NEWS
Infor appoints Saudi Bugshan
Barmaja as new alliance
partner for Middle East
Global AI
Summit in KSA
set to become
international
focus for AI
S
audi Arabia has announced the Global
AI Summit – a new global-level platform
to promote the development of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and related technologies.
The Global AI Summit will take place in
Riyadh on March 30 to 31 and will be a
leading international forum to advance AI
and create knowledge sharing among global
AI experts.
The summit will also highlight KSA’s
ambitions to become a leader in AI
technology, and drive discussions and
partnerships between local and international
stakeholders in the AI field.
Hatem H. Bakheet, Saudi Bugshan
Barmaja CEO
I
nfor, a global leader in business cloud
software specialised by industry,
has announced that Saudi Bugshan
Barmaja, a major diversified business
group headquartered in KSA, has been
appointed an Infor alliance partner for
the region.
As an alliance partner, Saudi Bugshan
Barmaja will be deploying a range of
Infor solutions including Infor LN, Infor
CloudSuite Industrial, Infor CloudSuite
Retail, Infor CloudSuite Healthcare,
Infor CloudSuite HCM and Infor
EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)
solutions with an industry focus
around automotive, manufacturing,
distribution, retail, healthcare,
education and real estate.
Darryl Cox, Alliance Director, Infor
Middle East and Africa, said: “Saudi
Bugshan Barmaja is already a major Infor
customer and advocate of ours across
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the Middle East and Africa, rolling out a
modern suite of Infor solutions to help
transform its own business.
“We are now in a position to utilise the
breadth of their incredible resources and
skills across 10 countries, where they
will assist companies in their quest for
a digital future, by deploying the latest,
most modern, transformative solutions
from Infor.”
Hatem H. Bakheet, Saudi Bugshan
Barmaja CEO, said: “Saudi Bugshan has
immense, deep industry expertise across
a diverse set of industries.
H.E. Dr Abdullah Bin Sharaf Alghamdi,
President of Saudi Data and Artificial
Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), said: “AI
is playing a central role in the Digital
Transformation of all sectors of human activity,
from business and enterprise, to key national
industries, government and healthcare.
“AI is bringing us new insight and new
capabilities that is reshaping the world
around us. The Global AI Summit will
become an international platform to
discuss those changes and to understand
how AI technology can be utilised for the
benefit of all.”
The Global AI Summit will take place at the
King Abdul Aziz International Conference
Centre and Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Riyadh, on
March 30 to 31.
For more information, visit www.
theglobalaisummit.com
“We can bring tremendous industry
and market knowledge to companies
across the region, which combined with
the latest industry-specific, disruptive
solutions from Infor, is a market-leading
combination of strengths for the Middle
East and Africa region.”
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