Saudi Bugshan company ( SBC ) along with Brmaja Commercial Company selected IBM Cloud in order to host its IT infrastructure. The main aim was supporting SBC’s business growth plans and to go hand in hand with its Digital Promotion.
They made a joint agreement in order to manage workloads and overall IT infrastructure which required multiple physical as well as cloud environment earlier. Now it compressed themselves into a single IBM Cloud.
It will not only benefit the enhanced Business Community as well as operations but it will also meet the company expectations simultaneously. SBC is a holding company of the largest business conglomerate in the Middle East and North Africa region which has its headquarters in Jeddah and Saudi Arabia. They have 47 companies dealing in various sectors such as food and beverage, distribution, trading, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, education as well as automotive.
With the Progress of vast operation portfolios, SBC needed a more secure as well as a flexible cloud environment in order to meet the requirements of each industry they serve as well as addressing their unique set of challenges. Hence this is how IBM Cloud was adopted and now it has gained great insights into their operative mode in terms of their flexibility as well as the deployment of industry-specific solutions in terms of need.
Security, flexibility, and performance are the most key focus areas that must be taken into account while adopting new technologies while selecting IBM Cloud. As per Dr. Hatem Bakheet “The dynamic nature of diversified business needs a regular review of its technological Architecture.
Increment in Regulatory and Complimentary requirements are mostly driving the need for improved security and resiliency. By cloud adoption wider access to higher technologies imbibing AI and IOT allowing SBC to build and develop innovative cloud-native applications as well as solutions in order to support its business.
“Cloud is a key enabler of transformation for a digital evolution” – Tarek Zarg El Aioun, Country General Manager Saudi Arabia, IBM.
