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K
uwait Credit Bank (KCB) has
enabled a Disaster Recovery backup
system to the cloud after forming a
strategic partnership with EBLA Computer
Consultancy and Microsoft Kuwait.
This will enable KCB to retrieve its vital
data from the cloud during unexpected
emergencies. The project launch ceremony
witnessed the attendance of Kuwait Credit
Bank’s Vice Chairman and Managing
Director Salah Al Mudhaf, Zain Kuwait’s
Chief Corporate Communications and
Relations Officer Waleed Al Khashti, EBLA
Computer Consultancy’s Chief Executive
Officer Hilal Arnaout and Microsoft Kuwait’s
Government Sector Manager Ali Haddad.
THIS WILL ENABLE
KUWAIT CREDIT BANK TO
RETRIEVE ITS VITAL DATA
FROM THE CLOUD DURING
UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES.
equipment, systems and networks, while
maintaining the safety and security of all
its data.
The ceremony also witnessed the presence
of KCB’s information systems team, as well
as business and government relations teams
from the partners. He also pointed out that the project comes
as part of KCB’s efforts to keep up with
the latest technological advancements. He
said: “The bank’s executive management
is keen on implementing saving policies by
migrating all staff’s emails to Microsoft’s
Office 365 service on the cloud, which alone
saves nearly KD 20,000 annually for every
500 users.”
Kuwait Credit Bank’s Vice Chairman and
Managing Director Salah Al Mudhaf
expressed his pleasure on the occasion of
launching KCB’s Disaster Recovery Backup
Site project in collaboration with Microsoft
and Dell EMC. Al Mudhaf explained that the new feat is
added to KCB’s long list of achievements, as
well as to the successes of the information
systems team, whom along the years held
the responsibility of transforming the bank’s
transactions from paper to digital.
Al Mudhaf said: “The finalisation of the
Disaster Recovery Backup Site project marks
our second disaster and emergency site, as
the first site was built in Kuwait a year ago,
and is fully equipped to exactly match the
main site, working in parallel with it around
the clock and all year-round. The team also succeeded in preparing and
defending the bank’s data networks against
cyberattacks, an achievement that received
great praise from various related entities.
“The second Disaster Recovery backup site
exclusively saves a backup of our data on
Microsoft’s cloud (outside Kuwait), making
KCB one of the first entities in Kuwait to
have a disaster and emergency backup
site on the cloud. This also makes KCB
the first institution in the State of Kuwait
to use Microsoft’s Avamar Backup Cloud
Technology in collaboration with Dell EMC.”
Al Mudhaf stressed that the new project will
ensure the continuation of KCB’s offering of
its services to the citizens of Kuwait with the
same high efficiency in all circumstances
and situations. The project will allow KCB
to face any attempts to sabotage its
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Al Mudhaf thanked the bank’s information
systems centre for its continuous efforts,
as well as the Council of Ministers’ Central
Agency for Information Technology for
their support to finalise the disasters and
emergency site project.
During the ceremony, Zain Kuwait’s Chief
Corporate Communications and Relations
Officer Waleed Al Khashti said: “Today we are
proud of announcing yet another strategic
partnership that brings Zain together with
a leading governmental entity: the Kuwait
Credit Bank, as we continue to expand our
strategic partnerships ecosystem with the
Kuwaiti public sector.”
Al Khashti added: “We are also pleased to
enrich our ongoing partnership with the
world’s biggest tech leaders at Microsoft,
and our colleagues at EBLA Computer
Consultancy, with the joint aim of bringing
forward the latest tech advancements to
Kuwait’s enterprise community, both in the
public and private sectors.
“Today, Zain and KCB’s visions come
together to achieve the goals of the Kuwait
National Development Plan (New Kuwait
2035) that stems from His Highness
the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al
Jaber Al Sabah’s conceptualised vision
of a new Kuwait by 2035. Our presence
today reflects the joint success of the
collaboration between the public and
private sectors in achieving the country’s
developmental goals.”
Al Khashti continued: “Zain’s role in this
partnership is to offer a high-speed and
secure express route to enable KCB’s
Disaster Recovery backup system outside
Kuwait using Microsoft’s cloud services.
This service, which Zain offers exclusively in
Kuwait, allows KCB to be prepared for any
unexpected emergencies by swiftly and
securely retrieving its data from the cloud.
“Zain’s promise will always be to present
the best and latest services and solutions to
serve the further progress of the enterprise
ecosystem in partnership with the country’s
various institutions. This stems from our
goal to enrich our leadership position as the
biggest digital service provider in Kuwait.”
EBLA Computer Consultancy’s Chief
Executive Officer Hilal Arnaout said: “Data
is the cornerstone of any organisation, and
preserving it is a great responsibility that
lies upon the information systems team.
Our gathering today is a success story for
KCB, and it came to light because of the
collaborative efforts of Kuwait’s biggest
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