Umm Al Houl Power, a Qatari innovation, is assisting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) IT sector to reach USD 77 billion in 2021, according to SAP, a global technology business.
SAP has revealed the winners of the SAP Quality Awards for Customer Success 2020, which honors innovation and exceptional digital transformation initiatives. Business Transformation, Fast Delivery, and SAP S/4HANA Move were the three areas in which winning enterprises and their channel partners excelled.
“Congratulations to the SAP MENA Quality Awards winners, especially Qatar’s Umm Al Houl for delivering digital transformation and innovation over the past year,” said Bamberger.
“Winners have undergone a rigorous judging process to ensure that they meet our 10 principles of quality, including achieving excellence based on proven methods, effective tools, experience, and good judgment,” added Bamberger.
He also said, “These winners have successfully worked with channel partners to plan business goals, deploy optimized solutions, and develop realistic KPIs for continuous evaluations.”
The awards ceremony took place at the SAP House at Expo 2020 Dubai and featured keynote addresses from Thomas Bamberger, SAP’s President Customer Engagement & Experience (CE&X), and Ravi Prawda, SAP’s Head of Customer Engagement & Experience (CE&X) EMEA South.
As MENA businesses recover from the pandemic, they’re putting a lot of money into IT modernization as the foundation for their digital transformation. As a result, according to a recent report by IDC, the region’s IT market is expected to reach USD 77 billion in 2021.
The celebration began with the 900-square-meter SAP House tour, which displayed SAP and its partners’ creative customer experience solutions. The highlights were an immersive tunnel, interactive equestrian sports gamification, the PODway platform for determined people, and SAP Customer Checkout for retail innovation.
Crescent Petroleum in the UAE with SAP Digital Business Services, Asmak Holding Company Limited (IHC Food Holding) in the UAE with Seidor MENA, and the RAK Electronic Government Authority (Human Resources Department of Ras Al Khaimah) in the UAE with PwC were among the winners in the Business Transformation – Middle East South category.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Finance (National Center for Government Resource Systems) with Albilad Arabia Pvt Company Ltd, Umm Al Houl Power in Qatar with Kaar Technologies, and K-Electric Limited in Pakistan with Tallymarks Consulting were among the winners in the Fast Delivery category.
RAK Ceramics in the UAE with eBorn Consulting, Western International LLC in the UAE with DXC Technology Middle East, and PharmaOverseas in Egypt with their own partner AST were among the SAP S/4HANA Move winners.
