Bank of Beirut signs deal with Oman agency for data centre
The partnership will enable Bank of Beirut to continue operations from Oman Data Park’s state-of-the-art data centre facility
MUSCAT: Bank of Beirut has signed an agreement with Oman Data Park (ODP) to collocate its disaster recovery and business continuity site at the Oman Data Park data centre.
The partnership will enable bank to continue operations from Oman Data Park’s state-of-the-art data centre facilities which offers automation and elimination of human errors, business continuity and disaster recovery. In addition, it allows the bank to dedicate more space to its clients whilst serving them more efficiently.
“To ensure the continuous availability and performance of our data centre and systems, we require real time access to information with no room for data loss. We chose Oman Data Park because they provided us with reliable solutions that resonated with our business mission. We also believe their system is completely scalable and will support the bank’s expansion over the years,” said Ramy Zambarakji, chief executive officer of Bank of Beirut-Oman.
Oman Data Park is the first managed services provider in the country offering a wide variety of services catering to both enterprise customers as well as SMEs. It equipped the bank with an integrated facility management infrastructure that guarantees uptime, ensures comprehensive data protection and provides exceptional responsiveness. Enabling the bank to optimise its IT efficiency as well as upgrade its services.
Commenting on the partnership, ODP’s Maqboul Al Wahaibi said, “Our vision is to transform the market and provide a future where IT services are available on demand. Our work with Bank of Beirut proves that we can offer customised IT solutions to clients even in highly specialized fields like banking operations.”
One of Lebanon’s leading commercial banks, Bank of Beirut is firmly established in Oman and fast becoming a major trade channel between the Sultanate and the international market. Having opened its first Muscat branch in December 12, 2006, Bank of Beirut has now four branches located in Shatti Al Qurum, Ghubrah, The Wave and Sohar, along with its Muscat head office.
Joint venture
In Oman, the three main focuses of the bank are corporate, retail and international banking. Since its entry into the country, the bank’s goal has been to create a strong and sustainable financial institution that builds better lives and more vibrant communities.
Oman Data Park is a joint venture between Omantel, a leading telecom services provider in Oman and 4Trust, a leading data centre company in Oman. Oman Data Park is a managed service provider with services including co-location, managed infrastructure, cloud services, hosted appli- cations and managed services.
Oman Data Park brings in extraordinary level of performance rating by providing a resilient, fault tolerant infrastructure, redundant capacity systems and multiple distribution paths instantaneously serving the business. The state-ofthe-art redundant systems with an integrated facility management infrastructure that guarantees uptime, ensures comprehensive data protection and provides exceptional responsiveness, so that customers can optimize its IT efficiency while focusing on its core business.
ODP leverages its data centre to deliver the highest levels of security and operational dependability by providing relief from the efforts associated in managing an on premise data centre facility.
“Over the years, Bank of Beirut Oman has made substantial efforts to improve its IT infrastructure and ensure client data remains securely stored,” Ramy Zambarakji added.