Bassel Al-Halabi (right), Managing Director at TecCentric, with Tayfun Topkoc, Managing Director, Middle East, and Africa, Turkey and Central Asia at SAS during the signing ceremony in Doha.
Doha: Technology Centric Solutions (TecCentric), Qatar’s go-to provider for technology, cloud, security, and operation services, and SAS, the leader in analytics and the world’s largest privately-held software company, have announced their new partnership yesterday.
Aimed at delivering powerful, innovative AI and analytics solutions, the new partnership promises immediate and greater value through data and business intelligence modernisation to the Qatari market. SAS’s more than 46 years of expertise, with over 82,000 customer sites, and 91 of the top 100 Fortune Global 500 companies as customers, combined with TecCentric’s local skills, know-how, and support capabilities will ensure Qatari organisations are enabled to reap the full value of their data and accelerate their digital transformation.
Armed with SAS’s in-depth sector-specific insights and cutting-edge, innovative AI and analytics algorithms, organisations will be empowered to solve their most intractable problems and uncover new opportunities. TecCentric will work with SAS to customise services and solutions for a wide array of industries from the public sector, to banking, education, healthcare, and more, granting them access to the full analytics cycle with SAS’s expanded AI solution offering as well as its leading fraud and financial crimes analytics and reporting.
SAS’s AI embedded software supports diverse environments and will provide Qatari organisations with more intelligent and automated solutions empowering them to scale to meet changing business requirements.
Bassel Al-Halabi, Managing Director at TecCentric said: “Data quality, speed, and insights are the markers that distinguish industry-leaders. Accelerating the journey from insight to innovation should be at the forefront of every business. And we are confident that SAS, as the trusted global analytics powerhouse, will provide the optimal solutions across industries to organisations in Qatar. With SAS solutions, the market will be able to continuously capitalise on advancements in AI, reimagining the way they do business and driving both the economy and the country forward”.
Tayfun Topkoc, Managing Director, Middle East, and Africa, Turkey and Central Asia at SAS said: “SAS aims to empower and inspire with the most trusted analytics and has the capabilities and expertise to enable organisations, big and small, across all industries to facilitate data-driven decision making to meet forever changing customer needs and the dynamic business landscape.
Our collaboration with TecCentric is strategic in Qatar, as they share our determination to support organisations in their digital transformation journey, to solve their most pressing challenges using a data-driven approach, and to empower them with real, long-term competitive advantages to succeed through implementing AI, machine learning (ML) and advanced analytics”.
He added: “We look forward to delivering best practices to the Qatari market, building sustainable and strong capabilities and resources in Qatar, and helping bridge the gap in the market by contributing to training and building a local pool of national talent in the domain of data science, AI, and advanced analytics”.
