FEATURE
THESE NEW CLOUD
REGIONS IN THE
UAE ARE THE DAWN
OF A NEW ERA,
DRIVING DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION,
ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND JOB CREATION.
icrosoft has launched two
new cloud data centre
regions in the United Arab
Emirates. These new regions
– Microsoft’s first in the Middle East –
will empower customers and partners
to embrace the benefits of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution and achieve more.
The new cloud regions in Abu Dhabi
and Dubai join Microsoft’s global cloud
infrastructure – one of the largest and
most secure in the world – to provide
organisations, enterprises and developers
in the UAE with access to scalable, highly
available and resilient cloud services while
maintaining data residency, security and
compliance needs.
The new UAE locations will also deliver
increased performance for Microsoft
Cloud services to Middle East customers
and partners.
“These new cloud regions in the UAE are
the dawn of a new era, driving Digital
Transformation, economic growth and job
creation,” said Sayed Hashish, Regional
General Manager, Microsoft Gulf. “We are
committed to empowering every person
and every organisation on the planet
to achieve more. Now, more customers
in the Middle East can move with
confidence to the trusted and intelligent
Microsoft Cloud. They will be more
competitive as they start their Digital
Transformation journeys – engaging
customers, empowering employees,
optimising operations, and reinventing
products and services.”
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Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365
are currently available from the new cloud
regions in the UAE. Azure, an ever-expanding
set of cloud services, offers computing,
networking, databases, analytics, Artificial
Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT)
services to help organisations overcome
their business challenges.
Office 365 empowers customers to get
more done on any device, through cloud-
based productivity solutions providing
email, collaboration, conferencing,
enterprise social networking and business
intelligence. Dynamics 365 and Power
Platform, offering the next generation
of intelligent business applications and
tools, are anticipated to be available from
the cloud regions in the UAE by the end
of 2019.
Microsoft provides expertise in data
protection, security and privacy as well as
the industry’s broadest set of compliance
certifications to help customers manage
compliance with supported industry
standards and regulations such as ISO
27001/27018, SSAE 18 SOC and GDPR.
Data residency in the UAE will help enable
government organisations and enterprises
to comply with in-country regulatory
frameworks and decrease the obstacles
for cloud adoption.
This allows, for example, public sector
departments to revitalise their service
delivery with the ability to improve data
gathering, promote teamwork, portal
development and analytics.
Regional organisations of all sizes from
across all industries have placed their trust
in the Microsoft Cloud. These include the
Emirates Group, Emaar Properties, Majid
Al Futtaim, Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts,
Landmark Group, Abu Dhabi Global
Markets (ADGM), Miral, Daman Insurance,
RAK Ceramics, Imdaad, Gulf Air, Viva,
Kuwait Finance House and Dubai World
Trade Center.
Entities from sectors such as government,
aviation, financial services, manufacturing
and healthcare are among those that are
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