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BIOS Achieves Renewal of Cisco’s Gold Service Integrator and Provider Certifications

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Mon, Sep 13, 2021 @ 09:30 AM

September 12, 2021, Dubai, UAE: BIOS Middle East (BIOS), the Middle East’s leading local cloud and managed service provider, has announced the renewal of the Cisco Gold partnership on multiple levels, including the Gold Service Provider and Service Integrator certificates. With the recognition, BIOS expands its role as a trusted Cloud and Managed Service Partner for organisations across the GCC that look to Cisco advanced solutions for an unmatched digital experience. Cisco recently released new requirements for its partners, and the new achievements acknowledge BIOS’ leadership and investments across all areas of cloud, networking and security.

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Topics: Cisco UAE, cisco powered cloud, cisco awards, CISCO powered cloud UAE, cisco cmsp UAE, it services, cisco gold service integrator, cisco gold service provider, cisco saudi arabia

Do you know why you need a local cloud?

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 @ 01:05 PM

The acceleration of digital transformation has led to a corresponding increase in the collection and storage of all kinds of personal and business data. However, the laws governing where this data can and cannot reside along with various mandated controls are complex and ever-changing depending on which country and industry you do business in.

In the UAE, for example, data protection laws require all sensitive data – such as financial, medical or personal information – should not be hosted outside the country. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has its own very strict laws and countries such as Oman, Bahrain and Qatar are currently exploring new laws around data sovereignty. If you operate in an industry where you have any personal data of your customers, such as in; Healthcare, Insurance, or Finance; Data Residency should be high on your list of considerations when moving to the cloud.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Cloud Provider UAE, cloud services uae, CISCO powered cloud UAE, it infrastructure services dubai, cloud and managed service provider, cloud hosting, Cloud Service Provider Saudi Arabia

Driving down costs with managed and secured cloud

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, May 31, 2020 @ 04:28 PM

A fully managed and secure cloud comes with a lot of advantages for the working reality COVID-19 has brought.

  1. For a start it removes the IT Infrastructure away from the office and removes the risks associated with it.
  2. It provides for infinitely more scalable remote working.
  3. It allows customers to quickly spin up new services as they try new avenues to market such as eCommerce.
  4. It makes adding Disaster Recovery extremely easy.
  5. Since security is built in; risks to the business from a cyber-attack reduce enormously.
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Topics: UAE Cloud, Cloud Computing, VMware UAE, Cloud UAE, Cloud automation, Bandwith cost in the UAE, CISCO powered cloud UAE, best cloud provider UAE

A guide to selecting the right Cloud and Managed service provider for your business

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Mon, Jul 16, 2018 @ 10:36 AM

Choosing which cloud is best for you and who is best to manage it is no easy task. You will find several cloud companies in the Middle East and many integrators offering to resell or manage cloud solutions. All of them claim to provide exceptional customer service and guaranteed up time too. The challenge then is to find a supplier that can not only help you migrate to the cloud, provide excellent service and up time but who is also an ideal match for your business. This paper is designed to help you measure different potential partners and help you find the one best suited to your business.

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Topics: cisco powered cloud, CISCO powered cloud UAE, best cloud provider UAE, microsoft azure, cloud and managed service provider

Digital Disruption in the UAE and what it means for UAE companies

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Thu, Mar 01, 2018 @ 11:20 AM

“Digital disruption” was once the buzzword of the year, when long-frozen markets were suddenly seeing change and upset by small, web-based competitors that understood technology and market needs better than existing players. This lead to the dethroning of companies that were previously considered inviolable and permanent in many markets.


While that wave of disruption in the U.S. has slowed down to manageable levels and UAE companies lead their GCC peers in going digital, they must do more to engage consumers in their market, who are among the most tech-savvy in the world, and stay relevant in an age of disruption.

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Topics: cloud services uae, CISCO powered cloud UAE, best cloud provider UAE, cloud services

BIOS honored with an award at the 2017 Cisco partners event

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, Apr 16, 2017 @ 01:30 PM

At the recently held ‘Partners for Success’ event that took place in Fairmont Hotel (Palm Jumeirah), Cisco honored BIOS with the “Services Partner of the Year” award for top performance in the local cloud service providing sector.

The Cisco Partners event and awards ceremony celebrated top performing tier-2 channel partners and focused on the opportunities and rapid growth that digital transformation brings to businesses and the technology industry in the UAE and across the region. As the only Cisco-powered cloud service provider in the region, BIOS has made an undeniable contribution to the development of the local IT market and has been recognized for its outstanding performance in the sector.
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Topics: IaaS, draas uae, CISCO powered cloud UAE, best cloud provider UAE

CISCO awards CloudHPT as the Master Cloud & Managed Services Partner of the Year

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, Jun 05, 2016 @ 12:36 PM

CloudHPT has been awarded the prestigious “Cisco Master Cloud & Managed Services Partner of the Year Award”. Cisco showcased the winners at their UAE Partner Summit.

This award recognizes the company that uses best-in-class practices and serves as a model to the rest of the industry. Areas of consideration include their innovative practices and process, architecture-led approach successes, and strategic business focus that result in customer success.

The Master Cloud & Managed Services Partner of the Year Award recognized CloudHPT as the first and only partner to achieve Master Cloud and Managed Services Certification in the UAE, with record performance in Q1 2016.

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Topics: cisco awards, CISCO powered cloud UAE, cisco cmsp UAE, best cloud provider UAE, best managed service provider UAE

BIOS Middle East is proud to present  CloudHPT the GCC's First CISCO Powered Cloud  for IaaS and DRaaS

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, Apr 10, 2016 @ 09:42 PM

(BIOSME), a leading provider of Cloud and Managed IT services headquartered in UAE announced today that it has achieved an advanced accreditation to provide CISCO Powered™ Services after completing a rigorous audit of CISCO's Managed Services Program (CMSP). The services include CloudHPT - The GCC's first - Cisco Powered Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) & BIOS Assured - CISCO powered Managed Services.

This certification by CISCO recognizes BIOS Middle East and their Cloud Brand CloudhHPT as having achieved an elite level of expertise to sell and deliver cloud and managed services. This audit verifies that services are delivered with enterprise-class reliability, security and support.

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Topics: Cisco UAE, cisco powered cloud, CISCO powered cloud UAE, cisco cmsp, cisco cmsp UAE

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