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FEATURE: CLOUD MANAGEMENT
Partnership paves
the way to managing
cloud-based mission
critical workloads
A partnership with SUSE
will enable Etisalat Digital to
provide innovative, robust and
certified software-defined
infrastructure solutions as part
of their cloud portfolio. Etisalat
Digital will provide managed
services for Linux and open
source customers and offer a
range of solutions for business
critical big data analytics. These
solutions can be deployed on
public, private or hybrid cloud
environments and are designed
to fulfil the most critical
customer requirements. By
leveraging the SUSE portfolio,
Etisalat Digital can broaden
its offerings for hosting and
managing mission critical
workloads for enterprise and
government customers.
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tisalat Digital, a business unit of Etisalat, and enterprise open
source infrastructure solution provider, SUSE, have announced
a new strategic Cloud Service Provider partnership for UAE.
The partnership will enable Etisalat Digital to expand their
cloud and data centre product and solution offering across a range of
platforms including VMware Cloud, Microsoft Azure and SAP solutions
certified platforms.
As part of the partnership, Etisalat Digital will provide managed services
for Linux and open source customers and will offer a range of SUSE’s
software-defined infrastructure solutions such as SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP solutions for business critical
big data analytics with SAP HANA and S/4HANA. These solutions can
be deployed on public, private or hybrid cloud environments and are
designed to fulfil the most critical customer requirements.
“The partnership with SUSE adds critical capabilities to our offering and
empowers us to provide innovative, more robust and certified software-
defined infrastructure solutions within our cloud and data centre
solution”, said Miguel Angel Villalonga, VP of Cloud and Datacentre
at Etisalat Digital. “By leveraging the SUSE portfolio, we can broaden
our offerings for hosting and managing mission critical workloads
for enterprise and government customers, creating an agile, always
on business environment, and helping customers to achieve a zero-
downtime environment and lower cost.”
Paul Abi-Chahine, Regional Director, EMEA East at SUSE, said: “We have
seen a strong appetite for cloud solutions in the UAE and worldwide,
as big data and real-time analytics are driving IT transformation in
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