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Atos and Ooredoo to enhance cybersecurity
services for Qatar’s organisations
A
tos, a global leader in Digital Transformation and cybersecurity,
and Ooredoo, a leading enabler of digital business innovation,
have announced a partnership to launch enhanced industry-leading
cybersecurity solutions and support secure Digital Transformation for
Qatar’s organisations.
From its Qatar Data Centre, Ooredoo is leveraging Atos’ experience
to enhance the capabilities of its security operations centre,
the central unit that can investigate security incidents, perform
incident response and forensics and maintain business uptime
24x7. Ooredoo’s business customers can also benefit from Atos’
support for new levels of managed security services. Solutions
include domain name system (DNS) security, database security,
email security, endpoint detection and response (EDR), firewall
management, threat intelligence services, web application firewall
(WAF-as-a-Service) and web security.
Yousuf Abdulla Al Kubaisi, Chief Operating Officer at Ooredoo Qatar,
said: “Our partnership with Atos on enhancing our cybersecurity
solutions aims to protect the information security of our business
customers and to protect critical national infrastructure. Qatar’s
organisations of all sizes and industry verticals can enhance their
defences against cyberthreats, reduce their risk, and comply with
security regulations.”
Francis Meston, Atos Group EVP and CEO Middle East, Africa and
Turkey, said: “With Qatar’s cyberthreat landscape evolving in scale
and complexity, cybersecurity is now one of the top business risks.
Atos is exchanging global best practices with Ooredoo to ensure
that Qatar’s organisations can find a seamless security strategy with
Big Data, high-performance computing and automated security
responses for end-to-end protection.”
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International Limousine Service chooses
Vodafone Qatar’s smart solutions
V
odafone Qatar has connected
International Limousine Service (ILS),
one of the country’s leading chauffeur
services, with its state-of-the-art IoT
solutions. ILS now relies on Vodafone Qatar’s
Fleet Management Solution to monitor its
cars and drivers. In addition, Vodafone Qatar
has equipped all its vehicles with WiFi on-
board to cater to the needs of its customers
and provide a more enjoyable experience.
Vodafone Qatar was first in the country to
launch an end-to-end fleet management
solution that enables the delivery of real-
time information such as traffic data, vehicle
location, driver speeds, fuel consumption and
employee work-time.
Fleet management solutions deliver faster
response times through more efficient job
allocation, reduction in fuel costs due to
shorter journeys and higher revenues as
drivers can complete more jobs. Driver
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behaviour can also be monitored to
encourage safer and more efficient
driving and reduce insurance premiums.
For all companies in this sector, IoT
technology has been proven to help
companies meet regulatory and corporate
sustainability targets by reducing fuel use
and carbon emissions.
“We take pride in our global IoT expertise
and in sharing this expertise with local
organisations of all sizes in the country.
Vodafone Qatar’s Business solutions are
the key to answering organisational needs
to optimise, automate and innovate using
IoT technologies,” said Mahday Al-Hebabi,
Business Services Director, Vodafone Qatar.
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