Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 25 | Page 12

NEWS OMAN OAB opens flagship Qurum branch area, offering efficient and accessible services from the new flagship premises. The official opening took place under the auspices of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sa’eedi, the Minister of Legal Affairs, and was attended by Amin Al Husseini, CEO of Oman Arab Bank, and Rashad Al Musafir, DCEO of Oman Arab Bank. Oman Arab bank (OAB) has officially opened its new flagship branch in Qurum. The new branch has been relocated from its previous location at the Al Araimi Complex to a more prominent location at Burj Al Amal in Qurum. With the opening of the customer centric branch, OAB aims to deliver enhanced banking facilities in the greater Qurum Amin Al Husseini said: “The branch features the very best in technology, products, and most importantly – personal service – that we as a bank are proud to offer. As a result, this new branch will elevate the banking experience for our customers which is a key priority in our nationwide transformation strategy.” The branch has seen the introduction of video walls for bank news, private advisory spaces with moving monitor screens, together with digital signature pads and ID Card readers. Oman’s ITA chooses Oracle for G-Cloud initiative The Information Technology Authority (ITA) of Oman has chosen a suite of Oracle Cloud solutions to create a robust IT infrastructure that will power its G-Cloud initiative for various e-transformation projects. The announcement was made at an event attended by Dr Salim Al Ruzaiqi, Chief Executive Officer, ITA and Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Senior Vice President Tech, Middle East and Africa, Oracle. Dr Salim Al Ruzaiqi said: “At ITA we are focused on creating a modern government infrastructure that delivers swift, transparent and intuitive services to citizens, residents and visitors and engaging in such MoUs will serve that purpose as Oracle has great G-Cloud solutions and an accredited record in encouraging entrepreneurship.” Furthermore, in continuation of its efforts to drive digital transformation in Oman, Oracle also signed two MoU’s to support ITA Oman’s Sas Programme for Entrepreneurship and also launch Oracle’s first Oman IT Graduate programme with ITA. 12 INTELLIGENTCIO Under the entrepreneurship programme, Oracle will guide Omani startups on the importance of cloud technology to achieve business objectives with mentoring programmes, expert talks, workshops and also by providing access to Oracle Partner Network. www.intelligentcio.com