Injazat Data Systems, an Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala–Electronic Data Systems joint venture and a leading regional Information Technology Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing (ITO and BPO) company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Agriculture, to provide IT-managed services to the Department. The MoU will pave the road towards a comprehensive services agreement aimed at providing world class IT services to the Department.
The MoU was signed between the Department’s Chairman, HE Khalfan Ghaith Al Muhairbi and Injazat Data Systems’ Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahim Mohamed Lari.
HE Khalfan Ghaith Al Muhairbi commented “Abu Dhabi is witnessing unprecedented economic growth and the department needs to keep up with this rapid pace of development by providing prompt and efficient services to UAE nationals, expats, investors, entrepreneurs, local business communities, visitors and residents.”
His Excellency then added: “As Abu Dhabi marches onward, entrusting our IT operations and new developments to Injazat Data Systems will help the Department of Municipalities and Agriculture to leverage the expertise of the company’s pool of professionals, bringing with it advantages of speedy and improved government services to our people,”
As per the MoU, Injazat will review and assess the IT centre in the Department, providing the necessary IT-managed services and paving the road towards a long-term outsourcing agreement that includes transferring the Department’s IT staff to Injazat Data Systems, which will take over the department’s IT operations and jointly establish a transition governance structure. The company will also provide technical and management resources, managing the provisioning of specific IT systems and services as well as planning for the transition to delivering and managing the department’s IT services.
“Injazat Data Systems is honored to team up with a government organization as prominent as the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Agriculture to manage its IT operations. We feel proud at being called upon to contribute our expertise for the development and growth of the department’s IT services. We will do our best to support the department’s vision by delivering world-class, professional services,” said Ibrahim Mohamed Lari.
Since starting in February last year, Injazat Data Systems has now grown into a 260-strong team of professionals of which 40 per cent are nationals, providing IT quality managed services such as infrastructure management, service desk, application management, networking and security and consultancy to a growing number of organisations in the public and private sectors.
About Injazat Data Systems LLC:
Established in the 1st Quarter of 2005, Injazat Data Systems is an Information Technology and Business Services company that offers a wide range of outsourcing services. It is focused on providing IT outsourcing services to the government, oil & gas, utilities, financial services, transportation, telecom and healthcare sectors. Injazat is a joint venture of Mubadala Development Company and Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
Injazat aims to become the premier information technology and business process outsourcing services provider in the region. Growth is driven through Mubadala’s knowledge of the Middle East business environment plus the delivery capabilities of EDS – creating a local company with the experience of a global player.
Mubadala Development is a Public Joint Stock company, established and wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi with a mission to invest in commercially viable, strategic, industrial and commercial partnerships.
EDS provides a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions to help its clients worldwide improve their business performance. EDS’ core portfolio comprises Information Technology, applications and business process services, as well as Information Technology transformation services. EDS supports the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries.
