IBM today announced that Jordan Electric Power Company (Jepco) has selected IBM Cloud to transform and modernise its IT infrastructure.
Jepco is responsible for distributing and retailing electricity in Jordan. Its customer base accounts for approximately 65 percent of the kingdom’s consumers.
The company has selected the IBM Cloud to provide a reliable and secure cloud environment to host new SAP applications that will replace its existing system. The new applications which will be provided by IBM business partner, Business Innovation (BI), and include Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise Resource Planning, as well as financial services and billing system.
By hosting its workloads on the IBM public cloud, Jepco was able to improve system performance and reliability. In addition, it created a disaster-recovery solution for its local environment that is operated and managed at an IBM Cloud data center in Europe to ensure business continuity.
“We needed to transform and modernise our IT infrastructure and were looking for a cloud market leader with deep industry and enterprise expertise to support us through this innovation journey,” said Hassan Abdullah, manager of electricity network and strategic planning, Jepco. “IBM was, therefore, selected for their deep-rooted expertise and reliability which will help us achieve our objectives.”
“The IBM Cloud will provide Jepco with the reliability and flexibility that is needed for a secure IT infrastructure, and help it to transform its business,” said Amr Refaat, general manager, IBM Middle East and Pakistan. “Through the implementation, Jepco will be able to focus on its core business, while we help them take care of their cloud environment.”
