New deal presents cost effective hosted solutions and services for organizations throughout the region
Dubai, UAE: 15 October 2002 – Comtrust, the e-solutions business unit of Etisalat, has today teamed up with Oracle Corporation to provide Dedicated Application Hosting Services throughout the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Region (AGCC) region. Comtrust and Oracle share a common goal of helping customers reduce complexity in deploying and managing integrated solutions while lowering their total cost of ownership.
Mr. Ayman Abouseif, Senior Marketing Director, Oracle Eastern Central Europe, Africa and the Middle East said, “Software outsourcing is now moving from the-early adopter phase to become part of the mainstream information technology strategy for forward-thinking companies. Today Oracle has taken a step forward towards our commitment to dedicated Internet application outsourcing, with this regional agreement with Comtrust, that will deliver more valuable solutions to clients by providing them with a secure, convenient, and reliable solution”. Oracle anticipates that by 2005, approximately one quarter of its applications customers will have their software delivered by an outsourced model.
Comtrust is a world-class e-business solutions provider, offering the best in technology to host mission critical applications that require the highest level of reliability, availability, performance and response time. Comtrust provides state-of-the-art Data Center facilities in Dubai & Abu Dhabi, with high-performance network, 24x7x365 support, management & monitoring services, managed security services and specialized professional services.
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By partnering and building this relationship, Comtrust & Oracle Middle East will take advantage of the synergies thus developed and provide customers in the region with a diversified portfolio of high quality solutions hosted in a most secure and fully redundant infrastructure. Bringing together the leading edge solutions of Oracle and the local experience & expertise of Comtrust in dedicated hosting services will ensure that customers benefit from cost-effective, tried and tested end-to-end solutions.
Ahmad Abdul Karim Julfar, General Manager (Designate), Comtrust said of the deal, “Oracle is world’s leading provider of Internet-enabled business application solutions and decision support tools. They are unrivalled in the market for developing solutions that deliver highest level of productivity, improved business processes and customer satisfaction. Companies in the region rely on Oracle for their information management needs and to run business applications & web portals. With this expertise and our local experience, the partnership will help us continue to deliver commercially attractive solutions to businesses in the region.”
Mr. Husam Dajany, Vice President, Oracle Middle East, commented, “As business processes become more complex, organizations are becoming less well equipped to efficiently manage and thus benefit from their IT investments. As a result, the application outsourcing market will see substantial growth in the need for secure, reliable and scalable solutions, which provide lower IT costs, faster implementation times, predictable monthly fees and the peace of mind of a continuous online service delivered by Oracle experts. The initiative between Oracle and Comtrust is designed to provide our customers in the region with the resources to outsource their enterprise-wide IT solutions and applications, whilst maintaining complete control over their decision-making and IT strategy.”
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About Comtrust
Comtrust, e-solutions business unit of Etisalat – Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, was launched in 2000 to fill the gap in the market for a secure e-business solutions provider. Recognizing the potential and global implications of e-commerce, Comtrust has invested in state-of-the-art infrastructure and a highly skilled technological and managerial workforce. Comtrust is the only comprehensive e-commerce infrastructure provider in the Middle East region, providing a one-stop-shop for all e-business services, infrastructure and strategies. Comtrust offers e-commerce infrastructure services and e-commerce applications services to the areas of Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer and Government enterprises. The suite of e-commerce infrastructure services include secure online payments, digital certificates based security solutions, dedicated e-hosting services and e-retailing solutions.
Comtrust also provides dedicated 24x7 e-commerce professional support services in the areas of enterprise PKI implementations and corporate e-commerce strategy consulting. Comtrust addresses the requirements of security for e-commerce transactions and business transactions through a variety of mediums and mechanisms. These solutions are based on providing the key elements for a robust e-commerce infrastructure; Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for security, e-hosting for mission critical applications and Internet based electronic payments transactions processing. For more information, please visit www.comtrust.co.ae
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle in the Middle East, please visit our web site at www.oracle.com/me or contact Bahaa Issa on +9714 390 9000.
About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
The Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 12,000 companies who deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.
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