This was announced at a joint press conference held today by the three companies in the presence of Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Dubai Internet City.
The eHosting Center, which is also the region's only disaster recovery and business continuity solutions provider, will combine its world class solutions with Sahm Technologies' technical support to carry out these mission critical functions.
'Disaster recovery and business continuity are becoming increasingly critical elements of IT plans and budgets of companies,' said Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman. 'Companies need to prioritise disaster recovery plans alongside other key business activities and put in place a sound disaster recovery infrastructure to ensure that they do not lose revenues from unforeseen disruptions. The eHosting Center combines industry-leading expertise with cutting-edge technology to help companies ensure business continuity in any crisis,' he explained.
Arvind Bhatnagar, CEO, Sahm Technologies said: 'We believe it is imperative to ensure that our customers feel secure that their information will not be lost if the bank's IT systems go down. This is why we are pleased to join hands with the eHosting Center to warehouse the bank's vital data and help them access it when it is critically needed. Our senior IT executives R Selvamani, Regional Manager, IT Solutions and Cyril Patro, Manager, Data Centre Operations have done a tremendous job in working with their counterparts in the eHosting Center to come up with a technically sound solution in a record time of two weeks.'
Sameer Sadeh, Chief Technology Officer of the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone and Chief Operating Officer of the eHosting Center stated: 'It is the mission of the eHosting Center to be a regionally focused technology and professional Services organization providing managed hosting solutions, technology services, strategic outsourcing, professional services, consultancy, training and support.'
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Managed and run jointly by DIC and IBM, the eHosting Center at Dubai Internet City provides regional businesses with the ability to cost-effectively and securely outsource mission-critical IT systems. The facility includes the latest storage and server technology from IBM and other vendors, with a strong emphasis on open standards and high-speed connectivity, giving customers a wide choice of platforms to host their systems. It gives organisations new options for outsourcing, backed by the confidence of IBM's global technical and services resources.The eHosting Center goes further than traditional data warehousing. In addition to storing vital information, the technology provides an identical platform for a business' operations that can be used in case of internal network failure without having to retrieve the stored data. Business continues as usual. For more information about eHosting Center visit www.ehc.ae.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, News EditorThursday, October 17 - 2002 at 16:22 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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