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Ooredoo to manage disaster
recovery datacentre for
Boursa Kuwait
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“In line with our vision of creating and
sustaining a robust and resilient stock
market where companies and investors can
thrive, we have been investing our time and
efforts to adopt the best practices across
all aspects of our operations. The new DR
datacentre will further strengthen our IT
DR Infrastructure and improve business
continuity within the organisation at a lower
cost with higher service standards.
“We are optimistic that our partnership
with Ooredoo will bring further value to all
our participants.”
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani,
Chief Executive Officer at Ooredoo Kuwait,
expressed his gratitude and appreciation
to the trust and confidence Boursa Kuwait
had given Ooredoo in Kuwait to fulfil this
mutual agreement.
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s part of its ongoing commitment
to provide a secure, robust and
cost-effective market place
infrastructure, which ensures the continuity
of the operations key services in the case
of disasters, Boursa Kuwait has signed an
agreement with Ooredoo Kuwait, to host
the stock exchange’s disaster recovery
(DR) datacentre.
The signing ceremony was held at the
Boursa Kuwait headquarters, in the
presence of Khaled Abdulrazzaq AlKhaled,
Chief Executive Officer, Boursa Kuwait and
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani,
Chief Executive Officer at Ooredoo Kuwait,
as well as other senior representatives from
both companies.
Boursa Kuwait’s datacentre provides a highly
available hosting space that enables Boursa
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to remotely run and manage enterprise
applications from a controlled and secure
environment. This will help Boursa in
safeguarding mission critical data with the
highest level of security and operational
reliability by offering services in-line with the
highest industry standards.
The scope of services for the new system also
includes a secured colocation area, high-
speed connectivity between the main and DR
site, high available Internet connectivity and
high available market participant connections.
Boursa Kuwait will also have multi-redundant
links that will ensure an uninterrupted
connectivity between the main and DR site
in case of a main circuit’s failure.
Khaled Abdulrazzaq AlKhaled, Chief
Executive Officer, Boursa Kuwait, said:
He said: “Ooredoo is pleased to host
Boursa Kuwait DR solution in its world-
class hosting datacentre located in Kuwait.
Ooredoo datacentre meets Boursa’s
mission critical application requirements
and provides premium quality hosting and
managed services.
“Ooredoo datacentre network platform and
facilities meet the security requirements and
provides high availability and reliability that
address the needs of Boursa.
“Ooredoo is committed to ensuring synergy
in delivery and support and is looking
forward to a successful and long-term
business relationship with Boursa that will
bring real benefit to both companies.
“This partnership comes in tandem with
Ooredoo’s strategy of being a leader in the
market in terms of Digital Transformation and
managed services,” Al Thani concluded. n
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