18 October 2011
MUSCAT: The Corporate Business Unit of Omantel yesterday conducted a workshop for different government organisations and major corporates in the Sultanate on the multiprotocol label switching system (MPLS) at Grand Hyatt Muscat.
The workshop was organised to shed light on this unique service and the benefits it brings to corporate customers. During the workshop, many MPLS existing customers demonstrated their experience with the service and how it helped them improve the quality of services rendered to their customers.
The MPLS service that is only provided by the Sultanate's pioneer telecom services provider Omantel and is ISO certified is the ideal solution to the most sophisticated needs of government organisations and major corporates that have operations in different regions of the Sultanate and who are looking for fast, reliable and yet secured connectivity solution.
Presentations
There were several presentations at this one-day workshop with great highlight on the reliability and security of the service, the importance of ISO 27001 certification to corporate customers, in addition to the ways other potential customers can benefit from this service.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Todd Dick, vice-president of the Corporate Business Unit at Omantel said, "the multiprotocol label switching system is a modern technology that helps our corporate customers to improve their operational efficiency as the service enables them to connect with their different branches in the different regions in the Sultanate through a cost-effective, fast, reliable and secured virtual private network.
Our customers are assured the highest level of quality as the performance of the network is monitored 24/7and the availability is guaranteed through a service level agreement (SLA)."
"The MPLS technology is the most contemporary solution that can link multiple sites in a reliable and efficient manner. Our state of the art MPLS solution is already being used by many large companies and business groups across Oman to ensure they have reliable connectivity, back-up systems and peace of mind when conducting their business," Todd added.
Security threats
Mohamed Moqeet from Omantel Information Security Department explained the importance of having MPLS service ISO certified saying, "Omantel MPLS service was the first in the region and the fourth in the world to be ISO certified. This has given our customers extra assurance that their customer data flowing through the MPLS network are protected and the MPLS service itself is highly protected against security threats."
Hassan Abdul Khaliq Ibrahim, senior manager (Servers & Networking) at Bank Dhofar pointed out in his presentation the different benefits that MPLS has provided them at BankDhofar. Omantel is the leading telecommunications company in Oman.
in the Sultanate and has been bringing individuals, families and business together and has successfully connected different parts of the Omani community to each other and with the rest of the world through a modern network of mobile, fixed telecom and internet services.
MUSCAT: The Corporate Business Unit of Omantel yesterday conducted a workshop for different government organisations and major corporates in the Sultanate on the multiprotocol label switching system (MPLS) at Grand Hyatt Muscat.
The workshop was organised to shed light on this unique service and the benefits it brings to corporate customers. During the workshop, many MPLS existing customers demonstrated their experience with the service and how it helped them improve the quality of services rendered to their customers.
The MPLS service that is only provided by the Sultanate's pioneer telecom services provider Omantel and is ISO certified is the ideal solution to the most sophisticated needs of government organisations and major corporates that have operations in different regions of the Sultanate and who are looking for fast, reliable and yet secured connectivity solution.
Presentations
There were several presentations at this one-day workshop with great highlight on the reliability and security of the service, the importance of ISO 27001 certification to corporate customers, in addition to the ways other potential customers can benefit from this service.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Todd Dick, vice-president of the Corporate Business Unit at Omantel said, "the multiprotocol label switching system is a modern technology that helps our corporate customers to improve their operational efficiency as the service enables them to connect with their different branches in the different regions in the Sultanate through a cost-effective, fast, reliable and secured virtual private network.
Our customers are assured the highest level of quality as the performance of the network is monitored 24/7and the availability is guaranteed through a service level agreement (SLA)."
"The MPLS technology is the most contemporary solution that can link multiple sites in a reliable and efficient manner. Our state of the art MPLS solution is already being used by many large companies and business groups across Oman to ensure they have reliable connectivity, back-up systems and peace of mind when conducting their business," Todd added.
Security threats
Mohamed Moqeet from Omantel Information Security Department explained the importance of having MPLS service ISO certified saying, "Omantel MPLS service was the first in the region and the fourth in the world to be ISO certified. This has given our customers extra assurance that their customer data flowing through the MPLS network are protected and the MPLS service itself is highly protected against security threats."
Hassan Abdul Khaliq Ibrahim, senior manager (Servers & Networking) at Bank Dhofar pointed out in his presentation the different benefits that MPLS has provided them at BankDhofar. Omantel is the leading telecommunications company in Oman.
in the Sultanate and has been bringing individuals, families and business together and has successfully connected different parts of the Omani community to each other and with the rest of the world through a modern network of mobile, fixed telecom and internet services.
© Times of Oman 2011
