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Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) has enabled
a Disaster Recovery backup system
to the cloud after forming a strategic
partnership with EBLA Computer
Consultancy and Microsoft Kuwait.
This will enable KCB to retrieve its vital
data from the cloud during unexpected
emergencies. The project launch
ceremony witnessed the attendance
of Kuwait Credit Bank’s Vice Chairman
and Managing Director Salah Al
Mudhaf, Zain Kuwait’s Chief Corporate
Communications and Relations Officer
Waleed Al Khashti, EBLA Computer
Consultancy’s Chief Executive Officer
Hilal Arnaout and Microsoft Kuwait’s
Government Sector Manager Ali Haddad.
The ceremony also witnessed the
presence of KCB’s information systems
team, as well as business and government
relations teams from the partners.
Kuwait Credit Bank’s Vice Chairman
and Managing Director Salah Al Mudhaf
expressed his pleasure on the occasion
of launching KCB’s Disaster Recovery
Backup Site project in collaboration with
Microsoft and Dell EMC.
Al Mudhaf said: “The finalisation of
the Disaster Recovery Backup Site
project marks our second disaster and
emergency site, as the first site was
built in Kuwait a year ago, and is fully
equipped to exactly match the main site,
working in parallel with it around the
clock and all year-round.
“The second Disaster Recovery Backup
Site exclusively saves a backup of our
data on Microsoft’s cloud (outside
Kuwait), making KCB one of the first
entities in Kuwait to have a disaster and
emergency backup site on the cloud.
This also makes KCB the first institution
in the State of Kuwait to use Microsoft’s
Avamar Backup Cloud Technology in
collaboration with Dell EMC.”
Al Mudhaf stressed that the new project
will ensure the continuation of KCB’s
offering of its services to the citizens
of Kuwait with the same high efficiency
in all circumstances and situations.
The project will allow KCB to face any
attempts to sabotage its equipment,
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systems and networks, while maintaining
the safety and security of all its data.
He also pointed out that the project
comes as part of KCB’s efforts to
keep up with the latest technological
advancements. He said: “The bank’s
executive management is keen on
implementing saving policies by
migrating all staff’s emails to Microsoft’s
Office 365 service on the cloud, which
alone saves nearly KD 20,000 annually
for every 500 users.”
Al Mudhaf explained that the new
feat is added to KCB’s long list of
achievements, as well as to the
successes of the information systems
team, whom along the years held the
responsibility of transforming the bank’s
transactions from paper to digital. The
team also succeeded in preparing and
defending the bank’s data networks
The second Disaster
Recovery Backup
Site exclusively
saves a backup
of our data on
Microsoft’s cloud
(outside Kuwait),
making KCB one
of the first entities
in Kuwait to have
a disaster and
emergency backup
site on the cloud.
against cyberattacks, an achievement
that received great praise from various
related entities.
Al Mudhaf thanked the bank’s information
systems centre for its continuous
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