Amazon Web Services, (AWS) will be opening its office in Dubai on January 1, 2017 with the support of the Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai. AWS will support organizations of all sizes, from start-ups to government institutions and some of the Middle East’s historic and most established enterprises, as they make the transition to the AWS Cloud.
“We have been present in the Middle East from the beginning. Seeing the nature of the cloud, it can be accessed from anywhere and our services have been available to the customers in UAE right from the start,” said Zubin Chagpar, Head of Middle East and Africa (Public Sector) in a statement to Channel Post MEA.
“The opening of the AWS MENA office in Dubai further underlines the positive growth environment of Dubai and our ability to attract inward investments. It will drive the adoption of cloud technologies as well as public and private sector innovation and competitiveness,” said Fahad Al Gergawi, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai FDI. “It will also lend impetus to the 4th Industrial revolution innovation in Dubai and the UAE, as well strategic initiatives to implement 3D printed buildings, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles and the world’s first Hyperloop system connecting Dubai to Abu Dhabi creating regional and global opportunities for Deep Tech adoption and acceleration.”
Many companies in the Middle East were among the early adopters of cloud services back in 2006 when AWS was launched. Companies in the UAE like, Dubizzle, PayFort and Careem, as well as government institutions and some of the largest companies in the Middle East, such as flydubai, Souq.com and Middle East Broadcasting Center have already adopted AWS. Building on this trend, Amazon continues its investment in, and expansion, across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
“It is all about supporting the ecosystem and we see there is strong adoption of cloud in this region. It [the business] is all driven by the customers and our partners, so this is where we are putting in our investment now,” continued Zubin. “Our customers [in Middle East] are looking to do more activities on the cloud and as solutions are becoming more and more robust and advanced. So we need to have a presence here to enable both our partners and customers.”
“The decision to open an AWS office in Dubai marks our continued investment in supporting cloud adoption in the region and the appetite from organizations across the Middle East looking to get started with AWS. We are excited to work with even more Middle Eastern businesses and government organizations to help them expand their operations while maintaining industry-leading levels of reliability, privacy, and security,” said Werner Vogels, CTO and Vice President, Amazon.com.
People looking to apply for a role in the UAE can apply online at www.amazon.jobs.
