· Leading UAE health insurance provider empowers employees and engages customers.

· Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Power BI and Surface Hub bring enhanced productivity and security to Daman

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Microsoft today announced that the National Health Insurance Company - Daman has adopted its cloud and productivity solutions to succeed in their journey of digital transformation. The move will enable Daman in its objective to further drive innovation through a combination of state-of-the-art technology and health insurance-related expertise offered by a highly skilled and knowledgeable workforce.

Daman is the country’s leading provider of comprehensive health insurance solutions, with more than 3 million members in the UAE.  But a competitive market and escalating regulatory obligations required the company to continue ongoing development of its IT infrastructure, and deliver an unparalleled customer experience.

“Recent figures suggest the UAE healthcare industry will be worth $19.5 billion by 2020,” said Sayed Hashish, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf. “This calls for organizations in the sector to thrive in this new era and embrace digital transformation to achieve growth. Daman’s efforts in concert with Microsoft’s intelligent cloud and other innovations such as Surface hub, Office 365 and Power BI, have addressed their needs today and laid the foundation for business success tomorrow”.

Daman focused on delivering enhanced mobility and on-the-go insights to employees, as well as hyper-connectivity for collaboration. Through Azure, the company implemented a Microsoft Office 365-based solution, combined with Power BI and the versatile Surface Hub, to transform how its employees collaborate and innovate. Power BI empowers Daman’s staff to build reports swiftly. And Microsoft collaboration tools keep the employees engaged and informed, as well as fostering a culture of open dialogue through use of Microsoft Forms.

“Enabling employees to better serve customers is an ongoing mission for Daman,” said Peter Bauer, Chief Information Officer, Daman. “In a competitive market, we needed a strong technology partner to help consolidate our position. Microsoft’s Azure cloud has fulfilled all of our priorities and even offered an affordable, risk-free environment to test future innovations, which we used successfully.”

Security was one of the top concerns for Daman. The company migrated to Windows 10 Enterprise, taking advantage of industry-leading security features. Office 365 was built as a solution to protect user identities and sensitive corporate data, using Azure AD Premium and Advanced Threat Analytics.

Employee connectivity, wherever or however they worked, was also a top priority for Daman.  With Secure Productive Enterprise (SPE), the company benefited from Microsoft’s trusted, secure communication and collaboration platform, which integrates Office 365 with Enterprise Mobility and Security. SPE E5 provides the latest innovations in enterprise security, management, collaboration, and business analytics, delivered through world-class cloud services from Microsoft. 

Daman is also using Microsoft Azure as a sandbox to run proof-of-concept programmes. An initial PoC for its Claims Similarity analytics use-case allowed the company to test new capabilities that would typically require extensive hardware expenditure.

On implementation, Daman immediately found it was operating in a world of increased security and productivity, with global, regional and local offices better able to collaborate, and employee, customer and corporate data more secure. Employees were, meanwhile, empowered by a positive hiring experience and a host of productivity tools that allowed them to make positive contributions more quickly. Daman is now in the process of integrating its traditional phone system with the Microsoft cloud’s collaboration tools, to improve audio-conferencing capabilities and reduce remote-attendance complexity for employees.

Through Microsoft Surface Hub, the healthcare insurance pioneer enables teamwork in the modern workplace, making working together the most productive part of the day. Employees are able to share ideas with one another on a canvas that reflects the full extent of their collective imagination.

“Companies in the region and around the world are looking at technology as the accelerator to help power their innovation and maintain a competitive edge.” Said Hashish. “When organizations like Daman work with us to envision their digital strategy across cloud, apps and devices, they do not just become part of a new wave of innovation — they help create it.”

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About Microsoft Gulf
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft Gulf opened its Dubai-based headquarters in 1991. Today, the Gulf office oversees Microsoft Gulf activities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE. More information can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gulf/ 

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