The Commercial Bank of Qatar Q.S.C. : Commercialbank announces strategic collaboration with MEEZA, A Qatar Foundation joint venture

Commercialbank, one of Qatar's leading private sector banks, announced an exclusive collaboration with MEEZA, a Qatar Foundation joint venture. MEEZA a managed IT Services and Solutions provider offers a wide range of services to clients, from creating and managing IT infrastructure to providing technology consulting.

Commercialbank and MEEZA have signed agreement for an exclusive strategic collaboration which will provide the Bank's business customers with access to a full portfolio of localised Cloud applications, including Payroll Email, Document Management, and Web Hosting solutions.

MEEZA, a leader in the local IT industry, is at the forefront of helping businesses accelerate their growth in Qatar through the provision of world-class Managed IT Services and Solutions- ranging from Data Centre Services to innovative Managed Infrastructure Services. Under the agreement, both Commercialbank and MEEZA will work together to provide Commercialbank's business banking customers with Cloud applications available over the internet.  This technology solution enables direct access to agile, quality-driven and high value model of software-as-a-service.

Announcing the strategic collaboration, Mr. Andrew Stevens, Group CEO of Commercialbank, stated: "Commercialbank is pleased to enter into this strategic partnership with MEEZA, a Qatar Foundation joint venture. The partnership with MEEZA is aligned to Commercialbank's strategy to expand its range of products and services as well as its key focus on creating customer service excellence. He further added, "in a highly competitive marketplace, businesses require support and a distinct advantage over their competitors in order to thrive. Having a bank that understands the needs of your business through listening, offering support and advice is a necessary requirement. At Commercialbank, we strongly believe that one of our prime functions within the small and medium size business sector is to help and nurture businesses. Our focus is to develop into successful organisations that have a positive impact on the development of Qatari society. Our collaboration with MEEZA and the world class technology solutions they provide will help our business customer grow with sustainable Cloud business application.

MEEZA Chairman and CEO, Mr. Rashid Al-Naimi said, "This exclusive relationship with Commercialbank enables them to provide MEEZA cloud services in the state of Qatar.  Commercial bank can now offer a full portfolio of cloud applications to their existing and prospective client base.   These cloud software applications will be running in MEEZA's secure and highly available data centres.

In support of Qatar's vision to develop a knowledge based economy, introducing these solutions enables companies to rapidly adopt the latest technologies. We look forward to a long lasting relationship with Commercialbank as we continue to invest and expand our presence in the cloud services space."

Speaking further on the partnership, Mr. Raju Buddhiraju , Executive General Manager at Commercialbank, also expressed that,'' the strategic partnership with MEEZA will strengthen and expand the products and services offered to the Bank's business customers.  He adds, ''Qatar is poised for continued rapid growth and the important work being carried out by ensuring that the skills and know how required to create a world class economic infrastructure are right here in Qatar. We at Commercialbank are keen to support and be a part of this journey."

''This partnership allows Commercialbank to be uniquely positioned to offer SME's across Qatar convenient access to managed Information Technology solutions, providing several benefits including low cost entry, no licencing costs, no costs for upgrades and quick and simple implementation,. The Bank will initially offer MEEZA managed Payroll services,  Email,  Document Management solutions and web hosting infrastructure; then build further on these offerings from MEEZA's wide range of world-class IT solutions''.

Commercialbank is currently offering MEEZA's Cloud Services to several clients, who have been happy to receive this offering to help develop their newly established organisations.

The Youth Company is the first Youth Social Enterprise in Qatar. TYC strives to promote, establish, and operate sustainable services and facilities, which integrate environmental, social and economic factors for the benefit of youth, aged 3-29, within Qatar. Mr. Mohamed Farid, TYC CEO said, " We are currently using Commercialbank's business solutions, Cloud E-mail, and Document Management. We now have our easy tool, to communicate and collaborate as our company expands. No more headaches with broken hardware, software upgrades, and IT staff leaving. We can now focus on developing our organisation."

Al Safa Polyclinic and Shutdown Maintenance Services, part of Al Jaber Group Companies, Mr. Mohammed Sultan Al Jaber, Al Jaber Group Chairman said, "Our Cloud payroll application allows us peace of mind, with datasecurity and the ability to expand as our business needs demand. The multilingual (Arabic and English) feature, localised support, and having the Cloud in Qatar provides re-assurance that our data is in a secure environment."Mr.Mohamad Manil, Managing Director said "The ease, speed and convenience of the payroll solution which can processed from anywhere without having to travel between their various offices across town is important to us. We look for more technology based products from Commercialbank to streamline and increase efficiencies of the Company.