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SAP opens first public cloud data centre in KSA
Faifi, Senior Vice President and Managing
Director, SAP Middle East North.
“Our in-country public cloud data centre
will enable Saudi public and private sector
organisations to securely digitally transform
their business.”
Using the SAP Public Cloud Data Center,
customers can start their journey of digital
transformation by leveraging solutions
running on the SAP HANA in-memory
database and SAP Cloud Platform.
SAP and Saudi digital innovators went live on its first live public cloud data centre in the kingdom.
(left to right): Sami Abdulaziz alForaih, Budget Director, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority;
Ahmed Al-Faifi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Middle East North; Majed
A Khayat, Executive Director, WiSys, Awqaf Suleiman Al Rajhi; and Oussama Zein, General
Manager, Juffali Information Systems Center, EA Juffali and Brothers.
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AP has announced the first live public
cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia. The
landmark launch of the SAP Public Cloud
Data Center, the centrepiece of SAP’s four
year SAR285 million Saudi investment plan,
was announced at SAP NOW in Riyadh.
“Today’s SAP Public Cloud Data Center
launch will deliver a new level of cloud-
based digital solutions to accelerate
transformation and competitiveness to the
kingdom, underscoring our commitment
to Saudi Vision 2030,” said Ahmed Al-
SAP will be offering its latest Cloud ERP
solutions, such as the SAP S/4HANA Cloud,
on its SAP Public Cloud Data Center.
“Our investment in a public cloud data
centre is aimed at supporting the kingdom’s
transformation into a leading digital
economy, enabling young Saudi talent to
innovate, and fostering the next generation
of Saudi leaders,” said Khaled Alsaleh,
Managing Director for SAP Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi organisations praised as digital
innovators by SAP
T
he Saudi Arabian Monetary
Authority and Awqaf
Suleiman Al Rajhi have been
recognised as leading digital
innovators in KSA by SAP.
Saudi Arabian Monetary
Authority (SAMA) won in the
business transformation category
for rolling out SAP business
planning and consolidation
software for integrated planning,
budgeting and forecasting.
transformation and the growth of
the kingdom’s financial system.”
Al-Rajhi Investments is the real
estate and hospitality investment
arm of Awqaf Suleiman Al Rajhi
Holding, and won in the cloud
innovation category. Channel
partner NTT Data Middle East
deployed SAP SuccessFactors to
drive talent development.
“The Saudi Arabian Monetary
Authority needed one digital
system that could deliver full visibility across the budgeting
processes,” said Sami Abdulaziz alForaih, Budget Director, Saudi
Arabian Monetary Authority.
Osama AlRayes, Information Systems Director, Saudi Arabian
Monetary Authority, added: “Our digital transformation with SAP has
reduced time by up to 30%, reduced complexity and increased cost
insights, supporting Saudi Vision 2030 goals of government digital
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Abdulaziz H Alramaih, General
Manager, WiSys, Awqaf
Suleiman Al Rajhi, said: “The
company implemented the
SAP SuccessFactors solution to support the process that consistently
aligns employee targets with strategic objectives, better talent and
commercial decisions based on predefined key performance indicators,
eliminating the infrastructure and maintenance cost, reducing
operational time and bring transparency across the organisation.”
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) won an SAP award for
its digital transformation.
Other award winners were EA Juffali and Brothers and the Global
Beverage Company.
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