Manama: Kalaam Telecom, Bahrain’s second largest telecommunications provider for corporates, and Microsoft have announced joint plans to deliver software and cloud experiences to enterprises.
Kalaam said in a statement yesterday it can now offer a variety of cloud computing services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) over its highly-reliable, redundant and self-healing telecom services to have seamless connectivity to Microsoft Azure.
“This collaboration offers a variety of Microsoft services to enterprises, such as access to Microsoft software, third-party software, business transaction services, web hosting and streaming media services and line-of-business applications,” said Kalaam Telecom chief executive Veer Passi.
Microsoft Bahrain and Oman general manager Sherif Tawfik said partnering with Kalaam Telecom, the company would provide Bahrain’s enterprises with Microsoft cloud computing services which have been designed to accelerate innovation across teams and skill sets, with integrated intelligence that powers business insights, leverages open and on-premises technologies, and provides industry-leading security.
According to Kalaam Telecom’s commercial head Srinivasan Arumugam, enterprises from around the world are using the cloud in incredible ways to accelerate and transform their business.
“We are excited to be working closely with Microsoft to offer tremendous value addition to enterprises to run the entire business efficiently at less expense,” he added.
“As demonstrated by this partnership with Microsoft, Kalaam is seeking to build sustainable, long-term partnerships with global technology leaders, with the ultimate goal of providing tools and technology that helps to grow business without any limitations.
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