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UAE Freezones Biz News Updates
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Dubai’s Port, Customs and Free Zone Corporation collaborates with IBM to
launch cloud disaster recovery service
 Amr Refaat,
IBM Middle East and Pakistan, and Juma Al Ghaith, Dubai Customs. — Courtesy
photo
IBM and Dubai’s Port, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC),
and its technical arm, DUTECH, Wednesday announced an agreement to launch a
cloud-based disaster recovery service in Dubai. As part of the agreement,
IBM will implement an IBM Cloud-based Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
solution at DUTECH’s data center. The new service will provide organizations
in Dubai with cloud-based business continuity capabilities and faster
disaster recovery of critical IT systems and the ability to store its data
in-country.
PCFC is a leading global trade and logistics enabler and a government of
Dubai corporation, which facilitates the advancement of trade and logistics
in Dubai. The new service will enable PCFC entities and other government
agencies as well as private businesses in Dubai, and potentially, the
region, to benefit from a cloud-based disaster recovery as a service. This
will help protect them against data loss from their own servers or from
other cloud services, and can maintain readiness, without the need to invest
in physical space or stand-by hardware.
The service will also provide the replication of critical applications,
infrastructure, data and systems to the IBM Cloud-based DRaaS environment,
enabling recovery from an IT outage within minutes.
The resiliency team will monitor developing disaster events 247 and ensure
that the clients’ infrastructure is equipped to keep data, applications and
transactions secure from threats. The service will also enable customers to
adjust their resiliency strategies based on specific requirements.
“IT disruptions are inevitable and they can stem from a number of sources.
Whether it’s natural disaster, human error or unplanned downtime or outage,
all these risks are surrounding businesses today,” said Sultan Bin Sulayem,
DP World Group chairman and CEO and chairman of PCFC. “The new service that
we are launching in collaboration with IBM can protect organizations from
considerable financial loss as well as irreparable damage from brand
reputation. It’s very important to keep abreast of technological
advancements in order not only to survive but to thrive and stand out in
today’s market. We are embracing this service to sustain and protect the
data of our clients and to help other organizations do the same in
fulfillment of UAE leading and ambitious plans including Dubai 10X and UAE
Centennial 2071 following the vision of our country’s wise leadership.”
According to MarketsandMarkets, the DRaaS market size in the Middle East is
expected to see huge growth during the forecast period 2016 to 2021 with a
compound annual growth rate of 44.8%. The Middle East region is experiencing
significant adoption of DRaaS with increasing number of cyber-attacks and
threat of data loss. The major factors driving the adoption of DRaaS in
Middle East comprises security breaches, software failures, hardware
failures, and power outage.
“It is important for organizations to always stay one step ahead of any
potential internal or external threats,” said Juma Al Ghaith, executive
director of Customs Development Division at Dubai Customs. “Through the new
service, organizations will benefit from faster detection and removal of
vulnerabilities as well as speedier data recovery and reduced downtime.”
“In today’s “always-on” world, IBM offerings like DRaaS and Cloud Resiliency
Orchestration are built to simplify and automate the disaster recovery
process, increase workflow efficiency, and reduce risk, cost, and system
testing time,” said Amr Refaat, general manager, IBM Middle East and
Pakistan. “This new service underscores IBM’s expanding business continuity
and resiliency services portfolio.”
Jan 24, 2018 |
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Courtesy SAUDIGAZETTE.COM.SA
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