Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) today announced its collaboration with IBM to virtualize its IT infrastructure, ensuring business continuity amid COVID-19.
Recognizing the urgent need to protect employees’ health and wellbeing while ensuring uninterrupted operations, Sipchem worked closely with IBM Services to improve remote access capabilities to the company’s IT systems, applications and resources. Today, Sipchem’s entire workforce in Saudi Arabia has the ability to achieve maximum efficiency to conduct business securely and in a remote capacity.
“Sipchem’s number one priority is the continued safety of our employees and the community as a whole,” says Eng. Saleh Bahamdan, CEO, Sipchem. “In such a fast-evolving situation, we also knew that we needed to figure out new ways to continue serving our customers and partners and persevere through the pandemic. As usual, IBM was up for the challenge and met our immediate needs, and as a result, we were able to achieve a smooth transition to remote working.”
