HP and Al-Bilad Arabia announced today a strategic partnership in Saudi Arabia in the oil and gas industry. This partnership between the two IT companies will localize the global HP consulting and integration experience especially for large SAP projects and bring it to the Saudi market. It will also help Al-Bilad Arabia to continue to expand its leadership in the Gulf market.
To drive growth, businesses need IT resources and applications that are able to adapt in real time for business value. SAP consultancy service will help oil and gas customers build and manage computing environments in a scalable environment to meet the ever changing needs of a growing industry.
HP services together with SAP consultancy offered by Al-Bilad Arabia will help oil and gas customers improve business process innovation and flexibility. They also implement IT solutions and systems and ensure a seamless fit with the existing infrastructures and provide ongoing maintenance and enhancement of IT applications as necessary.
“We are very excited about the great potential with of our partnership with HP as it will help us deliver high quality services to our customers in the oil and gas industry”, said Nabil Reda, Vice President, Al-Bilad Arabia. “We, at Al-Bilad Arabia, ensure getting the most out of the client’s legacy applications to prolong returns from existing IT investment”.
“Based on our experience and close collaboration with SAP in more than 55,000 customer implementations, our partnership with Al-Bilad Arabia will help us in delivering a smooth and cost-effective SAP NetWeaver platform deployment so customers can realize a better return on investment”, said Alaa El Shimy, Consulting and Integration Director, HP Middle East. “As the site of the world’s fifth largest SAP application implementation, HP understands and appreciates the benefits of SAP applications”.
The partnership between HP and Al-Bilad Arabia shows a great commitment towards improving and developing the oil and gas industry in Saudi Arabia, which is one of the most strategic markets in this field.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
About Al-Bilad Arabia Company Limited
Al-Bilad Arabia Company Limited is an IT Service Provider focusing on providing first class SAP Services (Consulting, Implementation, Upgrade, On-Site / Off-Shore Production Support, Training & SAP EH/S) and Business Intelligence Solutions from Business Objects (Licenses, Consulting, Implementation, On-Site / Off-Shore Support & Training) to its clients in the Gulf Region.
With more than sixty on-site consultants serving major clients in the oil/gas, utilities, petrochemicals and manufacturing sectors, Al-Bilad Arabia continues to grow its market share in the region and expand its customer base.
More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me
More information about Al-Bilad Arabia Company Limited is available at www.albiladarabia.com
