UAE-based datamena, a leading a provider of data centre and connectivity solutions, was honoured with an award at the Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards 2016, held recently in Dubai.

Spanning 22 industries, the awards recognise outstanding accomplishment across the Middle East’s enterprise IT domain, celebrating not only vendors, but also service providers and end users.

The company had won the ‘Data Centre Provider of the Year’ award at the event.

The company won the accolade for creating a 'Transit Zone where international customers were allowed to connect and provide services to each other, within the scope of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company’s (EITC) telecom licence, it said.

Abou Moustafa, vice president, enterprise managed services, du and datamena, said: “We are extremely proud of all our teams who work tirelessly to ensure that our customers are getting the best in breed products and services across our business offerings.”

“These awards are an indication of our relentlessness when it comes to staying ahead of the times and innovating for the future today. This only makes us even more eager to continue delivering on our brand promise and consistently ensuring added value for all our customers,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service