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COUNTRY FOCUS: KSA the university with a clear long-term solution roadmap. “Several members of our IT team were already aware of and have used Riverbed’s solutions. This gives us added confidence, as we have first-hand experience of the rich features and capabilities of Riverbed’s portfolio,” said Serajuddin. Riverbed’s solutions will serve to replace the complex mix of siloed technologies that were limiting the university’s ability to gain full visibility across its entire network – a shortcoming that introduced complexity, increased licensing costs and translated to difficulties in identifying the root cause of network performance issues. The deployment is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2020. Moueen Zahreddine, Regional Sales Director MENA, at Riverbed, said: “Saudi Arabia is an important market for Riverbed in the Middle East and our objectives are fully in line with the Kingdom’s vision in all its dimensions. Riverbed will continue to work hard and invest with enterprise customers across higher education and other verticals to help enable economic transformation under the Saudi Vision 2030, and to enable organisations to maximise performance and visibility across networks and applications. We are proud to support KAUST in its Digital Transformation strategy and the addition of this reputable university to our customer- Abdulmajeed Serajuddin, Director of IT Operations at KAUST base stands as a testament to the great strides we have been making in establishing www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 49