Doha: Microsoft and SAP partnership announcing the Qatar Data Centre will enable customers to innovate and accelerate the digital transformation on a trusted and secured Cloud said Microsoft Qatar General Manager, Lana Khalaf addressing a round-table discussion on the launch of ‘Rise with SAP on Microsoft’s hyper scale Cloud data centre region in Qatar’ at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Msheireb recently.
She said Micosoft constantly strives to provide the best in Cloud experience for customers and added that on innovation through Microsoft AI enables customers to utilize technology for sustainable solutions. “The Microsoft cloud data center region will be the first Cloud data centre to provide Rise with SAP on Azure in Qatar, unlocking new business opportunities and innovation” Khalaf said.
She added “bringing Rise with SAP on Azure to Qatar supports Microsoft’s efforts to increase opportunities for customers to innovate on their own terms and achieve their business goals”.
On the feasibility of small and medium sector enterprises (SMEs) to get on the bandwagon Khalaf said SMEs can scale up with a small budget and have the right solutions to drive businesses. According to data around 80 percent of SMEs globally adopt technology though they don’t parade it. Microsoft is the number one provider of Cloud solution globally.
Civil Service and Government Development Bureau (CGB) Human Resources Information Systems Centre Director Farha Muhanna Al Kuwari said around 60,000 governmnet employees are served by the platform and added that government decided to utilize the platform to have a centralized process for all HR work and have a objective centralized system to gather details of government employees.
The government of Qatar has already invested in the digital transformation journey and the state is a head of many nations in driving technological innovations according to officials speaking at the Microsoft and SAP collaboration to launch the ‘Rise with SAP on Microsoft’s hyper scale Cloud data centre region in Qatar’.
The joint launch enables customers in Qatar to host Rise with SAP on Microsoft Azure, expanding the opportunity for building a cloud-first economy in the country, the GCC and the MENA region. The two tech leaders and their partners discussed how to drive digital and cultural change needed to steer organization through disruption, build resiliency and achieve business and sustainable goals.
The addition of SAP to Miocrosoft’s Azure multi-cloud capabilities provide customers with enhanced solutions that could work across multiple clouds, devices and digital frameworks. Businesses of all sizes across all industries can utilize the compressive set of enterprise grade cloud services for their digital transformation and innovative needs.
