CASE STUDY
T
he role of IT is considered crucial by
the leadership at Al Naboodah Group
Enterprises (ANGE).
The company has applications that have to
be always available to enable collaboration
between the 16,000 strong workforce that
operate out of 100 plus construction sites
and offices across the Middle East, Africa
and Asia.
ANGE also runs close to 20 specialised
construction and commercial applications
including AutoCAD, a computer-aided design
and drafting application that is used daily by
the company’s architects, project managers
and engineers.
The United Arab Emirates is deeply
committed to meeting the climate change
ABOUT AL NABOODAH GROUP
Founded in 1958 by two brothers, the
Saeed and Mohammed Al Naboodah
Group is one of the most respected
family-owned conglomerates in
the UAE. The management of the
group’s companies is undertaken by Al
Naboodah Group Enterprises (ANGE).
Employing over 16,000 people and
47 nationalities, ANGE’s focus covers
civil engineering, building, MEP and
facilities management, as well as
representing a diverse portfolio of
global brands in the transportation,
travel, electrical, solar, renewable
energy, logistics and fit-out arenas.
demands of COP21 and, in line with this,
the group has set sustainability KPIs for
each department. Therefore, as the IT team
scaled its operations in-line with business
objectives, they were keen to increasingly
utilise virtualisation and reduce their carbon
footprint. The organisation’s existing
backup solution, however, couldn’t meet
the IT department’s three key objectives:
virtualisation advanced support; backup
verification and rapid recovery.
Mario Foster, Group Chief Information
Officer, said: “With our existing solution
we were only able to back up our mission-
critical applications and data, and that too
was outside of working hours. We generate
tremendous volumes of data daily, pertaining
to designs, project management, supply chain
and logistics, and other critical functions.
GREATER SPEED
AND EFFICIENCY
HAS MEANT
THAT ANGE
NOW EXTENDS
BACKUP TO ALL
APPLICATIONS.
“It is important there are no interruptions to
this data which could have a negative impact
on the group’s productivity.”
With a host of new applications being added
to his environment and an inevitable data
explosion on the horizon, Foster knew it was
time to look for an alternative.
“We were in the market for an ‘availability’
rather than just a backup solution. It had to
enable us to meet our sustainability KPIs,
safeguard data being constantly generated
by the business and ensure applications were
always available to employees who relied on
them,” he said.
ANGE evaluated Proof of Concepts (POCs)
from multiple vendors. “While all solutions
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