FEATURE: DATA CENTRES
eHDF was the first managed services
provider in the region to:
• Offer managed hosting and cloud
infrastructure services
• Offer credit-based SLAs
• Achieve Cloud Security Alliance
certification (CSA STAR)
• To become PCI compliant
• To achieve CREST certification for its
Security Operations Centre
• Be certified on ISO 9001/20000/
22301/27001
• Launch hosted private cloud
• Launch public cloud
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Can you give us an idea on
the importance of Digital
Transformation and how
it benefits companies? In
addition, how are companies
in the UAE approaching Digital
Transformation?
The UAE definitely leads in the GCC region in
digital adoption, with Dubai leading the way
to becoming the smartest city in the world.
Dubai has witnessed smart infrastructure
being built based on the latest and cutting-
edge technology and the government now
aspires to transform the Emirate to not only
CLOUD COMPUTING IS ONE OF
THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES DRIVING
THE TRANSFORMATION OF DATA
CENTRES AS IT FACILITATES FASTER
BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND OFFERS
ORGANISATIONS THE FLEXIBILITY
TO SCALE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPACITY ON DEMAND.
What type of services do you
offer at your centres?
Our data centres are the backbone of our
colocation, cloud and managed hosting
services and have been successfully driving
many enterprise businesses in the region. Our
data centres are governed by strict policies
and certifications ensuring compliances for
our clients’ hosted infrastructure.
Our data centres provide a secure, highly
available environment for our clients’ IT
infrastructure and mission critical data
and business applications, which results
in minimal downtime, reduced overall
operating costs and faster time to market.
Our services range from co-location to
managed hosting, cloud services including
both hosted private cloud and public cloud,
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
and security services to name some.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
be the smartest city but also the happiest
city in the world over the next few years.
Big Data, AI, IoT, analytics, security and
cloud technologies are key technology
platforms enabling today’s disruption.
Only 43% of Fortune 500 companies around
in 1995 exist today and the average life of
S&P companies has fallen from 60 years to
20 years.
With the huge number of tourists and
investors coming to the UAE, there will be a
large influx of data, which will need greater
infrastructure planning. Businesses will have
to manage this large amount of information
in the most organised way. To ensure the
same, investing in additional storage and
network capacity would be required.
The government sector is continuing to move
towards digital. From adopting AI, to Big
Data, Blockchain, mobility, IoT, BYOD, cloud
and analytics, the sector is seeing an increase
uptake in transformational technologies.
With increased frequency in the number of
cyberattacks, the government spending on
cybersecurity, which is one of the biggest
technology trends in this sector across the
globe, has definitely increased.
With the increased uptake of IoT, the
government sector is also ensuring that the
connected devices are secure.
Cloud is one of the key drivers of
Digital Transformation. As more UAE
organisations are accelerating their Digital
Transformation efforts, we see a higher
uptake of hybrid cloud.
Many Middle Eastern countries and
especially the GCC have been making
strong investments to bring in Digital
Transformation for economic and social
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