- PwC and Microsoft are extending their global collaboration to “accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption in Qatar”
- The move that is expected to the affect the government as well as private sectors
Professional services network PwC and software giant Microsoft said in a statement on Wednesday, May 26, that they were extending their existing global collaboration to “accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption in Qatar,” in a move that is expected to the affect the government as well as private sectors like energy, education, healthcare, real estate, and recreation.
“The collaboration offers combined business insights and latest technology to help businesses across sectors increase their performance and resilience in pursuit of their digital transformation ambitions,” they said in the statement.
The collaboration will give boost business capabilities and drive innovation by giving enterprises access to “scalable, highly available and resilient cloud services, while maintaining data residency, security and compliance needs,” they added.
“This joint offering ensures that customers are able to leverage PwC’s industry focused solutions built on top of Microsoft’s Azure Cloud infrastructure,” they said in the statement.
The partnership in Qatar “will continue to drive economic growth, upskill the workforce and provide a foundation for the Country in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030,” they explained.
The statement quoted Bassam Hajhamad, country senior partner and consulting leader at PwC Qatar, as saying: “This partnership results in a unique opportunity for the government, public and private entities and enterprises in Qatar to embark on their digital transformation journey with a trusted leader providing strategy-to-execution advisory services coupled with a familiar and easy-to-use technology and tool set from Microsoft.”
Lana Khalaf, country manager for Microsoft Qatar, was quoted by the statement as saying that the partnership would “empower the digital transformation of organizations in Qatar. Through this alliance,organizations will harness the core competencies of both companies, PwC’s strategy and consultancy expertise coupled with Microsoft’s best in class cloud technology in Data & AI, business applications and low code/ no code development tools.”
She added “Our alliance of going to the market together aligns with our commitment to support decision makers and industry leaders in Qatar to amplify sustainable business growth and digital resiliency.”