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Mannai Information Technology and Oracle expand collaboration in Saudi Arabia
Mannai Information Technology and Oracle have announced the expansion of their nearly four decade long strategic relationship with Mannai into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, combining Oracle technology and cloud capabilities with Mannai’ s regional experience in implementation and enterprise technology projects.
“ Our relationship with Oracle has evolved over many years, built on a shared commitment to helping organisations transform through technology,” said Binu M. R., Senior Vice President, Digital Transformation and Intelligent Platforms, Mannai Information Technology.“ Expanding this relationship into Saudi Arabia is a strategically important step for Mannai. The Kingdom is shaping one of the world’ s most ambitious transformation agendas, and we are committed to bringing our regional experience, delivery capabilities and global technology relationships closer to customers in Saudi Arabia.”
Through this expanded collaboration, Mannai and Oracle will support organisations across enterprise applications, cloud transformation, artificial intelligence, data and analytics, automation, and other emerging technologies. The collaboration will serve organisations across the public and private sectors and help them strengthen operational resilience, support stronger decision-making, and derive greater value from their technology investments.
“ Oracle works closely with its partner ecosystem to help customers adopt technology that supports their business and transformation priorities,” said Ashraf Jarad, Senior Director, Alliances, Middle East and Africa, Oracle.“ Mannai’ s expanded presence in Saudi Arabia brings additional regional experience and delivery capabilities to help support Oracle customers in the Kingdom.”
Vertiv partners with Pinnacle ICT to expand SADC presence
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, has announced a distribution partnership with Pinnacle ICT, extending the availability of its power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions across the Southern African Development Community( SADC) region.
The partnership will expand access to Vertiv’ s portfolio through Pinnacle ICT’ s channel network and technical capabilities, addressing growing demand for infrastructure supporting AI, cloud, edge computing and wider digital transformation initiatives.
“ Our distribution partnership with Pinnacle ICT extends the reach of Vertiv’ s portfolio through a well-established channel organisation with the technical expertise, market presence and partner ecosystem needed to help customers across the region to enable current and future digitalisation needs,” said Henry Myburgh, senior regional account manager: Southern Africa at Vertiv.
The agreement covers traditional channel partners, systems integrators, managed service providers and enterprise customers. Selected Vertiv solutions will also be made available through online retail channels for organisations seeking rapid procurement of standard infrastructure products.
According to Richard Lace, business unit manager at Pinnacle ICT, the partnership is a natural extension of the company’ s long-term strategy to develop a comprehensive enterprise technology portfolio across the region.
In addition to access to Vertiv’ s portfolio, customers will benefit from Pinnacle ICT’ s value-added distribution capabilities, including pre-sales consulting, infrastructure design, solution architecture, product sizing, technical enablement, logistics and ongoing channel support.
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