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Jordan based Estarta Solutions to provide professional services on behalf of Nutanix

Mutaz Nabulsi ( L ) and Nemanja Damljanovic
Mutaz Nabulsi , CEO at Estarta says , “ This relationship is critical for our business since it will allow for many opportunities to provide our customers with the highest quality cloud solutions and services .”

Nutanix signed a Master Services Agreement , with Estarta Solutions , enabling the ICT specialist to offer professional services on behalf of the cloud vendor . As part of the partnership , Estarta engineers will be supporting Nutanix ’ s customers on sites in the EMEA region , helping enhance customers ’ hybrid cloud journey experience .

Nemanja Damljanovic , Inside Services Sales Manager at Nutanix comments , “ We look forward to teaming up with Estarta to extend our bench of highly skilled consultants and architects who have proven experience in helping customers minimise risks associated with typical hybrid-cloud pain-points , while providing our customers with best-inclass outcomes aimed at addressing real business challenges .”
Estarta will help execute on Nutanix Xpert Services organisation ’ s mission , to create business value for customers by guiding their cloud transformation and helping them solve complex challenges in their journey to hybrid cloud . The partnership is anticipated to open new business prospects which align with the Nutanix vision to delight customers with a simple , open , hybrid multi-cloud software platform to build , run , and manage any application while focusing on business outcomes .
Estarta , established in Jordan in 1991 , is an ICT , information and communication technologies business . With more than 30 years in the business , Estarta has established itself as a reliable partner for businesses in a range of industries , including government , telecommunications , and finance , by offering cutting-edge solutions to assist them in achieving their goals . Software development , digital transformation , cybersecurity , and managed services are all part of Estarta ’ s service offering .

Beyon announces $ 250M investment in Data Oasis , datacentre , regional cable

Beyon announced a major investment of $ 250M in state-of-the-art digital infrastructure helping to support the acceleration of Bahrain ’ s digital transformation and the growth of the country ’ s digital economy , in a press conference attended by Beyon Chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa .

Beyon is developing Bahrain ’ s biggest and most advanced datacentre that will be located within Beyon Data Oasis in the south of Bahrain .
utilise clean power technologies provided by the Company ’ s Solar Park , aligning with its sustainability plans to increase alternative power sources .
Beyon CEO Mikkel Vinter announced that Batelco , part of the Beyon group , has joined the SEA-ME-WE 6 , Southeast Asia , Middle East and Western Europe consortium , which is building a 21,700 km-long undersea telecommunications cable system connecting Bahrain with 14 other countries . heavily used routes connecting the Middle East towards Europe and Asia .
Additionally , Batelco is investing to build a regional subsea cable , the Al Khaleej Cable which the company will fully own , enhancing the region ’ s data exchange . Beyon ’ s CEO also announced Data Oasis , which will be the biggest technology hub in Bahrain and includes a newly built advanced datacentre for the Company . p
Beyon Data Oasis will incorporate the SEA- ME-WE 6 and the Al Khaleej cables into the datacentre , therefore enabling hyperscalers and businesses to access seamless integrated solutions and helping to strengthen Bahrain ’ s position as a regional technology hub .
The SEA-ME-WE 6 cable system , offering one of the lowest latencies available between the Middle East , Southeast Asia and Western Europe will significantly boost Beyon ’ s global network infrastructure . SEA-ME-WE 6 will have the capability of transferring more than 100 terabits per second .
Furthermore , the new datacentre will feature multiple Megawatt power capacity and
The new subsea cable will create a layer of network diversity and resilience for the
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