ZainTech acknowledged with two awards at prestigious SAMENA Council-endorsed MEA Business Awards
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 20 October, 2022: ZainTech, the one-stop digital and ICT solutions powerhouse of Zain Group, has been presented with two awards at the prestigious SAMENA Council-endorsed MEA Business Magazine Technology Achievement Awards 2022.
The first award was in the category of ‘Ground-Breaking Products’ for the company’s unique value proposition of comprehensive digital solutions and services, while the second was in the category of ‘Services and Innovative Collaborations and Partnerships’ in acknowledgement of the launch of the strategic go-to-market agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).
The awards presentation took place during GITEX 2022 in Dubai as part of a multi-sector recognition ceremony aimed at highlighting significant technology achievements in the ICT sector.
SAMENA Telecommunications Council is a tri-regional, non-profit telecoms association that embodies a community of South Asian and MENA regional telcos, manufacturers, regulatory authorities, and academia. The Council focuses on issues pertinent to operators, providing its advocacy expertise to help aid the incubation of novel approaches and ideas that provide better means for the expansion and utilization of telecom services across the region.
Commenting on the award of the two accolades, Andrew Hanna, ZainTech CEO said, “These awards are a testament to our one-stop business model of providing digital transformation solutions to enterprises and government bodies across the region. We are appreciative of this recognition from a body representing the interests of industry peers and the timing of these awards is particularly significant to us, coming exactly a year after our commercial launch.”
Ground-Breaking Products and Services Award
ZainTech was established as the regional digital and ICT solutions provider, unifying Zain Group's ICT assets to offer a unique value proposition of comprehensive digital solutions and services under one roof. This was necessitated by Zain Group's desire to expand into new business sectors in accordance with its "4Sight" strategy and become a full digital services provider.
ZainTech drives the transformation of enterprise and government customers in the MENA region by providing a center of excellence and advisory, professional and managed solutions across several ICT verticals, including cloud, cybersecurity, big data, IoT, AI, smart cities, drones, robotics, and emerging technologies.
ZainTech leverages Zain’s global reach, unique regional footprint, and infrastructure across its operations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in other key markets in the Middle East.
Innovative Collaborations and Partnerships Award
ZainTech was awarded the Innovative Collaborations and Partnerships prize for its go-to-market strategic cooperation agreement with AWS.
Through the agreement, ZainTech is set to leverage the AWS cloud and Zain Group's regional footprint and advanced network to provide enterprises with a one-stop-shop for all their connectivity and cloud requirements. This will help customers on their journey to the cloud and will help them pursue the transformational benefits that cloud services provide.
The investment will see ZainTech offering holistic services with strong multi-cloud competencies that provide customers with end-to-end capabilities ranging from cloud strategy to managed services. The two companies will also work closely together to deliver new solutions in the areas of AWS Snowball Edge, including the AWS Outposts and AWS Snow Family; AWS artificial intelligence/machine learning; and AWS Direct Connect and AWS Cloud WAN offerings.
As part of the agreement, ZainTech will establish a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE). The center will train and certify ZainTech's cloud teams and expand on ZainTech's strong business-driven approach to transformation, broad multi-cloud capabilities, and the company's significant investments in automation and innovation.
The companies will work together to develop accelerators for migrating and managing SAP, VMware, and other enterprise applications to AWS, helping businesses integrate their existing IT investments.
These accolades underscore ZainTech’s ambitions to expand the range and quality of enterprise services made available to regional organizations across various industries.
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ZainTech is a regional Digital & ICT solutions provider unifying Zain Group’s ICT assets to offer a unique value proposition of comprehensive digital solutions and services under one roof. The company is positioned to drive transformation of enterprise and government customers in the MENA region by providing a center of excellence and managed solutions, across the ICT stack including cloud, cybersecurity, big data, IoT, AI, smart cities, drones, and emerging technologies. ZainTech will leverage Zain’s global reach, unique regional footprint, and infrastructure across its operations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates as well as in other key markets in the Middle East. ZainTech forms a key pillar in the evolution of Zain’s core telecom business to maximize value and building on the company’s many strengths to selectively create and invest in growth verticals beyond standard mobile services. This ultimately serves to support Zain’s vision of becoming a leading ICT and digital lifestyle provider. Please visit www.zaintech.com