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Finesse implements IBM Cloud disaster recovery for Al Masah Capital Management
Finesse announced the commencement of Infrastructure as a Service for Al Masah Capital Management . Al Masah Capital Management is a Dubai based alternative investment management firm and has contracted Finesse to offer them with IBM Cloud solutions .
Finesse will assist them with their business and IT platform transformation programme using IBM Cloud . Finesse has been signed up for their capabilities in offering infra service and cloud provisioning capabilities .
Al Masah Capital Management had their legacy datacentre and respective disaster recovery running with peak utilisation for more than five years . Finesse , with offerings on IBM Cloud , transformed them to new datacentres with high availability and disaster recovery sites using the latest scalable technologies . This covers a revamp of all the corporate datacentre and disaster recovery sites .
Al Masah Capital Management offers private equity , asset management , corporate and real
Finesse ensures end to end implementation and support to Geo & Logic GIS Solutions for the next five years
estate advisory as well as public market research services . It provides fund raising and advisory services primarily in alternative investments in the MENA region to individuals and entities wishing to participate in such markets .
Previously in December , Finesse has been signed up by Geo & Logic GIS Solutions , a Dubai based tracking and fleet management solutions provider to offer cloud solutions on IBM Cloud .
Microsoft Azure skills training and certification being promoted regionally
In its efforts of fueling digital transformation in the region , Microsoft has launched Azure Skills , cloud related trainings and certification offers for IT professionals across UAE . With the aim of increasing adoption for new cloud technologies , the Azure Skills programme will help participants advance their technical acumen on cloud ; driving true digital transformation in line with UAE Vision 2021 , and contributing to the country ’ s innovation , economic competitiveness , and smart initiatives .
Azure training and certification offers are a high-value , simple , and customisable way to increase the technical skills of individuals and enterprise IT teams , and help participants to earn valuable Microsoft Certified Professional MCP status to advance their careers and clearly stand out .
IT professionals signing up for the courses will have access to a broad range of technical resources and trainings at different levels , from free Massively Open Online Courses in a self-paced interactive environment , to full certification offerings . Those opting for a free training will have access to Microsoft ’ s online catalogue of new Azure fundamentals and technical trainings , added each month .
Digital certificates of completion for each course will be given .
Samer Abu Ltaif , Regional General Manager , Microsoft Gulf
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