---
title: Watania signs BIOS Middle East as business continuity provider
description: expert in business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for financial services and insurance companies
image: https://www.biosme.com/hubfs/watania%20logo.png
---

The Middle East’s local Managed Service And Cloud Provider

- [SUPPORT LOGIN](https://bios-services.force.com/login)
- 800 BIOSME (246763)

[![BIO x ZainTech WHITE](https://www.biosme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BIO%20x%20ZainTech%20WHITE.png?width=972&name=BIO%20x%20ZainTech%20WHITE.png "BIO x ZainTech WHITE")](https://www.biosme.com?hsLang=en-us)

MENU

# Watania signs BIOS Middle East as business continuity provider

Posted by [Nidhi Savla](https://www.biosme.com/blog/author/nidhi-savla) on Sun, Jul 11, 2021 @ 12:28 PM

- [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)

![watania logo](https://www.biosme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/watania%20logo.png?width=291&name=watania%20logo.png)Dubai, United Arab Emirates: BIOS Middle East, a specialist in disaster recovery services, has been appointed Disaster Recovery Service (DraaS) provider by National Takaful Company PJSC, “Watania”, as part of a proactive strategy on the part of the Abu Dhabi-based insurance company to ensure business continuity and embed resilience across its operations.  
BIOSME is the first and only company in the Middle East to be recognized by Gartner as a “niche player” for DRaaS.

 

BIOSME was appointed after an exhaustive search for local DRaaS providers. Watania sent out a detailed request for proposals to several potential partners and evaluated their expressions of interest against a specific set of criteria and BIOSME was determined as the overall best performer with respect to the financial institution’s specific requirements, Watania officials confirmed.

“As a publicly listed insurance company it is important for us to prevent data loss and avoid disruption to our business,” said Gautam Dutta, CEO of Watania.

Watania depends on reliable infrastructure and full-time application availability at all times, so any downtime and data loss could disrupt business continuity. When BIOSME came on board, the team identified over 30 workloads as critical to the business. These included core insurance applications, Financial System and Digital Platform to name few.

BIOSME specialises in taking a bespoke, solutions-driven approach that focuses on each client’s unique business requirements. As such, multiple tools were used to replicate critical databases and virtual machines to CloudHPT, the GCC’s local cloud, in Dubai. BIOSME delivered a blended service-level agreement (SLA) with a recovery point objective (RPO) of less than 10 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than one hour.

A significant requirement for Watania has been to ensure that DR is effective and responsive. As such, Watania tested the failover of its critical applications to CloudHPT in Dubai. Watania’s applications ran on the cloud for eight days without a hitch over this period. BIOS managed the full switchover and switchback outside working hours, ensuring that the business was never disrupted and that the entire operation was conducted with zero loss of data.

Martin Sebastian, CIO, Watania said, “We ran our entire production in DR with 100% user capacity and successfully completed the switchback. The exercise was a great experience and a confidence booster for Watania. Everything went smoothly obviously with some lessons learnt as well.”

BIOSME has delivered over 60 successful DR projects to customers across the GCC and continues to support public and private sector organizations across a range of industries.

Dominic Docherty, MD, BIOSME said, “Disaster recovery is an essential business strategy to ensure operations stability in challenging and uncertain operating environments. We are happy to be able to support Watania and its customers in ensuring business continuity over the foreseeable future.”

DR enables organisations in the GCC and elsewhere to continue functioning in the event of a catastrophic event. A strong DR solution can make or break an organisation’s ability to recover natural or manmade setbacks. When every second of downtime means lost revenue, disaster mitigation demands quick thinking and immediate action.

 Topics: [draas uae](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-uae), [veeam draas uae](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam-draas-uae), [cloud draas](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-draas), [draas saudi arabia](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-saudi-arabia), [cloud dr saudi arabia](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-dr-saudi-arabia)

## BIOS Blog

As the leading IT Systems and Cloud System in the UAE, we publish helpful information to assist your IT needs and questions.  Subscribe to our blog to stay up to date. 

### Subscribe to Email Updates

### Recent Posts

### Posts by Topic

- [draas uae (20)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-uae)
- [cloud draas (16)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-draas)
- [Cloud Provider UAE (13)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-provider-uae)
- [multicloud (13)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/multicloud)
- [best cloud provider UAE (12)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/best-cloud-provider-uae)
- [cloud hosting (12)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-hosting)
- [cloud services (12)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-services)
- [disaster recovery as a service uae (12)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery-as-a-service-uae)
- [multi-cloud (12)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/multi-cloud)
- [Cloud UAE (11)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-uae)
- [cloud and managed service provider (11)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-and-managed-service-provider)
- [it services (11)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-services)
- [veeam draas uae (11)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam-draas-uae)
- [IT Back Up (9)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-back-up)
- [Managed Services UAE (9)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-services-uae)
- [cloud dr uae (9)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-dr-uae)
- [CISCO powered cloud UAE (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-powered-cloud-uae)
- [Cloud Computing (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-computing)
- [UAE Cloud (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/uae-cloud)
- [best managed service provider UAE (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/best-managed-service-provider-uae)
- [cyber security middle east (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cyber-security-middle-east)
- [disaster recovery uae (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery-uae)
- [online disaster recovery uae (8)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/online-disaster-recovery-uae)
- [BIOSME Saudi Arabia (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/biosme-saudi-arabia)
- [Disaster Recovery (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery)
- [azure (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/azure)
- [bios secured (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/bios-secured)
- [cloud dr saudi arabia (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-dr-saudi-arabia)
- [draas saudi arabia (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-saudi-arabia)
- [it security (7)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-security)
- [aws (6)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/aws)
- [gcc cloud (6)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/gcc-cloud)
- [local cloud provider (6)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/local-cloud-provider)
- [managed IT services UAE (6)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-it-services-uae)
- [Cloud Service Provider Saudi Arabia (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-service-provider-saudi-arabia)
- [IaaS (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/iaas)
- [Storage Solutions (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/storage-solutions)
- [Veeam cloud uae (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam-cloud-uae)
- [Virtualization (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/virtualization)
- [case study (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/case-study)
- [cloud saudi arabia (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-saudi-arabia)
- [cyber security (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cyber-security)
- [it transformation strategy (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-transformation-strategy)
- [microsoft azure (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/microsoft-azure)
- [microsoft cloud (5)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/microsoft-cloud)
- [Best System Integrator UAE (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/best-system-integrator-uae)
- [Cisco (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco)
- [Cisco UAE (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-uae)
- [Managed IT services Saudi Arabia (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-it-services-saudi-arabia)
- [Outsourcing IT UAE (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/outsourcing-it-uae)
- [Veeam (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam)
- [best cloud provider oman (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/best-cloud-provider-oman)
- [certification (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/certification)
- [cisco awards (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-awards)
- [cloud Oman (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-oman)
- [cloud provider saudi arabia (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-provider-saudi-arabia)
- [disaster recovery saudi arabia (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery-saudi-arabia)
- [it managed services (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-managed-services)
- [it security companies (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-security-companies)
- [it security middle east (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-security-middle-east)
- [managed it services (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-it-services)
- [online backup dubai (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/online-backup-dubai)
- [veeam backup (4)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam-backup)
- [Cloud Service Provider Jeddah (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-service-provider-jeddah)
- [Cloud automation (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-automation)
- [IT Configuration (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-configuration)
- [IT Support UAE (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-support-uae)
- [IT infrastructure (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-infrastructure)
- [Server (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/server)
- [VMware (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/vmware)
- [VMware UAE (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/vmware-uae)
- [azure recovery (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/azure-recovery)
- [azure recovery services (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/azure-recovery-services)
- [bios assured (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/bios-assured)
- [cisco cmsp UAE (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-cmsp-uae)
- [cisco powered cloud (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-powered-cloud)
- [cloud KSA (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-ksa)
- [cloud services uae (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-services-uae)
- [combating COVID-19 (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/combating-covid-19)
- [it infrastructure services dubai (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-infrastructure-services-dubai)
- [managed secure cloud (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-secure-cloud)
- [private cloud (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/private-cloud)
- [security as a service (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/security-as-a-service)
- [siem (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/siem)
- [veeam cloud connect (3)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/veeam-cloud-connect)
- [Bandwith cost in the UAE (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/bandwith-cost-in-the-uae)
- [Cloud Service Provider Riyadh (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-service-provider-riyadh)
- [Data Center (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/data-center)
- [EMC (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/emc)
- [Microsoft (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/microsoft)
- [NetApp (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/netapp)
- [System Integrator (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/system-integrator)
- [WAN Optimization (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/wan-optimization)
- [bios middle east oman (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/bios-middle-east-oman)
- [business continuity (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/business-continuity)
- [cloud dr oman (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-dr-oman)
- [cloud roi (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-roi)
- [cloud service provider oman (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-service-provider-oman)
- [draas bahrain (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-bahrain)
- [gartner (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/gartner)
- [it awards (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-awards)
- [managed IT services dubai (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-it-services-dubai)
- [managed security (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-security)
- [managed service provider agreement (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/managed-service-provider-agreement)
- [network security (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/network-security)
- [network security middle east (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/network-security-middle-east)
- [online backup (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/online-backup)
- [online backup uae (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/online-backup-uae)
- [private cloud uae (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/private-cloud-uae)
- [security analysis' (2)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/security-analysis)
- [Blockchain (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/blockchain)
- [CIAC (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/ciac)
- [Citrix (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/citrix)
- [ITaas (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/itaas)
- [ITeis (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/iteis)
- [SD-WAN (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/sd-wan)
- [SMB (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/smb)
- [SaaS (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/saas)
- [Silverpeak (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/silverpeak)
- [UCS (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/ucs)
- [aws middle east (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/aws-middle-east)
- [aws saudi arabia (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/aws-saudi-arabia)
- [azure stack (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/azure-stack)
- [baas (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/baas)
- [bahrain cloud (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/bahrain-cloud)
- [best salesforce partners uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/best-salesforce-partners-uae)
- [cisco cmsp (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-cmsp)
- [cisco gold service integrator (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-gold-service-integrator)
- [cisco gold service provider (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-gold-service-provider)
- [cisco saudi arabia (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cisco-saudi-arabia)
- [cloud customer story uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-customer-story-uae)
- [cloud dr qatar (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-dr-qatar)
- [cloud provider dubai (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-provider-dubai)
- [cloud security (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/cloud-security)
- [data protection (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/data-protection)
- [disaster recovery jordan (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery-jordan)
- [disaster recovery kuwait (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/disaster-recovery-kuwait)
- [draas jordan (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-jordan)
- [draas kuwait (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/draas-kuwait)
- [gitex (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/gitex)
- [hyper-v (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/hyper-v)
- [hyper-v uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/hyper-v-uae)
- [insurance (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/insurance)
- [it cost savings (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-cost-savings)
- [it outsourcing (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/it-outsourcing)
- [microsoft 2012 server uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/microsoft-2012-server-uae)
- [microsoft private cloud uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/microsoft-private-cloud-uae)
- [palo alto dubai (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/palo-alto-dubai)
- [palo alto partners uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/palo-alto-partners-uae)
- [palo alto uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/palo-alto-uae)
- [paloalto dubai (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/paloalto-dubai)
- [paloalto uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/paloalto-uae)
- [salesforce partner uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/salesforce-partner-uae)
- [secure m 365 (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/secure-m-365)
- [service now (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/service-now)
- [siem audit (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/siem-audit)
- [system center 2012 (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/system-center-2012)
- [system center 2012 uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/system-center-2012-uae)
- [virtual server (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/virtual-server)
- [zerto dr uae (1)](https://www.biosme.com/blog/topic/zerto-dr-uae)

[see all](https://www.biosme.com/blog/watania-signs-bios-middle-east-as-business-continuity-provider#)

[![BIOS x ZainTech BLUE](https://www.biosme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BIOS%20x%20ZainTech%20BLUE.png?width=884&name=BIOS%20x%20ZainTech%20BLUE.png "BIOS x ZainTech BLUE")](https://www.biosme.com?hsLang=en-us)

 © 2026 BIOS Middle East Group. All Rights Reserved.

```json
{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Nidhi Savla",
    "url" : "https://www.biosme.com/blog/author/nidhi-savla"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2021-07-11T08:28:46.426Z",
  "datePublished" : "2021-07-11T08:28:46.000Z",
  "headline" : "Watania signs BIOS Middle East as business continuity provider",
  "image" : [ "https://www.biosme.com/hubfs/watania%20logo.png" ],
  "mainEntityOfPage" : {
    "@id" : "https://www.biosme.com/blog/watania-signs-bios-middle-east-as-business-continuity-provider",
    "@type" : "WebPage"
  },
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "url" : "https://www.biosme.com/hubfs/ZN_Tech_Logo_black-3.png"
    },
    "name" : "BIOS Middle East"
  }
}
```