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SAP is The Saudi Arabia’s First Level-3 Cloud Service Provider
• YouGov: 59 Percent of Saudi Organizations Increased
Cloud Spend Over Past Year
• SABIC and Red Sea Development Project Digitally
Transform on SAP Cloud Data Center
today announced that the Communications and Information
Technology Commission (CITC) has awarded the global
software manufacturer as a Level 3 cloud service provider (CSP).
Level 3 certificates offer the highest level of operations
compared to Level 1 and 2 certificates, giving organizations
greater confidence in embracing the cloud. Public cloud is
vital in Saudi Arabia where organizations, especially the
government and public sector, are ramping up their cloud
investment.
For example, one recent YouGov survey shows that most
Saudi organizations have increased their cloud spend over
the past year (59 percent).and are comfortable on the
public cloud (66 percent).
SABIC, a global leader in petrochemicals headquartered in
Riyadh, has digitally transformed 24 human resources
processes with SAP SuccessFactors running on the SAP
cloud data center. The company’s human resources digital
transformation on SAP’s cloud data center is uniting legacy
processes to deliver personalized, authentic, and unified
experiences for more than 35,000 employees across more
than 40 countries.
The Red Sea Development Project, which aims to become
one of the world’s most ambitious tourism and hospitality
projects, has also digitally transformed on SAP’s cloud data
center. The enterprise now has the most advanced cloud
services and real-time insights to integrate customer and
operational experiences, to ensure strict data security to
meet government standards, and to scale up as the
development grows.
“Receiving Level 3 certificate underlines our investment in
secure and scalable infrastructure to support Saudi Vision
2030 and allows the public sector to embrace the business
benefits of the public cloud,” said Ahmed Al-Faifi, Senior
Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Middle East
North. “SABIC and the Red Sea Development Project show
how Intelligent Enterprises can digitally transform on our
cloud data center to transform employee and customer
experiences, drive business competitiveness, and scale up
for the future.”
Level 3 certification includes ISO 9001/2015 for large
enterprises, ISO/IECs 27001, 27017, and 27018 for
individuals and small- and medium-sized enterprises, and
Cloud Security Alliance STAR Certificate. Additional
technical features ensure high availability, flexible
scalability, strict security, and sustainability.
The SAP Cloud Data Center is part of the company’s
ongoing 4-year SAR 285 million Saudi investment plan.
Among the stronger indicators for the demand for the SAP
cloud data center is that 92 percent of Saudi organizations
say it is “important” to keep data in-country, according to a
recent YouGov survey.
On SAP’s cloud data center, Saudi organizations can adopt a
wide range of digital business solutions, including Analytics
Cloud; Ariba; Cloud Platform; Cloud for Customer;
Commerce Cloud; Enable Now; Integrated Business
Planning; Marketing Cloud; S4/HANA Cloud; and
SuccessFactors.
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