Eng. Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO, Oman Data Park, was named as Technology Person of the Year at the annual AIWA Awards instituted by Alam al-Iktisaad Wal A’mal magazine for Best Performing Companies. HE Dr. Rasheed bin al Safi al Huraibi, Chairman, Oman Tender Board, presented the award to Eng. Al Wahaibi at the red-carpet awards ceremony held at Hotel Sheraton Oman earlier this month.Eng. Al Wahaibi was felicitated for his exemplary services in leading Oman Data park to provide reliable, secure and flexible solutions delivered with unmatched expertise and quality of service. As a part of the executive management and founding team that established Oman Data Park, Eng. Al Wahaibi has been instrumental in developing solutions tailored to address the banks, financial Institutions, oil and gas sector, healthcare, government, education and professional services sectors.
“The award is a recognition of ODP’s contribution not only in providing ICT services to the corporates in the Sultanate, but also in being instrumental in Oman’s digital transformation and smart revolution, He added that the recognition reiterated the industry’s confidence in the products and services offered by ODP” said Eng. Al Wahaibi on winning the award.
Oman Data Park is the first managed service provider in Oman with a vision to transform the future, where IT services will be available on demand. The first localized cloud service provider in the Sultanate, ODP currently runs three data centres located in KOM, Wattayah, and Duqm. These three are interconnected to provide resilience, interconnectivity of data and business continuity.