Ooredoo, the region’s leading enabler of digital business innovation, has announced a digital transformation partnership with Qatar First Bank to enable business continuity and high service availability.
Qatar First Bank becomes the first Ooredoo customer from the banking sector to have its virtual disaster recovery site hosted, managed and monitored in Ooredoo’s industry-leading and highly secure Qatar Data Centre. As a result, the bank can ensure data security, sovereignty and business continuity.
Cloud-based disaster recovery ensures that Qatar First Bank can protect critical data and applications, while also minimising downtime in case of power outages or disruptions.
Yousuf Abdulla al-Kubaisi, chief operating officer, Ooredoo, said: “Our digital transformation partnership ensures that Qatar First Bank is Qatar’s banking leader in protecting customer data on the cloud via our Qatar Data Centre. We are serving as the trusted partner of choice for Qatar’s banking and finance sector to safeguard mission-critical applications, ensure happy customers, and support diversified economic growth.”
Ooredoo’s Qatar Data Centre has state-of-the-art IT and network infrastructure for the highest levels of security, availability, and reliability. Ooredoo, with the Qatar Data Centre, aims to meet business requirements across hosted and cloud-based applications and services.
Mohamed al-Sahli, chief operating officer, Qatar First Bank, said: “As a pillar of Qatar’s economy, banking and financial institutions need to operate in real-time to meet customer and regulatory needs. Qatar First Bank’s digital transformation with Ooredoo is ensuring our backup and disaster recovery is faster and more secure, our digital budgets are optimised, and our IT staff are freed up to focus on our client banking innovations.”
Business customers can leverage the Ooredoo Advantage, making Ooredoo “Best for Business”, thanks to its breadth and depth of talent, best fixed and mobile networks, broadest portfolio of ICT services and solutions, and trusted partner for 60 years.
Yousuf Abdulla al-Kubaisi and Mohamed al-Sahli shake hands after signing the partnership.
