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health care, manufacturing, construction CEO of stc Bahrain, commented: “Our vigilance - keeping the employees, clients
and education. stc’s PCI-DSS certified mission in stc Bahrain is to add value and and corporate infrastructure safe. This
security operation center is located in stc make the lives of our customers easier award adds to the many local, regional, and
premise with full time dedicated security by delivering differentiated customers international awards, which stc Bahrain
professional and equipped with locally security solutions and providing the has won “Best Digital Transformation
hosted monitoring platform to comply highest quality in the way we serve them. Provider” 2021 by the World Economic
with data privacy regulations. Offering We are thrilled to receive this prestigious Magazine, as well as “CEO of the Year” and
a monthly security posture report to award, which reconfirms our commitment “Best Digital Infrastructure Development”
optimize performance and to secure a of providing superior experience to our at International Business Magazine
reliable service that's tailored to meet customers at all our touch points.” stc 2021, “Best integrated payments solution
all customers need, customers can then Bahrain has also developed a Security provider” at the Global Economics Awards
enrich their plans with wide variety of add- Awareness program which offers a short, 2020 and “Best Emerging Market Initiative”
ons covering additional features, services, comprehensive courses for corporations, at the 2020 Telecoms World Middle East
and devices to be better prepared against aiming to empower the team to build and Awards.
any cyberattacks. Eng. Nezar Banabeela, maintain a culture of cyber awareness and

Tech Mahindra Expands Collaboration with

Microsoft to Strengthen Hybrid Cloud Capabilities

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital collaboration will enable organizations focused on developing enterprise cloud
transformation, consulting and business to become agile, resilient and flexible solutions, leveraging its digital expertise
re-engineering services, has expanded its without compromising on performance in alignment with Microsoft’s priorities and
collaboration with Microsoft to strengthen and security in an increasingly remote partner standard expectations. As part of
hybrid cloud capabilities. The collaboration work environment today.” Talal Alqinawi, TechM NXT.NOW framework, which aims
aims to leverage Microsoft Azure Stack Senior Director, Azure at Microsoft, said, to enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’,
HCI, a new hyperconverged infrastructure “Enterprises are increasingly accelerating Tech Mahindra focuses on investing in
(HCI) solution to accelerate hybrid cloud their hybrid cloud strategies to future- emerging technologies and solutions that
transformation, consolidate virtualized proof their business. By extending our enable digital transformation and meet
workloads and build enterprise resilience. longstanding relationship with Tech the evolving needs of the customer. Tech
The integration with Azure enables Tech Mahindra to Azure Stack HCI, we will Mahindra, a leading provider of digital
Mahindra to maximize value from on- empower enterprises to build and deploy transformation, consulting and business
premise investments while seamlessly cloud-native applications with seamless re-engineering services, has expanded its
maintaining business continuity, securing access to cloud services. This will enable collaboration with Microsoft to strengthen
resources, and unlocking new business customers to maintain business continuity, hybrid cloud capabilities. The collaboration
scenarios for enterprises. As an Azure secure resources and drive innovation.” aims to leverage Microsoft Azure Stack
Stack portfolio partner, Tech Mahindra Tech Mahindra recently launched a HCI, a new hyperconverged infrastructure
seamlessly connects to Azure for hybrid dedicated ‘Microsoft Business Unit’ (HCI) solution to accelerate hybrid cloud
cloud scenarios across datacenters,
remote offices, cloud and edge locations.
Through this collaboration, Tech Mahindra
aims to drive innovation and agility for
its customers by aligning their goals and
future product development in the Azure
Stack HCI space. Vivek Gupta, Head - Global
Cloud Services, Tech Mahindra, said, “Being
cloud ready is critical for enterprises today
to accelerate their digital transformation
roadmap. The announcement strengthens
our relationship with Microsoft, aimed at
empowering organizations with advanced
hybrid cloud capabilities. In line with our
TechM CLOUDNXT.NOW framework, the

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