STME, the Middle East’s leading enterprise storage solution provider and integrator, has announced the successful implementation of a data storage and replication solution based on iSCSI SAN technology for SHUAA Capital. The solution is expected to increase performance and lower the costs of managing information in a high-growth IT infrastructure.
The best-of-breed storage strategy pursued by SHUAA Capital brings a number of significant business benefits to the financial and investment banking institution. These include the consolidation of vital company information, automation of data backup, less room for human error, and the need for fewer resources to manage more of SHUAA Capital’s data. STME’s involvement extended to an assessment of requirements, initial scoping, solution design, implementation, and on-going support. The company was able to bring a high level of expertise to the execution of the project owing to the fact that STME engineers are solution design experts in NetApp technology. Moreover, STME, in its capacity as a NetApp Registered Service Partner, was also able to offer targeted support services through the transition and beyond.
Jocelyn Al Adwani, CTO, STME said, “In addition to addressing the need for a durable solution that could handle extended periods of high traffic while maintaining high availability and security, the functionality of the final solution meant that it tackled different business needs and enabled SHUAA Capital to enjoy a host of short-term and long-term benefits including backup, availability, and rapid recovery times.”
STME’s solution brought both immediate and long-term benefits for SHUAA Capital. In the short term, adoption of this solution resulted in storage consolidation for three sites in the UAE and facilitated data replication from two production sites to a stand-by site. Potential benefits of the solution also include quick recovery from local or site-wide disasters; ease in implementing Information Lifecycle Management policy; and better integration with existing data backup practices.
“We were looking to consolidate our data systems while providing higher performance. This solution from STME was able to address both requirements, and added better availability and data management in the process. We liked working with STME because of their professionalism, and their regional reach covers our growth footprint,” said Samer Hamwi, Chief Information Officer at SHUAA Capital.
Working in partnership with best-of-breed suppliers, STME advises and designs solutions for clients based on their business needs, offering assessment surveys and solutions, which enable replication, virtualization, backup/recovery and archiving, SAN design and NAS solutions.
STME’s success has primarily been due to the fact that it is the only company in the region to totally focus on Enterprise Storage. STME has over 300 customers in the Middle East spread across different sectors, particularly telecommunications, finance and oil & gas. It also has several leading customers from the government, transportation, utility, media, manufacturing and retail sectors.
About STME
STME is a leading integrator of Information Infrastructure Solutions and services, working with best of breed technologies to provide customers with business focused solutions to manage, store, and protect their information. Founded in 1982, STME has grown to have 14 offices in 11 countries across the Middle East. STME performs reviews of the available technologies on a continual basis to keep abreast of emerging technologies, and to ensure that they can always offer best-of-breed solutions. Having a broad range of relationships enables STME to help customers evaluate the various technologies and solutions in the market with an understanding of the latest developments and enhancements enabling the customers to make the decisions based on a clear vision.
STME have a team of highly skilled professionals who assess, design, implement, and support the solutions offered, delivering real benefits, and actual cost savings to the customers, across all industry verticals. STME ensure that all the consultants and engineers are trained and accredited to the highest manufacturer standards.
