Ajman Digital Government (ADG) and Microsoft United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum of understanding to support and accelerate the process of digital transformation in the Emirate of Ajman at GITEX Technology Week 2019.
The agreement will see Microsoft support the Ajman e-Government goal. Helping ADG deliver solutions that increase government efficiency and productivity to citizens.
Director-General of the Ajman Digital Government, Ohoud Shehail, signed the agreement with Sayed Hashish, General Manager, Microsoft UAE. The signing took place at the government of Ajman booth at GITEX 2019.
A roadmap on how to leverage Microsoft expertise and solutions will be developed Ohoud Shehail says.
Avaya and Microsoft announce partnership at GITEX 2019
Ahmed Helmy, International CTO Avaya at GITEX 2019
Avaya and Microsoft are partnering to offer Contact Center as a Service solutions to businesses in the Arab Gulf region. The companies announce the partnership at the ongoing GITEX Technology Week 2019 event in Dubai.
The collaboration will see Avaya’s contact centre services hosted on Microsoft’s Azure cloud datacenters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Avaya IX-CC, Contact Center as a Service platform will be available to customers initially in the Arab Gulf region. With plans to expand the service to other Azure global regions in the future. The service is expected to be available H1 2020 with voice capabilities, followed by omnichannel features later in the year.
Ahmed Helmy, International CTO Avaya and Sherif Tawfik, Microsoft UAE Executive Director, Channel, Alliances, Startups and SMEs spoke to the media at the Avaya booth at GITEX 2019 about the partnership.
About the Partnership
Sherif Tawfik shares Microsoft has received amazing response from customers since cloud datacenter launch in the region. “they now can accelerate their digital transformation journey in the region“. We want to have relevant solutions and services working on our cloud, he continues.
“Microsoft now has the opportunity through our marketplace to offer enterprise-grade CCaaS solutions to businesses of any size delivered through Avaya and running on our Azure cloud. At Microsoft, it is our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Every application that makes its home in our intelligent cloud takes us a step more down that road.”
Our partnership with Microsoft allows us to expand our services on a cloud-based microservices architecture and platform Ahmed Helmy shares. Giving our customers the flexibility in deployment they have come to expect from our brand. This will help us offer our contact center services to the gulf region. And help us build the right reference to architecture to offer our services in other regions globally.”
Microsoft announces the appointment of Alaeddine Karim as country manager of its operations in Kuwait. Karim will lead the company’s efforts in driving digital transformation agendas among public and private organizations in Kuwait.
The new country manager will engage with customers to digitally empower employees, optimize operations and transform business models.
Karim Alaeddine believes in technology’s role in transforming lives and the impact it has on the economy and society. He shares on plans to help Kuwait achieve its vision 2035 goals.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every organization and individual to achieve more. We have a longstanding commitment towards the growth and prosperity of Kuwait.
Technology is at the heart of this effort. As we believe that digital transformation powered by the intelligent cloud has extraordinary gains to offer every industry.
With Microsoft’s breadth of innovations coupled with our expertise; I look forward to working closely with our customers on their ambitions and transform Kuwait into a leading regional financial, cultural and institutional leader, in line with New Kuwait Vision 2035.
EdTech company Alef Education, is collaborating with Microsoft to drive a better learning and classroom experience in the gulf region.
signing of MoU
The companies signed a MoU that will see Alef integrate its learning platform with Microsoft Office 365 and Teams. As well as have its platform run on the middle east Microsoft Azure datacenter.
Microsoft says the partnership sets out a framework for collaboration and the implementation of product and services. Both companies will work on a roadmap for development, case studies and training programs. To support Alef Education’s innovative digital learning program regionally and to scale the solutions globally.
Sayed Hashish, Microsoft UAE General Manager signed the MoU on behalf of Microsoft. He said in preparing the young for the new global digital economy, teachers will need the latest tools to bring the classroom to life.
“Our work with Alef Education will allow their platform to empower educators to achieve more through the intelligent cloud. Students will be equipped with skill to go out into the world to be innovators, job creators and economy builders.”
The collaboration will focus on empowering students, teachers and school leaders. To experience a seamless interaction between the Alef platform and Microsoft product and services, Microsoft says.
Our strategic partnership with Microsoft will provide our learners and teachers with leading edge technology. Alef Education CEO Geoffrey Alphonso, shared.
He also added;
“with an established technology giant like Microsoft, we feel that this is just the beginning to providing complementary technology tools and hardware that will unify and enhance the user experience for our learner ecosystem. We are looking forward to collaborate and join forces on other fronts that relate to AI, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Educational Research.”
We are listing open Microsoft Interns4Afrika initiative positions available in Jordan.
Microsoft 4Afrika‘s internship initiative provides real employment opportunities to talented young professionals in Sales, Marketing and IT Technical Support tracks. A response to demand from its software distribution and development partners across Africa and the Middle East.
Do you live in Jordan? Get to be a Technical Support, Sales or Marketing intern. Microsoft’s Intern4Afrika initiative will offer the intern a unique experience with a dynamic and agile technology organization.
You will get the opportunity to work for 6 months with a Microsoft partner organization on real projects. Get to collaborate and learn from your colleagues.
“You can also get to be hired by the firm depending on your performance and if you are interested in being hired after the internship program” a participant shared.
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Microsoft in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Smart Solution Services Authority (ADSSSA) host Innovation Summit.
An event that brought together innovators, business leader and IT decision makers. Conversations on the day centered on using Artificial Intelligence, hybrid cloud, data management and compliance. To drive digital transformation and promote economic development across the emirate.
Microsoft held break out sessions to expound on solutions such as Office of the Future with Microsoft 365, Transforming Government Services with AI, Data Centre Modernization with Azure and Hybrid Cloud in the Government Sector. There was an exhibition area where Microsoft and Microsoft partners showcased innovations.
