Huawei Recognized for Leadership in Middle East ICT Industry

Mobilk - Leading the way in building a better connected Middle East, Huawei—a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider—was recently honored by industry pioneers with the prestigious title of Middle East “Hardware Vendor of the Year” at the annual ICT Achievement Awards 2014.

The award recognizes individuals and organizations that have delivered ground-breaking business value through the innovative application of technologies and contribution to the region’s technological development. The judging panel comprised of leading industry experts including Ali Radhi, Head of IT at MBC; Ian Wakeford, Managing Director at DW Consultants; Mohammed Shah, Head of IT & Business Solutions at AMS Baeshen Company; and Trevor Moore, Chief Information Officer at Qatar University. 

Huawei was recognized for its noteworthy commitment to providing organizations in government, healthcare, education, hospitality, and other vertical markets to achieve operational excellence through more agile service innovation. 

“Hardware in the enterprise market remains firm in the Middle East amidst the emergence of cloud convergence across the industry over the years. Huawei has made deep inroads into the enterprise market demonstrating a portfolio of solid products and value propositions that are quickly changing the dynamics of the ICT business and giving businesses alternative solution offerings that are proving to drive the bottom line for organizations across the region,” said Jeevan Thankappan, Group Editor - Technology Division at CPI Media Group. 

With success achieved as the region’s leader developing solutions for the telecommunications industry, Huawei established their Enterprise business group in 2011 and has since grown rapidly in both size and offerings. Through its network of consultants, partners and systems integrators, the company drives its success through its wide breadth of end-to-end ICT solutions that span enterprise network infrastructure, enterprise communications, data centers and industry applications. 

“The Middle East is heading further into a new digital industrial era—one in which organizations are able to overcome core business challenges by using IT innovations to develop more orchestrated, real-time connections between their services, their employees, and their customers,” says Sufian Dweik, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise in UAE. “Today Huawei is privileged to be supporting many organizations in the region in achieving those ambitions, and it is an honor to be recognized by members of the local business community with this latest award. The foundation of Huawei’s rapid growth over the years has been built upon our dedication to customer-centric innovation, valued employees and strategic partnerships. We will continue to be committed to creating maximum value for our customers through holistic and integrated technology solutions.”

Today Huawei has offices across ten countries in the Middle East while globally its solutions have been deployed in over 170 countries serving more than a third of the world’s population.