BIOS Blog

• DUBAI, UAE, August 28, 2018
  
  BIOS Middle East, the Middle East's largest cloud provider with its in region cloud, CloudHPT is pleased to announce, that it has been named by Gartner Inc. in the 2018 "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service" for the second year in a row.
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  BIOS Middle East, which leverages its in-region cloud, CloudHPT, to deliver its Assured Recovery Services was just one of 10 vendors globally (reduced from 23 in 2017) included in this year's list and was once again the only company from the Middle East.
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  In the Magic Quadrant for this market sector, Gartner analysts evaluated 10 service providers that offer Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision.
  

Now that your organisation is VAT-ready, you might want to think about getting up to snuff regarding some other common standards. Many clients look for organizations that meet specific professional standards regarding how client information and in-house processes are managed. And they don’t want to just take your word for it, they need proof.

Globally some of the key certifications include ISO 9001/ISO 27001. These certifications mark your organization as worthy of trust, as certified by a third party. 

There’s a growing need for organizations to be certified under one or both of these compliance standards, but getting certified is difficult, expensive and time-consuming.

BIOS Middle East is delighted to announce that once again we have been recertified as a Cisco Gold Partner and have passed the focused audit for our Cloud and Managed Services. As one of only 15 Cisco Gold Partners in the UAE, BIOS renews its exclusive status which is renowned for being the highest possible level of accreditation with Cisco. The status recognises BIOS’ ability to sell, install and support Cisco solutions. The certification is judged on factors including personnel, support and specialisation.

Speaking of the recertification, BIOS’ Managing Director, Dominic Docherty said, “Here at BIOS we pride ourselves on employing exceptional expertise and delivering unbeatable products, solutions and services. Our partner relationships are central to our objectives which allow us to not only deliver outstanding technical solutions but to build our portfolio of industry-leading accreditation, setting us apart from our competitors. We have had a strong partnership with Cisco for many years and I am delighted that they have once again recognised BIOS as a Gold Partner.”

We are happy to announce BIOS have achieved the following ISO certificates for our cloud and managed service offerings:

• ISO/IEC 27001:2013 - information security standard
• ISO 9001:2015 - Quality management systems
• ISO 22301 Societal security -- Business continuity management systems
• ISO 20000-1: Service management system

By certifying with these standards it provides evidence to our customers that BIOS have and continues to invest in tools, personnel, policies, procedures and controls to ensure their systems and data are secure and managed to internationally recognized standards.
BIOS previously became the first Cisco Gold Partner in the Middle East to also become a Cisco Master Managed Service Provider and a Cisco Powered Cloud Provider. Our journey to becoming ISO certified began with attaining these levels of accreditation which are largely based on the ISO standards.