MEA October 2017

30 MEA MARKETS / October 2017 , BIOS and Takaful Emarat Enter into Agreement for Managed Cloud Service New technology investment with BIOS to accelerate Takaful Emarat’s growth and digital expansion. Takaful Emarat, UAE’s premier provider of Shariah- compliant life and health insurance, is enhancing its infrastructure with BIOS, United Arab Emirates’ foremost cloud computing and disaster recovery specialist. After an exhaustive search by a panel of internal experts, the Dubai- based Takaful Emarat chose to work with BIOS’s, in-country cloud, CloudHPT. Key among Takaful Emarat’s requirements was an in-country cloud infrastructure, which could leverage various technologies for a complex IT environment. The company’s tech refresh will replace much of Takaful Emarat’s legacy IT infrastructure, allowing the company to remain competitive in a challenging marketplace Mohammad Alhawari, Takaful Emarat’s Managing Director and Executive Board Member commented: This is a very exciting time for Takaful Emarat as we continue focus on growing our business in tandem with accelerating our digital and online capabilities as we access new customer markets. Our investment in technology is central to this objective and, will give us a competitive edge to strengthen our market position, as a leading UAE provider of innovative insurance products and services. From a customer perspective, our new IT infrastructure will also enable our business to provide optimal value through improved business efficiencies and enhanced customer service support. We will continue to invest in our business to drive growth and I look forward to reporting new initiatives in due course.” Dominic Docherty, Chairman, BIOS agrees. “Even in traditional sectors such as Insurance, customers expect modern technological capabilities.