UAE telecoms and technology company e&, formerly known as the Etisalat Group, has announced a strategic partnership with Oracle to modernise its business applications and support its expansion plans. The collaboration is part of a multi-year transformation programme by e& to consolidate its infrastructure into a shared and open-standard platform. The partnership will give e& access to Oracle’s more than 100 cloud services to scale its operations, reduce costs and support its growing portfolio, in which artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and 5G are key components. As part of the implementation of Oracle’s services within e&’s structure, the dedicated cloud platform will help e& simplify HR processes, improve employee experience and deliver enhanced workforce insights.
Moreover, the partnership will help e& align business strategy with the human resource function, reduce compliance risk and deploy the workforce with greater control through a fully integrated solution that links time, labour, and leave management with payroll, financial and personnel data. e& will retain full control of its data governance, adhering to the UAE’s security, regulatory and data residency requirements, while also giving the company operational agility and scalability to support the rapid growth and diversification of its business.
The UAE is focused on boosting the adoption of technology as it seeks to develop its future economy. This has given global cloud and cybersecurity providers an incentive to tap into the potential being offered by the country. The Emirates has also invested heavily in building its IT infrastructure to boost the integrity of its public and private sector systems. Meanwhile, Oracle also signed a framework agreement with Injazat, a technology business that is part of Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence company G42, to build a dedicated cloud region specifically for entities in the UAE federal government and the emirate’s public companies. The cloud region will give these organisations access to Oracle’s cloud applications and infrastructure that comply with top regulatory standards and local laws.
