Cloud is driving business transformation. Be it public or private or multi-cloud, it has become the platform of choice for enterprise applications today. The pandemic has boosted cloud acceptance and adoption in the Middle East and has become technology of choice for business transformation initiatives.
The region’s outstanding cloud projects, service provider and vendors were recgonised by CXO Insight ME at the second edition of the Cloud Connect Conference and Awards.
The event was kicked off by Saad Ouchkir, head of customer engineering META at Google Cloud, who spoke about how to unlock innovation with Google Transformation Cloud. “We strive to be the trusted innovation partner of our customers and accelerate their digital transformation. We partner closely with organisations to help them become the best tech company in their industry.”, he said.
This was followed by a panel discussion on why multi-cloud is a must-have for enterprises, featuring: Rahul Saraswat, cloud business unit head at Citrus consulting services; Aliasgar Dohadwala, CEO of Visiontech; Nader Baghdadi, senior regional director, Colortokens; and Arthur Dell, technology leader, Veritas.
Complete list of winners:
END USER AWARDS
| AW Rostamani Group | Sebastian Samuel |
| Galadari Brothers Group | Manish Bindra |
| Al Yousuf Group | Fayaz Ahamed Badubhai |
| African + Eastern | Santhosh Thomas |
| Gulftainer | Vinay Sharma |
| RAKBANK | Tushar Vartak |
| Government of Sharjah – Department of Finance | Bader Zyouud |
| ZULEKHA HOSPITAL | Aliasgar Bohari |
| Ittihad International Investment LLC | Gigi Mathew Thomas |
| Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group | Rajesh Vikraman |
| Metito Overseas | Arnab Debroy |
| Class Hotel Apartments | Sabin Subramannian |
VENDOR AND SERVICE PROVIDER AWARDS
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Best public cloid services provider |
| Google Cloud | Best cloud for transformation |
| IBM | Best hybrid cloud provider |
| Salesforce | Best cloud CRM vendor |
| Cloudflare | Best cloud security vendor |
| Kyndryl | Best managed cloud services provider |
| Nutanix | Best cloud infrastructure vendor |
| Riverbed Technology | Best cloud accelerator vendor |
| D-Link Middle East and Africa | Best cloud networking vendor |
| Infinite Blue | Best cloud BC vendor |
| ServiceNow | Best cloud digital workflows platform |
