Managed Service Provider Agreement aims to accelerate digital transformation across Middle East
By : Wael Elhosany
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), has signed a Managed Service Provider Agreement (MSP) with F5 - a multi-cloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life.
The new partnership entails ensuring that Moro Hub’s customers across the region are better able to accelerate digital transformation plans through creating, securing, and deploying applications. It will also include locally hosted, unified security management to accelerate secure workloads hosted in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Eng. Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Digital DEWA, said: “We are delighted to partner with F5. Together, our expertise and state-of-the-art offerings will empower Moro Hub’s customers with greater security and protection for their applications and critical assets. This agreement is a key part of our commitment that aims to fast-track Dubai’s development as a top global destination for digital technology.”
Mohammed Abukhater, Regional Vice President for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at F5, said: “For over 25 years, we’ve protected thousands of companies from potentially devastating financial and reputational losses. Together with Moro Hub, we are a force for a safer, better digital world, ensuring that organizations can provide exceptional, secure digital experiences for their customers and continuously stay ahead of threats. This includes safeguarding the increasingly powerful transformation ambitions at the core of Dubai’s 2030 Vision.”
Recent F5 solution launches of note include F5 Distributed Cloud Services, which provides security, multi-cloud networking, and edge-based computing solutions on a unified software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. The platform also encompasses F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP (Web Application and API Protection), which augments multiple security capabilities across F5 technologies in one SaaS offering.
