsh,
COO, Virtustream. “Consequently,
we are working expediently with our
regional partner, Mobily Business, to
lend our expertise to the market and
create opportunities for companies
within the region to make the move
to cloud.”
Omar Akar, Director, Saudi Enterprise
and Telco Levant, Dell EMC, said:
“We are happy to partner with
Mobily Business to further expand its
pioneering effort of providing secure
cloud computing services to help
organisations in the Kingdom meet
their business needs of tomorrow.
Dell EMC is committed to delivering
world-class technologies and advanced,
innovative infrastructure to ensure
increased efficiency and productivity
for its customers.”
As industry leaders in cloud computing
systems, Virtustream and Dell EMC will
provide Mobily Business with advanced
digital infrastructure and best practices
to enable businesses in the Kingdom
to unlock new enterprise value through
cloud computing.
Mobily Business possesses extensive
experience in ICT solutions and owns
the largest portfolio of products in this
field, including managed services, M2M
device services, cloud computing and
data centres. n
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