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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Wins Microsoft Partner of the Year Award

Recognized for groundbreaking achievements and innovations in Artificial Intelligence

The ICT team celebrating their major award from Microsoft. Photo credit: ICT

Information and Communication Technology W.L.L (ICT) has been honored with the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Qatar. This prestigious recognition was announced on June 28 as part of the global MCAPS Start for Partners program.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards program celebrates partners who deliver exemplary solutions built on Microsoft Cloud and platforms. The award citation specifically highlights ICT’s significant achievements and innovations in Artificial Intelligence.

Microsoft recognized ICT for its standout accomplishment: “Information and Communication Technology – using Microsoft Azure OpenAI – developed an AI Virtual BOT and a smart assistant to facilitate government-citizen interaction for The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.”

Jawad Alam, Deputy General Manager of Information and Communication Technology, remarked, “In 1997, ICT became the first Microsoft partner in Qatar. Over the past 27 years, our partnership with Microsoft has driven innovation and growth, culminating in this proud moment where we receive the Partner of the Year Award 2024.”

He added, “This award is a testament to our dedication and success in spearheading Qatar’s digital transformation. We extend our gratitude to the entire Microsoft team for their support and to our dedicated local Microsoft team. Our commitment remains to always strive for excellence.”

The Microsoft announcement further acknowledged ICT’s deep commitment to understanding customer objectives and needs, creating transformative solutions and services that address real business challenges, and helping customers achieve successful business outcomes.

Learn more about this year’s award winners by reading the official Microsoft announcement blog.

About Information and Communication Technology

Information and Communication Technology is a member of East Gulf Group and part of the MDS System Integration Group. Over the years, ICT has been able to build on its long experience to address customer business requirements and challenges with cutting-edge infrastructure solutions. By capitalizing on its business and technology knowledge, ICT effectively contributes to the local IT evolution and development that the State of Qatar is witnessing.

To develop a focus on digital transformation, ICT offers its services portfolio through two divisions: ICT- Systems (hardware and systems), and ICT-Digital (software and digital services). ICT-Digital offers a set of services to enterprise customers such as: Cloud/multi-Cloud solutions & services, Data Platforms, Big Data Analytics, IoT/IIoT, Cybersecurity, Digital transformation advisory services, industry-specific digital business use cases, etc.