Technology & IT | Sunday 17 May, 2015 12:34 am |

Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily) announced that it has joined the VMware vCloud Air Network as an Enterprise level Service Provider.
The VMware® vCloud Air™ Network provides organizations with VMware-based enterprise-class security and infrastructure compatibility, with the freedom to readily move workloads among private, public and hybrid clouds.

Using proven VMware technology customers already use in their existing data centers, VMware vCloud Air Network Service Providers can accelerate their business growth by offering customers trusted and secure public and hybrid cloud services.

As an Enterprise partner, VMware recognizes Mobily as a solution provider that can deliver comprehensive VMware solutions and services to customers on the journey to cloud computing. Mobily has demonstrated a broad range of expertise and the ability to best better serve their customers’ needs in data center, cloud and end-user computing solutions.

“We are pleased to announce this partnership with VMware, and we also endeavor to enhance our business advance solutions with the VMware Partner Network in order to keep the Saudi market updated with the latest technologies,” says Maziad Alharbi, Acting Chief Technology Officer, at Mobily. "The innovative spirit of Mobily drives the company to provide the Saudi market with state-of-the-art solutions, especially with the local market considered as one of the most sophisticated and dynamic ones in the region”.

“We welcome Mobily to the VMware vCloud Air Network, which enables customers to easily and securely extend their data centers to the cloud, using the same trusted infrastructure they’ve been using on-premises,” said Reeman AnsariGraham Crich, Director, Cloud and Service Provider Partners, EMEA, VMware. Managing Partner Organization, VMware Middle East and Northern Africa. “Since 2008, VMware has been working with the service provider community to provide customers with a simple and flexible path to the cloud, and we are pleased to have Mobily as a part of this global network.”

The VMware vCloud Air Network supports customers with increased service flexibility, greater options for global cloud services and the choice of local VMware vCloud Air Network Service Provider partners in more than 100 countries globally.