February 2005 with a small team of 15 employees.
By the end of that year, we grew to 250 employees
and today we are more than 600 employees”.
This fast pace of development continued as Injazat
began to accrue contracts to take on the outsourcing
of Information Technology services for various
Government entities including ADWEA (Abu Dhabi
Water & Electricity Authority).
“For example, in our initial 400 million Dirham
outsourcing deal (€80 million) with ADWEA, we
took on the entire IT department of the Authority –
everything from the infrastructure, to the help desk,
to the security, to the vendor and asset management
and offered ADWEA SLA based services”, explains
the chief executive.
This initial success lead to further developments in
2006 culminating in a mega-deal with Abu Dhabi
Municipality in November of that year.
Continued growth has brought Injazat to the point
where it is now, the third largest IT services company
in the UAE and the first IT Outsourcing company in
the UAE.
After founding the IT Outsourcing market in 2005
Injazat did a new market leap by building and
operating the first Tier IV Data Centre outside
North America and the most advanced in the region.
“In this industry, you need to start from a strong
base”, declares Lari, “and in this respect, we have a
significant competitive advantage. Having the first
Tier IV Data Centre in the region makes us a natural
partner of choice for organisations and companies
that have critical business models and are looking
to locate in the region. We provide this competitive
advantage to Abu Dhabi on an international scale.”
Ibrahim Lari is confident regarding the capacity that
Injazat can provide to market entrants;
“The Tier IV Data Centre makes us unique in the
region. We have no competitors when it comes to
capacity and technology. We are now looking to
diversify our client base into various sectors such
as telecommunications, healthcare and financial
services. There are plenty of businesses here that
we can compliment with the utilisation of our state
of the art infrastructure. We are also open to doing
business with companies that are new to Abu Dhabi
and require to operate data-intensive businesses.
With a broad range of managed services we manage
simple to complex IT environment from our Tier IV
Data Centre. With 99.5% availability and resilience
and the highest standards security the Tier IV Data
Centre is an oasis for clients who are looking for the
region’s most advanced infrastructure.”
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