NEWS
Lenovo officially opens Middle East, Türkiye and Africa regional headquarters in Riyadh
Lenovo has announced the official opening of its Middle East,
Türkiye and Africa( META) Regional Headquarters in Riyadh( RHQ), marking a strategic milestone in its long-term investment in the Kingdom and commitment to Saudi Arabia’ s Vision 2030.
The opening was marked by a formal ceremony attended by His Excellency Fahad bin Abduljalil Al-Saif, Minister of Investment, alongside senior officials, partners and Lenovo leaders.
“ Lenovo’ s decision to establish its Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Regional Headquarters in Riyadh reflects the strength of the Kingdom’ s partnership with leading global technology companies and the effectiveness of the Regional Headquarters Programme,” he said.
“ Lenovo’ s continued investments in advanced manufacturing, supply chain localisation, talent development and regional operations demonstrate strong confidence in Saudi Arabia as a long-term base for innovation and growth and contribute directly to our Vision 2030 objectives of building a competitive, diversified and export-oriented economy.”
The RHQ will serve as Lenovo’ s central hub for regional strategy and operations across META, strengthening its ability to support customers, partners and innovation across the region.
Tareq Alangari, Senior Vice President and President of Lenovo Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, said:“ The opening of our META Regional Headquarters in Riyadh is a proud moment for Lenovo and a clear statement of our long-term commitment to Saudi Arabia.”
Ooredoo and DE-CIX connect Doha IX to DE-CIX Marseille
Ooredoo and DE-CIX are accelerating the development of Doha IX. Operated by one of Qatar’ s leading telecommunications providers and powered by a leading Internet Exchange operator, Doha IX now enables connected networks not only to exchange data directly with almost 120 networks in the French city, but also remotely with almost 1,100 networks connected to DE-CIX Frankfurt.
The interconnection between the Middle Eastern and European exchanges enables carriers from the Gulf region to access cloud and connectivity services not yet available locally in Qatar.
Since its launch in October last year, Doha IX has been operated under the DE-CIX as a Service model and is hosted in Ooredoo’ s state-of-the-art data centre. Networks can interconnect directly – both locally and remotely through Marseille – with hyperscalers, cloud providers and Internet Service Providers( ISPs), improving resilience for cloud connectivity.
With the DE-CIX service DirectCLOUD already available at Doha IX, leading cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, IBM Cloud and Alibaba Cloud can now be reached in a dedicated and private manner.
“ The direct interconnection between the IXs in Doha and Marseille brings the world closer together. By providing even better performance and user experience for Internet-based content and applications, our collaboration with Ooredoo opens new opportunities for Qatar’ s digital economy,” said Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX. •
12
INTELLIGENT CIO MIDDLE EAST www. intelligentcio. com