POWERING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN

THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

A new age of innovation is sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Find out how governments, education, healthcare, and nonprofits are building on AWS.

WHAT'S NEW

The second AWS Middle East Region is now open

Amazon Web Services (AWS) expanded its global footprint with the opening of the second AWS Region in the Middle East. The AWS Middle East (UAE) Region is now open and joined the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region to help provide developers, start-ups, and enterprises as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations with more choice and flexibility to leverage advanced technologies from the world’s leading cloud provider.

As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-based solutions, long-lasting effects can be realized in the form of community-wide collaboration, partnerships with local businesses, and ultimately a more productive environment where people can thrive. 

WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING

“By migrating our national portal, mobile apps, and workloads to the AWS Cloud, we were able to reduce infrastructure cost by 70% and procurement cycle time by 60%.”

“As an institution that has smart learning as its core offering, we didn’t want to worry about servers and maintaining hardware, which was eating up our time and resources. Instead, we wanted to put our focus on what matters most—education.”

”With AWS, we were able to scale up the moci.shop portal very quickly as traffic increased with no impact on the performance of the portal.” 

Institute of Public Administration

“Our Learning Management System’s (LMS) migration to the AWS Cloud has resulted in a 90% cost savings. Not only that, but this has also reduced procurement time with the LMS being up and running in less than a day on AWS, as opposed to 3-4 months for our previous on-premises system.” 

“We are proud of the fact that the team could launch our national VAT system on AWS within two months. It could have taken a longer time on premises compared to other benchmarks.”

“Through AWS, we are able to focus on education and on building a range of products for our users. AWS is also able to continuously innovate new services that allow us to remain focused on solving core problems in education.” 

“The migration allows us to run our servers anywhere in the world, significantly reducing the need to maintain and upgrade hardware.” 

“With the migration to AWS, we were able to significantly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), freeing up resources to focus on the ministry’s core mission and not in managing servers and buildings.”

INNOVATION THAT'S SECURE

Supporting every step of innovation, we’ve made cloud security our highest priority. As an AWS customer, you will benefit from a data centre and network architecture built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations, allowing you to scale and innovate while maintaining a secure environment.

OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE NEW DIGITAL FUTURE

Why Bahrain?

Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, CE, Information & eGovernment Authority iGA, talks with John Furrier from The Cube at AWS Summit Bahrain.

AWS Summit Series 2018 – Bahrain: Keynote

Learn more about the vision for Bahrain’s future, AWS solutions, and the experiences of local AWS partners.

Bahrain and the cloud

Shaikh Salman Al Khalifa, Vice-CEO, Bahrain Information & eGovernment Authority, looks at how Bahrain is embracing the cloud.

Kuwait and the digital economy

Mohammad Altura, Chief Information Technology Sector, Kuwait Communication and IT Regulatory Authority, talks about how Kuwait is putting technology at the centre of the economy.

START BUILDING

We believe nothing should stand in the builder’s way. With AWS, it’s time to build on.

How to buy cloud

When it comes to cloud computing, the purchase process can seem daunting. We’ve simplified it to help you quickly select the right acquisition approach for your organization.

Explore the process of moving to AWS, by comparing different cost models, purchasing strategies, architectural considerations, and further improvements to enable innovation and save costs. To learn more, check out our complimentary webinar. Not sure where to start? Click the link below to learn how to move to the cloud.

AWS EDUCATE

With the increasing demand for cloud employees, AWS Educate provides an academic gateway for the next generation of IT and cloud professionals. AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to accelerate cloud-related learning.

JOIN US AT AWS MENA

We’re looking for the brightest thinkers, doers, and builders to help us innovate in the Middle East and North Africa. Come and be a part of something transformative.

AWS AND INTEL

AWS and Intel share a passion for delivering constant innovation. As the technology landscape evolves, our joint commitment to high performance computing, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things remains solid.

Intel powers AWS instances available in the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region. As an AWS customer, you can take advantage of the latest Intel technology through AWS. For more information, please see the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) product page.

AWS partners

The AWS Partner Network (APN) is the global partner program for AWS. It is focused on helping APN partners build successful AWS-based businesses or solutions by providing business, technical, marketing, and go-to-market support.

Why become an APN partner?

As an APN partner, you will receive business, technical, sales, and marketing resources to help enable you to grow your business and better support your customers. Join the APN and take advantage of numerous APN partner programs to differentiate your business and connect with customers on AWS. Learn more about the benefits of being an APN partner below.

Why work with an APN partner?

APN partners are focused on your success, helping customers take full advantage of all the benefits that AWS has to offer. With their deep expertise on AWS, APN partners are uniquely positioned to help your organization at any stage of your cloud adoption journey, and to help you achieve your mission objectives. Find an APN partner today.