Arun ShankarZain Kuwait, a digital service provider in the country, announced a strategic partnership with Cisco to deliver secure, cloud-based, managed network solutions to enterprises of all sizes in Kuwait. This partnership aims at empowering a more efficient enterprise sector in Kuwait in alignment with the country’s National Development Plan: New Kuwait 2035.
Zain will provide enterprise customers in Kuwait innovative and smart solutions, powered by Cisco Meraki, that can deliver secure, high-performance network experiences. The solutions cater to businesses of all sizes, allowing them to manage their IT infrastructure from the cloud through an intuitive, web-based dashboard. The solutions also promise faster time to market and better end-user experience, while helping to reduce operational costs and create new revenue streams through Wi-Fi and network monetisation.
For instance, the Wi-Fi solution has a feature-rich, easy-to-use dashboard that allows customers to centrally manage their Wi-Fi infrastructure at multiple locations and gain visibility into network users, devices and applications. Armed with rich, location-based analytics, administrators will be able to quickly create access control and application usage policies, optimising both the end-user experience and network security, all from a single portal.
Eaman Al Roudhan, Chief Executive Officer of Zain Kuwait, commented: “At Zain, we are committed to further expanding our partnership ecosystem with global technology leaders like Cisco to empower a more efficient enterprise sector in Kuwait. Enterprises are the backbone that drives Kuwait’s economic progress, and our partnership to offer them Cisco Meraki’s smart solutions comes in line with our capabilities as an active partner in achieving the goals of the Kuwait National Development Plan. Zain’s strategy is centered around digital transformation leadership and, by signing this partnership, we reaffirm our commitment to meet our enterprise customers’ aspirations, and deliver on our promise of unlocking opportunities and offering unrivalled services and latest technologies.”
“As Kuwait accelerates its digital transformation initiatives, the proliferation of mobile devices and heightening user expectations are forcing businesses to rethink their network requirements, especially for Wi-Fi. Cisco Meraki’s simplified, powerful cloud-managed technology will allow Zain to fulfil the wireless requirements of SMBs and enterprises in Kuwait, and offer them the intelligence to help grow their businesses. With this innovative, wireless, cloud-managed network solution, Zain will be able to solve networking and business enablement challenges for their customers,” concluded Ali Amer, Managing Director, Global Service Provider Sales, Cisco Middle East and Africa.
Key takeaways
- The Wi-Fi solution has easy-to-use dashboard that allows customers to centrally manage their Wi-Fi infrastructure at multiple locations and gain visibility into network users, devices, applications.
- Zain will provide enterprise customers in Kuwait, smart solutions powered by Cisco Meraki, that can deliver secure, high-performance network experiences.
- The solution allows them to manage their IT infrastructure from the cloud through an intuitive, web-based dashboard.
- The solutions help to reduce operational costs and create new revenue streams through Wi-Fi and network monetisation.
