Zain’s data architecture recognised at Cloudera’s annual Data Impact awards

TDT | Manama

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Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, has been named a Cloudera Data Impact Award winner in the category of “Modern Architectures” at the recent annual ceremony held in Dubai.

The recognition reflects Zain’s Data Office, in collaboration with ZainTECH, excellence in designing and implementing innovative data architectures that effectively support the full data lifecycle – from ingestion to analytics, empowering innovation and digital transformation.

The Cloudera Data Impact Awards recognize organizations that have harnessed data to drive remarkable innovation, impact, and transformation in their industries and in how they solve their most pressing data issues.

Zain was selected by a panel of expert judges and scored highly on its achievements in leveraging data to drive significant business outcomes across its footprint.

A statement from Zain Group said, “This prestigious award validates Zain’s data strategy focus on becoming a leader in the ICT industry by embracing a data-driven approach. This involves recognizing data as a key asset, adopting data management best practices to maximize its value, and fostering a culture of data literacy and analytical capability throughout our operations.”

Ahmad Shakora, Group Vice-President, Dubai at Cloudera said, “Zain’s commitment to data-driven innovation demonstrates leadership and has had a transformative impact in the ICT arena. Through their visionary use of Cloudera’s platform, Zain has achieved outstanding business outcomes that are shaping the future of the company.”

Through the partnership with Cloudera, Zain’s Data Office in collaboration with ZainTECH, has been able to eliminate data silos and is taking a holistic approach to analysis across the organization.

By standardizing a Data Management framework, facilitating data literacy initiatives, and enforcing data stewardship, Zain’s Data Office team fosters a data culture throughout the company that effectively drives innovation, business efficiency and utilization of customer-centric services across Zain.