Kuwait: May 26, 2010: Microsoft Kuwait today announced that Warba insurance company has chosen to partner with the leading IT solutions provider to introduce its latest technologies and enhance operational efficiencies to help serve customers better. Since its inception Warba Insurance has been committed to providing customers with all classes of insurance, reinsurance and related investment activities.

The partnership will enable Warba Insurance to provide an expanded range of service offerings including data privacy and security that will serve as a key factor mapping to the customer's current requirements and future plans. The partnership will leverage Microsoft's best-in-class technology development capabilities and help Warba Insurance serve their customer base in Kuwait and the region through an advance technology platform.

Anwar Jawad Bu-Khamseen, Chariman of The Board of Directors, Warba Insurance Company said "It is Warba Insurance's vision to continuously provide our customers with world-class solutions and address their diverse insurance related challenges in Kuwait and the rest of the region. Through this partnership with Microsoft Kuwait, we aim to help our clients further improve the flexibility and reliability of their IT capabilities, while at the same time maximizing the value of their investments,"

Tawfik Shamlan Al Bahar, Managing Director, Warba Insurance Company said "We wanted an innovative technology platform that would enable us to meet our business needs quickly and support our long-term growth and expansion. Windows Server and SQL server are cost effective solutions that fulfills all our requirements and will hopefully help increase productivity and customer satisfaction.

Mohamad Al-Alban, Deputy General Manager, Warba Insurance Company said "With diversified business units we were looking for a solution that has the ability to streamline and simplify our daily operations and reduce our overall costs. Microsoft's latest offerings were the obvious choice for their feature rich functionality and ability to efficiently connect all our departments together economically thereby providing us with an effective framework that enables improved decision-making."

Commenting on the partnership, Charbel Fakhoury, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf said, "Microsoft's information platform vision provides enterprises with a complete approach to managing information assets, enabling businesses such as Warba to gain strategic value from information from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. With offerings like SQL Server and Windows Server, Microsoft continues to be the value leader, offering rich functionality to support out of the box workloads at a low cost of ownership. We are pleased to work with Warba to help use technology to optimize performance across their internal value chain."     

Ehab Mostafa, Country Manager, Microsoft Kuwait added, "The rate of adoption of IT solutions in Kuwait has achieved considerable growth, which represents a significant business opportunity for us. Warba Insurance was looking for solutions that address High Availability, Data Privacy and Security. Microsoft SQL and Windows server proved to be the right solution as it provided all the capabilities that Warba was looking for"

Microsoft SQL Server provides robust capabilities to quickly manage and store all information. It also enables Warba Insurance to manage and administer their database, optimize resources and provide an insight to making better informed decisions. Some of the other Microsoft technologies adopted by the organization include SharePoint 2010 Server, System Center and Exchange.

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About Microsoft Gulf
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:'MSFT') is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft Gulf opened its Dubai-based headquarters in 1991. Microsoft Gulf today oversees Microsoft activities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. Microsoft Corporation's address on the worldwide web is: www.microsoft.com and Microsoft's Gulf web site is: www.microsoft.com/gulf.

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