EMC Egypt and Etisalat Misr announced an IT project to create an agile and efficient foundation for rapid business and customer growth.
The telecommunications giant has deployed the EMC Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution together with EMC ViPR Controller software-defined storage and VMware vCloud Automation Center Suite to drive automation and self-provisioning capabilities to enhance service delivery across multiple lines of business.
“At Etisalat Misr, we believe that a strong IT backbone remains critical to our ability to innovate to introduce new offerings and better meet the needs our consumers. The Combination of EMC Hybrid Cloud Solution, ViPR Controller, VNX-F and the VMware vCloud Automation Center Suite enables us to build a foundation to manage future storage and application growth while enabling new automation and auto provisioning capabilities to optimize costs and the use of resources. The new transformative infrastructure is a step forward in Etisalat Misr’s mission to redefine the future of telecommunications services in Egypt,” said Khalid Al Mansouri, Chief Information Officer, Etisalat Misr.
Senior Business and IT consultants from EMC Global Services helped define the right cloud vision for Etisalat through providing a cloud strategy that met the specific needs of the business, understanding the current IT capabilities, and rate of change the IT organization could sustain.
“We are proud to announce this revolutionary project with Etisalat Misr that leverages the power of EMC Federation Technologies to create a hyper scale cloud storage infrastructure that redefines the economic benefits of cloud storage. Etisalat Misr’s drive to achieve an IT-as-a-Service Environment built on the EMC Hybrid Cloud Solution is an outstanding industry practice that highlights how service providers and enterprises stand to gain immense value from balancing the performance, security and compliance capabilities of the private cloud with the agility and cost benefits of a public cloud. We look forward to continuing to work with Etisalat Misr on their journey to the third platform to breed innovation and service excellence for customers,” commented Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice President, EMC Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
