Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 52 | Page 19

NEWS Orange Egypt to build new data centre in Administrative Capital key technological hubs in Egypt and the African continent. Orange Egypt has been awarded with the contract to build and operate the data centre according to the latest international standards based on the company’s multinational expertise in providing innovative technologies and solutions in co-operation with key international players operating in the ICT sector. According to this agreement, Orange Egypt will provide the main infrastructure to establish and operate the data centre that will enable the Administrative Capital to exploit smart technologies to provide various services including but not limited to, providing IoT solutions, cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence platforms, Triple Play services (Internet – fixed phone – TV) and facility management utilities. The Administrative Capital for Urban Development has signed an agreement with Orange Egypt T he Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) has signed an agreement with Orange Egypt to build and operate the new administrative capital’s data centre and cloud computing platform. The data centre is an infrastructure milestone to establish the concept of the ‘smart capital’ and is considered to be one of the Eng Yasser Shaker, CEO and Managing Director of Orange Egypt, expressed his pleasure to co-operate with the Administrative Capital as it is one of the important milestones for the modern Egyptian state. Shaker added that Orange possesses the human and financial capabilities and expertise to manage this project in a timely effective manner in compliance with the latest international standards. ///////////////// Foodics chooses GetSwift to support delivery services F oodics, a leading cloud-based point of sale (POS) operator for restaurants in the Middle East, has selected GetSwift Limited as its exclusive logistics platform to power home delivery across the region. “Following an extensive review process, we are very pleased to partner with GetSwift as we broaden our services to include delivery,” said Saleh Al-Ghamdi, Channel and Partnerships Manager at Foodics, which operates in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. “GetSwift’s platform will immediately simplify the dispatching and order management processes, both of which will be critical as we continue to expand across the Middle East.” GetSwift provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to clients in the restaurant sector and many other industries to simplify deliveries by providing dispatching, order www.intelligentcio.com management and routing. The New York- based company also offers complementary services such as shift management to simplify worker scheduling and payroll. The agreement will enable Foodics to efficiently help existing and new clients add another revenue stream with its new delivery service supported by GetSwift. Foodics provides its clients, which include major restaurant chains, coffee shops, food trucks, pizzerias and bakeries with cloud-based POS software within a convenient iPad interface. Foodics, which has processed over one billion orders, currently offers POS services to clients at over 7,000 locations. n INTELLIGENTCIO 19