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e& enterprise forms a joint venture with Bespin Global to offer cloud managed and professional services in the METAP region

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email WhatsApp Print For Arabic Click Here Dubai, UAE - e& enterprise, part of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), today announced the signing of a binding agreement to form a joint venture with Bespin Global, a leading public cloud managed services provider. The joint venture will be branded “Bespin Global MEA, an e& enterprise company”, focusing on offering public cloud managed and professional services to serve the customers in the Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Pakistan (METAP).The JV will be 65% owned by e& enterprise and 35% by Bespin Global. Both e& enterprise and Bespin Global will contribute their existing public cloud businesses and related professional and managed services from the region to the JV. e& enterprise will be making a primary investment of $60 million in Bespin Global and join its Board of Directors. In addition, e& enterprise has the option to invest another $60 million within a period of 18 months from completion of the transaction. Both shareholders will contribute growth capital to the JV.The joint venture will leverage on the capabilities of both companies. e& enterprise will provide strong local market presence and its broad portfolio of digital transformation solutions. Bespin Global will provide deep expertise in cloud migration, cloud operations, cloud native application development, cloud optimisation and cloud billing. The joint venture will provide a one stop cloud solution to help enterprises in their digital transformation journey.As a part of the agreement, e& enterprise will also invest in Bespin Global’s holding company. Bespin Global is one of the fastest growing cloud managed service providers serving over 1,700 customers from its locations in South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the US. Bespin Global has been recognised as ‘Visionary’ in the Gartner MQ for the Public Cloud IT Transformation Services category, and has over 1,000 cloud experts across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and other cloud platforms.The total investment and future commitments announced today are worth over $100 million.Salvador Anglada, CEO of e& enterprise, said: "e& enterprise always works closely with customers to maximise their digital potential by designing, delivering and operating impactful, intelligent and secure end-to-end digital solutions. The joint venture with Bespin Global and the investment in the holding company are part of our ongoing efforts to extend our cloud offerings and establish our commitment as a trusted partner to governments and enterprises in the UAE.”John Hanjoo Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Bespin Global, said: "Bespin Global is very excited to partner with e& enterprise in the METAP markets as our enterprise customers accelerate their digital transformation. The joint venture between Bespin Global and e& enterprise will leverage capabilities that will help build the future of cloud business. In addition, we welcome e& as an investor in Bespin Global and appreciate their confidence in our strategy and operations. We look forward to accelerating our growth plan and profitably expanding our operations globally.""The partnership with Bespin Global will allow e& enterprise to offer the right mix of cloud services based on customer needs, including cloud consulting, migration and managed services," said Miguel Villalonga, CEO of e& enterprise Cloud. "This will open up a plethora of opportunities in the public cloud space, especially as its deployment plays an integral role in many public and private sector projects today. With e& enterprise's reach across several sectors, particularly governments and large enterprises, and their needs set to accelerate, it is essential to leverage best-in-class capabilities to be able to capitalise on growth opportunities."Mouteih Chaghlil, CEO of Bespin Global MEA, said: “This joint venture brings together the comprehensive public cloud technologies and services of both parties to expand our geographic footprints and accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption across the METAP region. Our employees are excited about the new venture, and we welcome our new colleagues to the joint venture.  We are committed to building our company as not only the best cloud partner to our customers but as the best place to work for cloud experts.  With e& enterprise’s support, we will create a more efficient customer experience through the cloud and advance our business goals while empowering METAP’s organisations and talent to reap the commercial advantages of being cloud-ready.”Cloud growth will increase with the rising adoption of technologies such as IoT, edge computing, 5G, and real-time analytics enabled by AI and Machine Learning (ML). With this joint venture, e& enterprise can leverage Bespin Global MEA's capabilities to serve multiple parts of the cloud value chain. e& enterprise to be the majority shareholder in a joint venture to build the largest pure play cloud managed and professional services provider in the METAP regione& to make a minority investment in Bespin Global’s holding company to participate in the success story of a leading global cloud managed service provider

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Bespin Global MEA awarded 2022 AWS MENA Partner of the Year

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email WhatsApp Print For Arabic Click Here Abu Dhabi, UAE - Bespin Global MEA, a leading cloud consultancy and management company, today announced that it has been awarded the AWS MENA Partner of the Year recognition during the 2022 EMEA AWS Partner Awards, which recognizes the top AWS Partners in EMEA for their significant roles in helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on the AWS Cloud.The AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of born-in-the-cloud, and traditional AWS Consulting and Technology Partners, whose business models have embraced specialization and collaboration over the past year. The AWS Partner Awards also recognize AWS Partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on the AWS Cloud as they work with customers.The AWS Partner Network (APN), is a global partner program, focused on helping the tens of thousands of participating AWS Partners build successful AWS-based businesses or solutions by providing business, technical, marketing, and go-to-market support. The APN Program includes independent software vendors (“ISVs”), systems integrators, and other types of partners around the world.“AWS Partners are helping companies everywhere to grow and innovate. Together with our award-winning partners, we are seeing industries transformed and services for customers improved. We are pleased to recognize a variety of partners through the EMEA AWS Partner Awards 2022. I look forward to working together to a great 2023,” said Antonio Alonso Lopez, EMEA Director Partner Sales at AWS.A panel of AWS experts selected the Regional winners across the regions based on strict criteria:AWS Partner of the Year: An APN Consulting Partner who has delivered consistently well throughout the period, developed their AWS business, and grown with AWS during 2022.Bespin Global MEA is one of the leading born in the cloud Advance partner with AWS in the MEA region and the only Managed Service Partner (MSP) in the Emerging Region to date.Bespin Global MEA comes with deep knowledge about AWS services and advises customers to deliver results based on the best practices and innovate with AWS to digitally transform.Mouteih Chaghlil, CEO of Middle East & Africa, Bespin Global said: “We are tremendously honored to receive this prestigious award. This solidifies our deep expertise in building customer-first experiences that are powered by the most advanced solutions and technologies on the AWS Cloud. We would like to thank our customers for their confidence and partnership, our highly certified staff for their commitment and dedication, and the outstanding AWS team for their extended support and for providing a comprehensive platform that drives significant business outcomes through innovative solutions”. Amazon Web Services Announces Winners of EMEA AWS Partner Awards 2022 that help customers drive innovation.Bespin Global MEA the only Managed Service Partner (MSP) in the Emerging Region to date

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Bespin Global Opens First-of-its-Kind Cloud Operations Centre and Training Academy in Abu Dhabi

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email WhatsApp Print For Arabic Click Here Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Leading cloud consultancy and management firm Bespin Global today announced the opening of its new Middle East & Africa headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Featuring a Cloud Operations Centre, the first of its kind in the region, and the all-new Bespin Global Training Academy, the move highlights the company’s expertise in providing industry-leading solutions to customers, while solidifying its position at the forefront of the Middle East market.H.E Rashed Abdulkarim Al Blooshi, Undersecretary of Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), H.E Sameh Al Qubaisi, Director General of Economic Affairs at ADDED, and Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz Al Shamsi, Acting Director General of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), attended the launch of Bespin Global’s new headquarters. The ceremony was also attended by Hoon Park, Co-founder & Global Expansion Team Leader, Bespin Global, Mouteih Chaghlil, CEO of Middle East & Africa, Bespin Global, and Bazel El Sharif, Vice President of Commercial, Bespin Global, Vice President of Technology, Bespin Global, Wael Al Aaraj.The new Bespin Global headquarters, located at Al Wafra Square on Al Reem Island, have been established with support from ADIO’s Innovation Programme, to accelerate digital transformation in the region. The programme reaffirms Abu Dhabi’s commitment to fostering innovative ideas and solutions that are regionally relevant and globally exportable.The first-of-its-kind Cloud Operations Centre includes a Security Operations Centre that monitors threats to infrastructure and helps mitigate the likelihood of attacks. The Network Operations Centre is also located at the facility, continuously monitoring the health of servers and applications to ensure they run 100 percent efficiently.Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi, Acting Director General of ADIO, said: “The opening of the Cloud Operations Centre and Training Academy shows the progress that Bespin Global has made in advancing digital capabilities in Abu Dhabi, and demonstrates their ambition to promote innovation. ADIO will continue to support Bespin Global, a key partner in the Innovation Programme, as it develops cutting-edge cloud security solutions and enhances competencies.”Hoon Park, Co-founder & Global Expansion Team Leader of Bespin Global, said: "The newly opened Middle East and Africa office in Abu Dhabi will become a cloud hall for the goal of ADIO and Bespin Global. Through the Cloud Operations Centre and Bespin Global Training Academy, we hope that the cloud talents nurtured in Abu Dhabi will accelerate the emirate’s cloud transformation and further serve as a catalyst for digital transformation across the Middle East."Mouteih Chaghlil, CEO of Middle East & Africa, said that Bespin Global will be able to provide 24/7 service to its customers throughout the year due to the Cloud Operations Centre, which will rely heavily on automation. “Cloud security is still nascent, so we intend to help clients navigate this territory with our expertise,” he said. “Even though the Cloud Operations Centre is available on-prem, no other center that monitors the cloud exists in the region.”After the event, Bazel El Sharif, VP of Commercial, Bespin Global, stated that the Bespin Academy will integrate outcome-driven courses, hands-on laboratories, and performance-based tests to assess, train, and validate competency and skills using technologies offered by the company."With the launch of the Bespin Academy, our team will be able to offer and deliver authentic training courses to help partners, educational institutions, and students achieve their cloud technology learning objectives”, said El Sharif. “This will in turn facilitate the closing of IT skill gaps and match the market's needs for cloud experts.”Last year, ADIO and Bespin Global announced a collaboration in which the Bespin Global, Middle East branch, would receive financial and non-financial incentives from ADIO in support of Bespin Global’s expansion to Abu Dhabi and establishment in the emirate’s global tech ecosystem. The partnership demonstrates ADIO’s commitment to advancing digital transformation in the region.  The centre and training academy launched with support from Abu Dhabi Investment Office’s Innovation ProgrammeNew facilities in the UAE capital bring industry-leading solutions closer to Bespin’s regional customers, solidifying its position in the Middle East

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Bespin Global MEA’s Azure Managed Services Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to Bespin Global MEA’s offerings to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies.[Dubai, United Arab Emirates — August 6, 2020] Bespin Global MEA today announced the availability of Azure Managed Services in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Bespin Global MEA’s customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management. Bespin Global MEA has been recently recognized in the category of “Leaders” by Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Managed Service Providers of Public Cloud. Bespin Global is also a Microsoft Gold partner providing Azure cloud environment managed services for evolving cloud maturity level. Bespin Global understands that every company is unique with their own journey to cloud maturity. This is why we provide a set of staged support offers, supporting the full scope of support organizations need to manage their cloud environment including business consultation, technical support, billing, cost management, operational monitoring and configuration. “This innovative way of listing offers on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace enables new businesses to engage with us at Bespin Global MEA effectively. Through this exposure and offering listed we are now able to answer questions efficiently and decrease engagement times required in a typical sales transaction, making it beneficial for both ends,” said Mouteih Chaglil, CEO of Bespin Global MEA. “Through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, customers around the world can easily find, buy and deploy partner solutions they can trust, all certified and optimized to run on Azure,” said Sajan Parihar, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. “We’re happy to welcome Bespin Global’s solution to the growing Azure Marketplace ecosystem.”The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure. The Azure Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use.– END –For inquiries, fill in your details and we’ll get in touch! About Bespin Global MEA: Bespin Global MEA (Middle East and Africa) is one of the region’s leading cloud consultants and experts helping businesses adopt cloud technologies. It covers cloud strategy, migration, implementation, DevOps and Big Data. It is a Premier Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services, An Azure MSP Expert, and a Premier Google Cloud Platform among others. It also has an in-house developed multi-cloud management platform called ‘OpsNow.’ Website: bespinglobal.com LinkedIn: @BespinGlobalMEA

bespinuser | 18 Aug 2020
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Bespin Global MEA Achieves AWS DevOps Competency Status

With this competitive advantage, the Bespin Global Team can assess, design, implement, manage, & optimize any company’s cloud environment, enhancing its operational efficiency to drive optimal business outcomes with state-of-the-art tools & DevOps best practices.24 August 2020, Dubai, UAE – Bespin Global MEA, a leading cloud technology consulting and management company, achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency Status. The AWS DevOps Competency Status recognizes that Bespin Global MEA can design DevOps environments based on expert knowledge, experience and insights with the latest tools provided by AWS.Alongside the DevOps Competency Status, the company also attained the status of AWS Well-Architected Partner. Achieving the AWS Well-Architected Partner status differentiates Bespin Global MEA as an APN member that provides specialized demonstrated technical proficiency in identifying if customer workloads meet the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework, which are Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization. With the fast pace changing environments and the proven expertise status of Bespin Global MEA’s team, customers in the Middle East can ensure continuous delivery of innovative AWS products and services by adapting and applying the best practices of new methods to support businesses’ cloud environments.“We are proud to achieve the AWS DevOps Competency status in the region. This only drives our team to keep attaining more competencies with AWS. ” says Mouteih Chaghill, CEO of Bespin Global MEA. “With our team’s DevOps expertise and skills, our customers are now assured of our abilities to achieve their business goals by leveraging the agility, variety of services, and pace of innovation that AWS provides.”Bespin Global was recently recognized as an Authorized AWS Solution Provider, a Consulting Partner and Solution Provider Private Offers and has raised $75M in Series-C Funding to develop a 5G cloud-integrated and multi-hybrid management platform.The AWS Competency Program is designed to identify, validate, and promote AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced and Premier Tier Partners with demonstrated AWS technical expertise and proven customer success. To receive these designations, APN Partners must possess deep AWS expertise and deliver solutions seamlessly on AWS. By attaining the AWS DevOps Competency, Bespin Global MEA can leverage its skills in helping customers increase agility with microservices, provide Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Streamline Applications and Database Migration, ensure seamless experience and optimize performance and costs.– END –About Bespin Global:Bespin Global is one of the region’s leading cloud consultants and experts helping businesses adopt cloud technologies. It covers cloud strategy, migration, implementation, DevOps and Big Data. It is a Premier Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services, An Azure MSP Expert, and a Premier Google Cloud Platform among others. It also has an in-house developed multi-cloud management platform called ‘OpsNow.’LinkedIn: @BespinGlobalMEA

bespinuser | 18 Aug 2020
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Bespin Global achieves the ‘AWS 200 Certified’ APN Certification Distinction

Bespin Global announced on the 21st that it acquired the ‘AWS 200 Certificated’ logo for the first time in Korea.AWS classifies 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 units according to the number of AWS qualifications of employees in APN and uses the logo accordingly. Among the qualifications Bespin Global currently possesses, the number of professional qualifications is the largest among domestic APN companies, which was achieved in about 10 months since acquiring the ‘AWS 100 Certificated’ logo for the first time among Korean AWS MSP companies in April last year.AWS qualifications are divided into cloud experts, architects, developers, operations, and specializations, each of which has an Associate level qualification and a Professional level qualification. AWS Certified Certification is a certification that certifies IT professionals with the expertise and technical skills necessary to design, deploy, and operate applications and infrastructure within the AWS cloud environment. The AWS Certified Certification is an industry-recognized certification that demonstrates cloud knowledge and enhances credibility, and is valued in common in the global cloud industry. Professional level qualifications must have Associate level qualifications in place and can only be earned by meeting a number of other high standards. Bespin Global operates a cloud engineer training system that systematically nurtures professional staff. In particular, the Avatar Program, a professional engineer training program, brings together seniors and new employees with one or more years of experience and develops the knowledge and competency needed for their work. More than 50 of Bespin Global’s 100 cloud engineers enrolled in the program. “This logo is the basis for objectively demonstrating the competence of Bespin Global employees, and the high number of professional level qualifications is the highest number Korea” said Bespin Global. We will continue to strive for stable cloud operation of our customers by providing more professional technical support services and solutions based on the cloud technology that has been recognized by the company. ”

bespinuser | 21 Feb 2018

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