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MARKET MOVEMENT
Batelco signs partnership agreement with Dilmunia Mall Development Company to provide advanced ICT solutions

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed a partnership agreement with Dilmunia Mall Development Company.

Batelco was appointed by Dilmunia Mall Development Company to provide integrated ICT solutions for the Mall of Dilmunia.
The agreement was signed by Batelco Bahrain Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Bubashait, and Dilmunia Mall Development Company Chairman, Shaikh Khalid bin Mohamed-Al Khalifa, at the Dilmunia Mall Development Company headquarters in the presence of officials from both companies. Under this agreement, Batelco
Batelco Bahrain CEO, Mohamed Bubashait, and Dilmunia Mall Development Company Chairman, Shaikh Khalid bin Mohamed-Al Khalifa will provide cutting-edge ICT solutions, including the most advanced network, digital solutions, security solutions, WI-FI and mall management solutions.
Bubashait said that Batelco is proud of this partnership, which is in line with the company’ s commitment to provide unmatched digital solutions, as well as Batelco’ s strategic mission to support the growth of various sectors and projects in the kingdom, which ultimately supports the kingdom’ s national economy.
“ Over the years, Batelco has successfully established solid working relationships with a number of leading companies in the kingdom and has always been and continues to be keen on providing the best products and services that meet customer expectations,” said Bubashait.
Commenting on this occasion, Dilmunia Mall Development Company Chairman Shaikh Khalid bin Mohamed-Al Khalifa, added:“ We as the management of the mall have endeavoured to provide solutions that meet the technological advancement in the market.”
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Hosting DataFort acquires LiveRoute to build Microsoft Cloud competency

eHosting DataFort( eHDF), a leading cloud infrastructure, managed hosting and security services provider, has announced that it has acquired LiveRoute, a leading cloud solutions provider in the Middle East.

Yasser Zeineldin, CEO of eHDF and GM of LiveRoute
This acquisition is aligned with eHDF’ s strategy to accelerate the growth of its cloud business and strengthen its portfolio by including LiveRoute’ s public cloud offerings based on Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft SharePoint.
The strategic acquisition will also allow eHDF to provide managed services to customers having distributed workloads which could be hosted either on-premise, public cloud hosted internationally or on a locally hosted data centre within the UAE.
LiveRoute, established in 2008, has grown significantly over the last decade with an impressive list of customers from different industry verticals. As a Microsoft Gold partner, LiveRoute provides customers consultancy, design, cloud deployment, migration and support services to transition them smoothly to the cloud. Apart from providing Office 365 and SharePoint, the
The strategic acquisition will also allow eHDF to provide managed services to customers having distributed workloads.
company also expanded its services to include Microsoft Azure.
“ By acquiring LiveRoute, eHDF will gain access to key end-users who are making progress in their cloud journeys and focusing on Microsoft application workloads. LiveRoute, on the other hand, will gain access to key infrastructure services offered by eHDF, such as hosting, managed security services, disaster recovery, among others,” said Yasser Zeineldin, CEO of eHosting DataFort and General Manager of LiveRoute. •
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