Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, was recently honoured by industry pioneers with the prestigious title of Middle East’s ‘Hardware Vendor of the Year’, at the annual ICT Achievement Awards 2014.
The award recognises individuals and organisations that have delivered ground-breaking business value through the innovative application of technologies and contribution to the region’s technological development.
The judging panel comprised a leading industry experts including Ali Radhi, head of IT at MBC; Ian Wakeford, managing director at DW Consultants; Mohammed Shah, head of IT and Business Solutions at AMS Baeshen Company; and Trevor Moore, chief information officer at Qatar University.
Huawei was recognised for its noteworthy commitment to providing organisations in government, healthcare, education, hospitality, and other vertical markets to achieve operational excellence through more agile service innovation.
Jeevan Thankappan, group editor - technology division, CPI Media Group, said: “Hardware in the enterprise market remains firm in the Middle East amidst the emergence of cloud convergence across the industry over the years. Huawei has made deep in-roads into the enterprise market demonstrating a portfolio of solid products and value propositions that are quickly changing the dynamics of the ICT business and giving businesses alternative solution offerings that are proving to drive the bottom line for organisations across the region.”
With success achieved as the region’s leader developing solutions for the telecommunications industry, Huawei established their Enterprise business group in 2011 and has since grown rapidly in both size and offerings. Through its network of consultants, partners and systems integrators, the company drives its success through its wide breadth of end-to-end ICT solutions that span enterprise network infrastructure, enterprise communications, data centres and industry applications.
Sufian Dweik, vice president, Huawei Enterprise - UAE, said: “The Middle East is heading further into a new digital industrial era, a type in which organisations are able to overcome core business challenges by using IT innovations to develop more orchestrated, real-time connections between their services, their employees, and their customers.
“Today Huawei is privileged to be supporting many organisations in the region in achieving those ambitions, and it is an honour to be recognised by members of the local business community with this latest award. The foundation of Huawei’s rapid growth over the years has been built upon our dedication to customer-centric innovation, valued employees and strategic partnerships. We will continue to be committed to creating maximum value for our customers through holistic and integrated technology solutions.”
Huawei currently has offices across ten countries in the Middle East while globally its solutions have been deployed in over 170 countries serving more than a third of the world’s population. – TradeArabia News Service
