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THE CRITICALITY
OF CLOUD DATA
MANAGEMENT
As cloud providers ramp up their presence in the Middle East,
organisations are looking to utilise multi cloud models for
business benefits. But this presents new challenges. Claude
Schuck, Regional Manager, Middle East at Veeam, tells us
why organisations should act now to enable a strong digital
foundation, ensuring data is backed up and always available.
The advent of cloud, scale and hosted
pay-as-you-grow services are finally
upon us. The two major cloud
providers, Microsoft Azure and Amazon
Web Services (AWS) have put down large
investments and opened data centres in the
Middle East.
In June this year, Microsoft brought
online two United Arab Emirates (UAE)
regions – in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, enabling
government agencies and businesses to
comply with local regulations by providing
data residency in the UAE for its Azure and
Office 365 services. A little over a month
later at the end of July, AWS announced the
expansion of its global footprint with the
opening of the AWS Middle East (Bahrain)
Region. The announcement stated that
‘developers, start-ups and enterprises, as well
as government, education and non-profit
organisations can start using the new AWS
Middle East Region to run applications and
serve end-users across the Middle East.’
We are facing exciting times ahead with
the launch of these public cloud providers
in the Middle East, which will undoubtedly
provide an impetus for regional companies
to better integrate cloud into their strategies.
Organisations will be more comfortable
with consuming these services now that
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WE ARE FACING
EXCITING TIMES
AHEAD WITH THE
LAUNCH OF THESE
PUBLIC CLOUD
PROVIDERS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
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