Saudi Telecom Company Selected Commvault

Commvault Systems, Inc., announced an agreement with Saudi Telecom Company (STC), to deliver a backup-as-a-service solution, utilising the STC cloud environment.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement, was signed at GITEX, to collaborate on the cloud solutions targeting public sector and enterprises in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

GITEX is one of the largest technology events in the world, with more than 140,000 attendees from across the globe. Taking place in Dubai in United Arab Emirates, the event is the biggest gathering of technology organisations, influencers and professionals in the region.

STC is a service provider within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with more than 32 million customers in that market. It has a long history in embracing the latest technology for services. This solution continues this tradition, helping customers to realise the value of their data, while minimising complexity and cost.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is witnessing growth, with huge potential for cloud adoption and backup as a service implementations. Through this cooperation with Commvault, we will be able to offer the best data management solutions available in the market to our customers,” said Dr. Tarig M. Enaya, SVP, STC enterprise business unit.

“This agreement, with an internationally recognised solutions leader like STC, represents a huge milestone for Commvault. We see big opportunities for better data management as-a-service for hybrid, public and private cloud environments across the region, and we believe that agreements like this will help further promote the implementation of these secure and effective solutions,” said Bassam Hemdan, area VP, Commvault Middle East, South Africa and Turkey.