On November 23, Rakesh Reddy, Regional Director of MEA at Cloud4C, and Adel Hamed, CEO and Managing Director of Telecom Egypt signed the agreement for establishing the data center.
The increasing adoption of the cloud, coupled with rising demand for data-driven decision-making and improved cybersecurity is driving Egypt’s cloud transformation from on-premises to hybrid loud.
SAP, the enterprise software specialist will play a key role in supporting the country’s digital transformation goals with a broad range of facilities and services.
Backed by the experience of serving Fortune 500 companies by modernizing and managing their mission-critical environments in 26 countries worldwide, Cloud4C, with the help of Telecom Egypt, established an in-country cloud data center in Egypt to meet in-country data hosting requirements.
Telecom Egypt is the country’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest cable operators in the Arab region.
According to Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Cloud4C’s founder and CEO,
“Egypt is all set to become the next big digital hub in the world, and this in-country cloud data center will add to the growing demand for SAP services in the region. Highly regulated sectors such as Government, Financial services, Healthcare will need in-country data hosting and hybrid cloud managed services to realize their digital transformation goals while complying to local and industry regulations. Our key objective is to support such enterprises on their RISE with SAP journey as well as other mission-critical environment transformations, end-to-end.”
Highly regulated sectors such as government, financial services, and healthcare will need in-country data hosting and hybrid cloud managed services to realise their digital transformation goals while complying with local and industry regulations.
Eng. Adel Hamed, the CEO of Telecom Egypt, added that signing this agreement comes within Telecom Egypt’s strategic framework as the first total ICT provider; to sustain providing our customers with top notch technological services. He also added that this step will enhance the digital transformation process by supporting various companies and organizations on their journey to provide digital services through Telecom Egypt’s sturdy infrastructure.
