G42 Cloud and Kyndryl collaborate to accelerate cloud adoption

G42 Cloud, the UAE-based cloud computing provider, has announced a strategic collaboration with the IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl.

Through this collaboration, the companies aim to accelerate the adoption of cloud in the UAE and the Middle East. The companies will also look to help drive IT and business reinvention for customers through the combination of G42’s cloud solutions and Kyndryl’s IT infrastructure services. Both companies will ensure alignment of their respective capabilities, expertise and resources that will facilitate solution planning and execution.

The collaboration was formalised at a signing ceremony by Talal Al Kaissi, CEO of G42 Cloud and Vickram Nagi, managing director, Kyndryl Middle East, Africa and Turkey, and in the presence of Thomas Bruns, regional senior commercial officer for the Gulf and Commercial Counselor, US Embassy as well as other delegates from G42 Cloud and Kyndryl.

G42 Cloud’s base of customers include government, healthcare, energy, sports, finance and more. Under the collaboration, Kyndryl will be able to support these existing and new customers to help migrate, manage and modernise their complex, mission-critical workloads on G42 Cloud infrastructure.

Al Kaissi, said: “As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, cloud and digitisation services are in greater demand in the UAE and across the region. This new collaboration with a global leader in IT infrastructure services like Kyndryl presents us with the opportunity to better support our existing and new customers as they transform their businesses to achieve superior performance and resilience.”

“Digital transformation is at the top of every organisation’s agenda and we are excited to embark on this journey with G42 Cloud and work together to help customers achieve their business transformation goals,” said Nagi. “This collaboration also reaffirms our commitment to forging strategic collaborations with technology leaders to better serve our customers in the region and globally.”

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