Solutions by stc becomes VMware Sovereign Cloud Provider

VMware announced at LEAP that solutions by stc, the kingdom’s foremost digital transformation enabler, is now a VMware Sovereign Cloud Provider.

As a VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative participant, stc solutions will enable clients to operate sensitive and regulated workloads on a more secure and compliant national cloud that fulfills Saudi Arabia‘s data residency and data sovereignty standards.

The service will further enhance stc’s products to give its clients a variety of services, such as control over data access, transparency, and insight into the provider’s activities. In accordance with Saudi Vision 2030, this would enable enterprises to migrate to the cloud, boost agility, and build contemporary apps, speeding digital transformation across sectors such as healthcare and education.

Saif Mashat, country director, Saudi Arabia, VMware, said: “We’re excited to help bring sovereign cloud services to Saudi Arabia and to work with solutions by stc, which is already helping its enterprise customers in the public and private sector transform with more safe, secure, and trusted cloud services.”

Solutions by stc, already the major provider of private cloud services in Saudi Arabia, is playing a critical role in facilitating the Kingdom’s digital transformation activities and driving cloud market development.

The VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative assists customers in partnering with reputable national cloud service providers to meet geo-specific requirements for data sovereignty and jurisdictional control, data access and integrity, data security and compliance, data independence and mobility, and data analytics and innovation.

stc’s private cloud capabilities are built on VMware Cloud, the multi-cloud computing platform that enables clients to modernise apps, infrastructure, and operations with better economics and lower risk.