Top officials of QNB and Mannai during the press briefing, yesterday.
DOHA: QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, has joined forces with Mannai to offer its small and medium-sized (SME) corporate customers cloud and other latest IT technology services.
Non-QNB customers looking to take advantage of this offer need to open a relationship with QNB’s SME business sector and list QNB as the preferred bank.
Both new and existing customers will benefit from cost saving IT infrastructure as well as overhead cost reduction by minimising administration or IT maintenance teams. As part of this alliance, QNB customers that are looking to take advantage of this deal can enjoy ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS), cloud-based offerings, ‘Infrastructure as a Service’ (IaaS) as well as ‘Communication as a service’ (CaaS) from Mannai.
“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient and on demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Further, these can then be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction before being utilised on a ‘pay as you go’ model,” said Abdulla Mubarak Al Khalifa, General Manager, QNB Corporate Banking.
As Mannai’s sole partner, through this exclusive deal QNB is also offering business support, financial arrangement, support and banking service to customers.
In addition, this cloud service will act as an easy launch for IT infrastructure and be a platform for services with the latest IT technology.
QNB said in a release yesterday that it is always looking forward to be ahead of the curve that ensures it is the bank of choice for customers, stakeholders, employees and investors alike.
QNB and Mannai believe that IT infrastructure is not auxiliary but rather a primary business investment for one’s business. As such, corporate customers are always keen to have a stable IT infrastructure but without a huge amount of initial investment.
For over 20 years, Mannai has been working closely with businesses helping them to keep in line as technology advances. As part of Mannai’s ‘SME Cloud Offerings’ the company provides SME’s with a deeper understanding of cloud computing and ICT. Today, Mannai offers SME customers in Qatar the opportunity to experience enterprise level ICT solutions for just a fraction of the traditional costs.
“Mannai is committed to build a long-lasting and strategic partnership with QNB to ensure total satisfaction and measurable business results for the companies under the SME/Private sector in Qatar,” said Khalid Mannai, Executive Director of Mannai Corporation.
The latest QNB campaign is expected to start in mid January ahead of a soft launch in March which will include a signing ceremony and a series of public announcements.
This will be followed by the full rollout later in the year.
The Peninsula
