Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and Microsoft partner to accelerate cloud connectivity in the Middle East
November 5, 2019 – Gulf Bridge International (GBI), a global connectivity provider, and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will support regional cloud adoption amongst key organisations in the region, as witnessed by GBI’s Chairman H.E Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
The strategic partnership will enable organisations to gain faster access to the Microsoft Azure Cloud, with the goal of high performance, security and compliance to better transform their business operations.
GBI is an ExpressRoute connectivity partner, that enables customers with low latency and private cloud connectivity. GBI’s customers and partners have connection to the Cloud and connections across the globe with the lowest latency times between the region and Europe.
Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute allows organisations to create private connections between the Azure Cloud and infrastructure on-premises or in a colocation environment. These connections do not go over the public Internet.
GBI’s Cloud Connectivity solutions are built on industry-standard software-definedwide-area network (SDWAN) technology, allowing enterprises to control, manage, and monitor their network. GBI’s advanced SDWAN quality of service and application-aware options enables enterprises to allocate bandwidth to mission critical applications.

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