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BT has launched Cloud Compute service in Saudi Arabia to help customers reap the benefits of cloud computing and meet regulatory demands.
BT Cloud Compute helps CIOs build powerful ‘pay as you go’ cloud solutions with high levels of quality, security and service delivered from BT. The service is available in 18 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific.
It is currently used by companies spanning many industry sectors. BT Cloud Compute is already allowing life sciences companies to collaborate globally on crucial research and development projects to improve their speed to market. A leading international law firm is using BT Cloud Compute with web-based information sharing tools to provide clients with fast access to legal and market know-how across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
By extending Cloud Compute to Saudi Arabia, BT will further improve the service for its local customers and help them comply with regulatory requirements by giving them control over where to host sensitive data.
Wael El-Kabbany, managing director, Middle East and North Africa, BT Global Services, said, “The challenge for today’s companies is to act quickly and in a secure way. BT Cloud Compute is about much more than technology; it’s about the reliable, trusted, assured service we offer. Cloud Compute delivers more speed and agility, Cloud flexibility and scalability, enhanced service levels, greater environmental efficiency, enterprise class security and less risk. Our customers appreciate in particular BT’s combination of global reach and local presence.”
