The Data Park, a subsidiary of Omantel Group, is an Omani company that have over the past 9 years, been able to consolidate their position among the major regional and global companies hosting digital environments and providing cloud solutions, security services (cyber security) and artificial intelligence applications to the business sector in the Sultanate of Oman or abroad.
TDP organizes a workshop in collaboration with MTCIT on Artificial Intelligence for the Government sector targeting over 30 ministries, authorities and establishments.
The workshop highlights the Sultanate’s infrastructure readiness for Artificial Intelligence
Maqbool Al Wahaibi: TDP is capable to provide the required cost effective and efficient Al applications to various public and private entities
Muscat, 19th January 2022: Above 30 Ministries, Authorities and Establishments participated on Wednesday in a workshop on Nebula AI, held by The Data Park (TDP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT), at Muscat Novotel hotel. It highlighted the Sultanate’s infrastructure readiness for Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an embodiment of Oman’s Vision 2040, and the digital transformation strategy announced by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, which aim at promoting and accelerating digital transformation of the government sectors and services in Oman in line with the global technical development.
The workshop targeting all government entities, came within the framework of TDP’s national efforts that aim at contributing to accelerating the Sultanate digital transformation, through utilizing the Artificial Intelligence applications (AI) and the cost effective and efficient support available through The Data Park’s Nebula AI infrastructure which is powered by Nvidia and hosted in Oman.
The delivered content of the workshop included an AI transformation Roadmap for Government entities, their Cyber Security solutions, a framework for creating an AI project within the public sector and highlighted the action of the National Program for adopting Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in the Sultanate.
The holding of the workshop comes in light of the Sultanate’s interest in accelerating the adoption of the Artificial Intelligence, while the Sultanate has designated a National Program for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in the year 2020, within the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT).
In his welcoming speech at the opening of the workshop, Eng. Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO of The Data Park, stressed that, the holding of this workshop is considered as an embodiment of The Data Park’s efforts to contribute to the success of the Sultanate’s National Program for Artificial Intelligence. Nebula AI aims at enhancing the productivity of the targeted sectors for economic diversification, improving the human resources capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, adopting Artificial Intelligence applications in the infrastructure sectors, and the governance of Artificial Intelligence applications and advanced technologies in accordance with a human-centered vision.
TDP’s partnership with Nvidia gives the ability for Government and private entities in Oman to avail world’s best processing equipment and technologies in the field of AI. Oman now has the best Artificial Intelligences, Machine Learning and Deep Learning capabilities online and hosted in Oman and TDP can tailor the required AI applications for different verticals. Furthermore, the given technologies are available on an OPEX model enabling cost effective implementation for the entity, and TDP also offers plug and play AI solutions for many verticals.
Al-Wahaibi added that, TDP’s keenness to provide its services to the public sector is backed by the confidence of government entities in the professionalism of The Data Park in providing various solutions related to Artificial Intelligence, Cloud services, Web hosting, and Cyber Security services, including their Security Operations Center services (SOC) and Network Operations Center services (NOC) which are operated around the clock, seven days a week.
In the same context, Al Wahaibi affirmed The Data Park’s capabilities to provide its specialized professional services to the various administrative units of government agencies in the Sultanate in the cloud services fields and security assessment services, that aim at identifying, evaluating technical weaknesses, and setting preventive measures to protect them from external and internal cyber threats related to information technology.
Eng. Khalil Al Maawali, a member of the National Program for Artificial Intelligence team, gave a visual presentation highlighting the Sultanate’s integrated national action plan for Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies. His session explained the activities under this national action plan including, the setting of policies and legislation to adopt AI and advanced technologies, including capacity-building, research, innovation, industrialization, investment, and supporting the establishing of emerging companies.
The integrated national action plan for Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies in the Sultanate also includes coordination and cooperation between stakeholders in the public, private and academic sectors, in order to share requirements related to Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies, integrating with existing projects and initiatives, and coordinating with local and advanced international organizations and bodies related to the concerned topics.
It is noteworthy that TDP, the Sultanate’s first managed cyber security and cloud services provider, plays an integral role in supporting the digital transformation of Oman, through their offering of an all-in-one solution of cloud computing, hosting and network security services. TDP also offers the Sultanate’s first Artificial Intelligence ready cloud infrastructure – Nebula AI powered by Nvidia. More details of their services can be found at www.omandatapark.com
Oman Information and Communication Technology (OICT) GROUP, The Data Park and Oracle have jointly Launch Oracle’s Hyper-Scale Cloud Infrastructure Data Center in Oman, as the first oracle cloud region in the Sultanate.
The new cloud region (OCI), will provide a broad range of IaaS/PaaS Cloud Services for all entities in the public and private sectors, across the Sultanate of Oman, through TDP certified Tier III Data Center.
Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a dedicated region in Oman will enable the entities in Oman to run all their Oracle systems on a multi-tenant cloud infrastructure with physical control of infrastructure and data to help them meeting the most demanding regulatory, data residency, and latency requirements
Commenting on this event ,Eng. Said bin Abdullah Al-Mandhari, CEO of Oman Information and Communication Technology (OICT) said : “This partnership between the group and The Data Park embodies the objective of setting up (OICT) , which aims at becoming an investment arm for the government in partnership with the private sector in implementing the strategies of the telecommunications and information technology sector ,as well as the initiatives for keeping with the Fourth Industrial”
Al-Mandhari added: “The launch of this cloud region also comes within the frame work of the four specializations of the Oman Information and Communication Technology (OICT), which include the fields of infrastructure, communications , information technology platforms, provision of services, data centers, cloud computing, services of electronic platforms ,and information security survives , in addition to the efforts of the group to contribute in building the country’s digital economy, and promoting the development of small and medium Foundation”
Eng. Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO of The Data Park also stated: “We in TDP arepleased to be part of this distinguished cooperation with the OICTgroup, which resulted in launching the Oracle Cloud Region in the Sultanate”.
He emphasized those capabilities of The Data Park to provide the best levels of cloud services, relying on the team of specialized experts at TDP, which is Sultanate’s first IT-managed and cloud services provider.
Al Wahaibi added: OCI is built on agile modeling that simplify the transformation of all verticals in the Sultanate of Oman towards sustainable economy and 4th industrial revolution.
He pointed out that the launching of this Oracle advanced cloud technology will accelerate the digital transformation vision 2040 by up fronting latest technology in cloud-services that meets market needs and data governance requirements, reduce operational costs, and modernize legacy applications.
The Oracle High Performance Cloud Region will also enhance the ability of companies and organizations to ensure the security and integrity of their data within the country, will contribute in reducing data transmission times and speeding up recovery from the consequences and effects of disasters on a large scale, while it is one of the first ultra-wideband clouds from Oracle has been launched in the Sultanate.
This service will also provide the operating companies and institutions in the Sultanate with access to a high-bandwidth network with high performance to operate all types of workloads with various work tasks, including complex calculations.
According to Oracle .com, Oracle the fastest growing network of global data centers, has 34 cloud regions available and 10 more planned by the end of 2022. Oracle offers more than 80 cloud infrastructure and platform services. Most regions also offer its Cloud Application (SaaS) portfolio. Across Applications and Infrastructure, with public and hybrid cloud options, Oracle supports local access, regional compliance, and true business continuity.
TDP has greatly contributed to providing an all-in-one solution of computing, cloud computing services, data storage, networking, as well as web hosting and network security services, while it has an advanced virtual data center in the field of cyber security – Cyber Security Park, with a world-class level of quality, which helped the beneficiaries of its services to save up to 55% on the total cost of ownership compared to a traditional data centers.
The services of The Data Park are characterized by their being based on rooted standards that compatible with local and international requirements in their field of work, as well as being professionally managed and supported by a team of highly qualified and professionally accredited experts.
The services provided by TDP, through its Cyber Security Park and through its capabilities in the field of hosting and cloud services, have enhanced the capabilities of many economic and commercial sectors, such as banking, financial services, oil and gas, logistics and other commercial and economic activities, to serve governmental and non-governmental institutions.
It is noteworthy that TDP, the Sultanate’s first managed cyber security and cloud services provider, plays an integral role in supporting the digital transformation of Oman, through their offering of an all-in-one solution of computing, cloud computing, data storage, networking, web hosting and network security services. TDP also offers the Sultanate’s first Artificial Intelligence ready cloud infrastructure – Nebula AI powered by Nvidia. More details of their services can be found at www.thedatapark.com
The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) and The Data Park (TDP), signed a partnership and cooperation contract in the technical field including cloud services.
The inked partnership will contribute to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of the government entities and ensuring the business progress in general.
H.E. Dr. Khalifa bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Barwani, CEO of the National Centre for Statistics and Information, stated: “The global technical development has raised an urgent need to utilize the cloud services’ capabilities and its advantages, in particular, it contributes to reducing the entities’ financial and operational costs , and ensuring the uninterrupted business continuity, as well as enhancing the flexibility of accessing the NCIS’s various IT infrastructure, information systems and applications from any geographical location”.
“The cloud services also provide the flexibility of controlling the technical resources of the main servers and enhance the servers compatibility and conformity with the standards and controls imposed by the set standards of the e-government and digital transformation applications” Al Barwani added.
Eng. Maqbool bin Salem Al Wahaibi, CEO of The Data Park said: ”This cooperation is considered as an important step that reflexes the confidence of the government and private agencies in the capabilities of The Data Park. It also enables organizations to gain the various benefits of the cloud services, its high cyber security protection systems, and its technical support service around the clock, seven days a week.
He added that The Data Park provides homogeneous data solutions with international standards, in addition to the top quality of its Cyber Security Park services, including the Security Operations Center services (SOC) and Network Operations Center services (NOC) around the clock, seven days a week”.
Al Wahaibi expressed his expectations for several entities and companies to follow the example of this partnership between NCSI and TDP, in order to achieve the same goals that we aspire to. The Data Park is always available to provide its specialized professional services to the various administrative units of government agencies in the Sultanate in the cloud services fields. He also added the availability of security assessment services for these agencies, such as Penetration tests, that is aimed at identifying, evaluating technical weaknesses, and setting preventive measures to protect them from external and internal electronic threats.
He added, “The security assessment services provided by The Data Park are used to create a defensive strategy in the information technology field, which can be implemented by various organizations to reduce potential security risks in the such fields”
Artificial Intelligence will transform every sector and every industry in the days to come, influencing the business outcomes. The shift can already be experienced in our smart devices, applications, healthcare systems to name a few, and its impact will permeate further within every sector in a colossal level. AI has acted as the main driver of emerging technologies such as big data, IoT, robotics and will offer innovation-led solutions in the future.
The Data Park is pleased to announce a special supplement under “Empowering Industries” published by Times of Oman and Al Shabiba newspapers.
This special supplement covers the Nebula AI launch event held on the 6th of October, as well as industry-related articles and key statistics on the benefits of this new service to all business entities in Oman.
The Data Park launches Nebula AI service in the Sultanate as a Cloud Service Provider in the NVIDIA Partner Network.
Maqbool Al-Wahaibi: The launch of AI service enables the Sultanate to store its data internally.
Muscat, 6th November 2021: As one of the vital enablers contributing to the improvement of productivity in economic sectors and a key pillar driving the national economy for technological transformation, The Data Park (TDP), the Sultanate’s first IT-managed and cloud services provider, has launched Nebula AI service today by joining the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) Cloud Service Provider Partner Program.
The launching ceremony was under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Ali bin Amer Al Shidani, Undersecretary for Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in presence of high-level VIP delegations, business, and media representatives. The event was also graced by both virtual and physical presenters covering various aspects of AI and its benefits and was live streamed to a wider audience.
The launch of the Nebula AI platform, the first of its kind in Oman, comes in line with Oman’s vision for 2040 and within the Sultanate’s exerted efforts to keep pace with the latest technological developments in the field of computing, compatible with the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution and AI.
The Sultanate had advanced 11 positions in the government’s readiness index for implementing AI in 2020, while it ranked 48th globally and sixth in the Middle East, according to the Oxford Insight Index.
Highlighting the Importance of AI for Oman’s economy, Eng. Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO, The Data Park stated: “AI is transforming every industry, whether it is by improving customer relationships in financial services, streamlining manufacturer supply chains, or helping doctors deliver better outcomes for patients. It gives us great pleasure to be at the forefront to provide this platform, which will enhance the technological transformation processes in the Sultanate in order to accelerate the utilization of AI in various economic fields in Oman.”
“As the launching of Nebula AI service will contribute to sealing Oman’s entry into the world of AI, The Data Park has practically proven its success of bringing innovative services to Oman to fuel further economic growth. Coupled with our impeccable track record of over nine years of service in the cloud services industry, we now look forward to helping businesses leap ahead on innovation and profitability through the use of AI, both locally and beyond,” Maqbool Al Wahaibi added.
Joining virtually for the event, Mr. Jaap Zuiderveld, vice president, EMEA at NVIDIA, stated, “AI is transforming every industry, helping nations and businesses solve their biggest challenges in agriculture, healthcare, climate and more. As an NVIDIA NPN partner, The Data Park is helping to grow the nation’s AI expertise to create new opportunities with the world’s leading AI systems.”
Al Wahaibi also said that the utilization of AI services is considered an important factor for improving the productivity of many economic sectors, such as banking and finance, energy, healthcare, logistics and retail. It saves time and money and enhances operational efficiencies, as well as leads to an increase in revenue. AI also enhances the performance of sophisticated intellectual tasks such as decision making and problem solving, as well as increases customer services proactively.
He also highlighted that the Nebula AI service platform is powered by the NVIDIA DGX A100 system, which is suitable for all AI workloads, offering unprecedented compute density, performance, and flexibility in the world’s first 5 petaFLOPS AI system. This will enable both government and private sector entities to explore the various benefits of AI with the guarantee of data sovereignty, security, and reliability.
A teaming agreement was also signed at the launch, between TDP’s CEO Eng. Al Wahaibi and Bikal UK’s CEO Mr. Raj Sandhu, which was attended by James Goldman, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Muscat.
A statement from H.E. Mr. Bill Murray, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman stated, “Technology is an area of strength for the UK in particular, with London recognised as the ‘AI capital of Europe.’ The potential for collaboration between the UK and Oman in the technology sector is vast, and I am excited by this partnership between The Data Park and Bikal. It will create job opportunities and support the development of Oman’s tech ecosystem and local talent in alignment with Vision 2040. Congratulations to TDP and Bikal!”
“Our collaboration with The Data Park is key to the creation of new AI and 5G technologies in Oman and the GCC. Having a forward-looking partner in the region will enable Bikal to bring UK university researched innovations with the ability to develop the tech locally. This partnership will open joint opportunities in Oman and the UK over the coming years,” said Raj Sandhu, CEO, BIKAL UK.
According to a PWC research, AI is estimated to contribute around 15.7 trillion USD globally by 2030, while the Middle East is estimated to accrue 2% of the total global benefits of AI in 2030, which is equivalent to 320 billion USD. The forecast reports also show that annual growth is expected to range between 20-34% per year across the region.
Forecasts from Gartner indicate that by 2025, 50% of enterprises will have devised AI orchestration platforms to operationalize AI, up from fewer than 10% in 2020. By 2025, AI will be the top category driving infrastructure decisions, due to the maturation of the AI market, resulting in a tenfold growth in compute requirements. And by 2025, 10% of governments will use a synthetic population with realistic behavior patterns to train AI while avoiding privacy and security concerns.
It is noteworthy that TDP has greatly contributed to providing cloud computing services, cloud storage, cloud networking, as well as web hosting and cyber security services. TDP operates an advanced Virtual Data Center across Oman in the field of cyber security based on the latest industry standards, helping customers mitigate risks with its services and save up to 55% on the total cost of ownership compared to traditional data centers.
MAQBOOL AL WAHAIBI: The pandemic has led to an acceleration of the digitalisation plans of governments and businesses across the world, including in Oman. In the push to leverage IT innovation, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model has emerged as the preferred solution of many organisations. Its popularity is to a large extent based on the flexibility it offers by removing the need to commit to large capital investment and maintenance costs, since organisations can access remote IT architecture that is assembled and managed by the cloud solutions provider.
Oman has embarked on its journey for business transformation and technological innovation as part of its commitment to fulfilling Vision 2040. However, while with policy reforms and state-of-the-art infrastructure the country’s output is on a growth path, a unified approach and synergetic strategy is what is required to transform Oman into a skill-driven society. This integrated strategy will catalyse Oman’s quest for joining the fourth industrial revolution and become more relevant in the international marketplace. Staying ahead of the curve by imbibing an innovation culture, building an ecosystem, and developing skillsets at institutional levels will ensure that Oman becomes a vital part of the fourth industrial revolution. Oman needs to take advantage of the opportunities that it will offer, and should be prepared with a responsive strategy that includes public, private, civil and academic sectors in order to stay competitive, innovative and
emerge as a global leader. In order to fulfill the objectives of Vision 2040, Oman needs a constant digital assessment to align digital investments with business objectives and keep pace with the innovation advancements required to stay competitive. As we advance into the post-pandemic environment, nations, specifically Oman, need to build a collaborative strategy that will not just make us more competitive but at the same time prepare for the unforeseen future by harnessing the potential of new technologies. While the main revenue streams have already been identified for the Sultanate that includes fisheries, logistics, tourism, and mining, with the help of the ICT companies and professional services, these streams can be equipped with the right resources using efficient, economical, and sustainable business models.
A collaborative national strategy
Here are the elements of a cooperative approach that will help Oman benefit from the service providers and ICT companies; and enable the digital enablement process across sectors.
Workforce Enablement
Digital trends affect the ways professional services are delivered; and enterprises that deliver such services exist due to the expertise of individuals with specialized skills, knowledge, and domain expertise.
Skills – at large remain the most crucial element for the development of a nation. However, constant upgradation and innovation is threatening and changing the need for specialized skills. New technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence are replacing and automating processes and jobs. Educating the youth and emphasizing on a renewed curriculum that encourages tech learning, innovation at the grass-root levels will help develop a future-ready workforce and enable nations to build resources consisting the right skills. Courses that offer cross-disciplinary degrees must be introduced in institutions to create a pool of talented researchers and innovators. SMEs, private sectors and start-ups must leverage new technologies for skill upgradation and educate employees on futuristic technologies such as machine learning and critical thinking, to name a few.
Business Compatibility
Minimizing administrative and legislative burdens on firms, regularizing and maximizing billable time, determining resources and skill gaps will help to better manage projects and improve profitability. In order for businesses to thrive and mature, an ecosystem of service partners, non-reliability on foreign resources, creating a sturdy infrastructure, enabling and creating glocal opportunity is a mandate. While the professional services industry is changing rapidly, and the current economic environment is accelerating these changes, firms will need to incorporate digital technologies in their strategies, increase digital agility and respond to the changes in customer demands. At The Data Park, we are continually working with different sectors such as banking, energy, healthcare and utility to develop and synchronize their digital capabilities. However, these sectors need to gear up and create agile methodologies and renovate their business models. The government needs to implement streamlined measures focus on foreign direct investments by encouraging participation from the public-private partnerships and revise legislation for data hosting services to enable the service providers to offer enhanced services locally. It will also help to
resolve issues such as data security and theft.
Customer Experience
The focus needs to shift from more product-centric to a more service-centric delivery approach. It is important to evaluate how the technology engages customers and external stakeholders and delivers a consistent and engaging customer experience. With changing consumer behavior, it is imperative for professional services firms to adapt to these changes. Simplifying processes with automation, greater transparency, and leveraging the right solution with customer outcomes in mind and complementing machines, and work with new applications will help firms deliver better customer experiences. Similarly, a hybrid work model will help maximize productivity, engagement and collaboration.
Operational Agility
It is time to move away from the waterfall methodology to more relevant IT services delivery model. To meet the global delivery standards and to grow the investor pool, it is essential to look at
the technology infrastructure. A scalable, innovation-led model, persistently reviewing the data security parameters and IT environment will help in business expansion, without increasing the risk of data loss or any threats to strategic operations. Professional services firms need to find better ways to consolidate data sources and identify challenges and opportunities by using real-time key data and analytics for streamlining operations. New research centers and strengthening research groups will foster a culture of innovation
and entrepreneurship across the country, thus offering access to proper technologies and resources, which are the building blocks of the fourth industrial revolution.
Technology Integration
The Fourth Industrial Revolution involves the utilization of new innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, 3D printing, the Internet of Things, advanced wireless technologies to name a few. These technologies such as artificial intelligence is helping transform businesses and creating disruption. The heath care sector for example, post COVID-19 is at the forefront of leveraging AI for data analysis. Similarly, the 5G spectrum has changed the way businesses operate. Innovation coupled with use of such technologies is revolutionizing the way businesses are operating and creating value for the users, resolving problems, and accelerating the growth of business across sectors. At The Data Park, we too have been harnessing these technologies to build our cloud data services to meet data security, data confidentiality and data centralization requirements. We have created our own cloud to preserve valuable client data and have been delivering services of international standards. We are creating an ecosystem with our international partners to localize the cloud component and catalyse the growth and data security for various sectors in Oman. We are also prioritizing our focus on building our artificial intelligence portfolio, thus assembling the three pillars – cloud, cyber security and artificial intelligence to meet the future needs of our customers. For Oman to emerge as a digital economy, the task is to augment its technology and innovation capabilities. This can be achieved by supporting the entrepreneurs and SMEs and encouraging them to strengthen and invest in new technologies, urging the business community to reconsider the traditional business models and by collaborating with the government. The need of the hour is to develop the skillsets and constantly focus on research and innovation
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BEHAR is an electronic platform for purchasing fish remotely. It facilitates the wholesale purchase of fish products to fish merchants and marketers, companies, and institutions operating in the sector from the various governorates of the Sultanate by offering auctions on the platform. This saves effort, time, and the inconvenience of reaching the market both locally and internationally. This service is considered unique in terms of developing the marketing and trading of fish in Oman via the internet in a modern way.
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Committed to its vision since its inception in 1972, Mustafa Sultan Enterprises has emerged as a premier group in the Sultanate of Oman
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Mustafa Sultan office technology(MSOT) is the market leader in IT products & services portfolio & driving business in the field of office automation,digitization & cloud technology adoption in Oman. The company provides total solutions to modern offices & industries that enhance efficiency and productivity includes HCI, hybrid cloud & security solutions including SaaS/PaaS/IaaS/DRaaS, server, storage, backup, security & DR solutions.
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Queue Storage helps to make your application scalable and less sensitive to individual component failure. If part of your architecture goes down, messages are buffered, and then naturally picked up by other message processing nodes, which maintains the integrity of your workload.
Handle traffic bursts – Scale for bursts
Use Queue Storage to rightsize your service deployment. Applications absorb unexpected traffic bursts, which prevents servers from being overwhelmed by a sudden flood of requests. Monitor queue length to add elasticity to your application, and deploy or hibernate additional worker nodes based on customer demand.
Table Storage
A NoSQL key-value store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Store petabytes of structured data
Use Azure Table storage to store petabytes of semi-structured data and keep costs down. Unlike many data stores—on-premises or cloud-based—Table storage lets you scale up without having to manually shard your dataset.
Supports flexible data schema
Table storage is excellent for flexible datasets—web app user data, address books, device information, and other metadata—and lets you build cloud applications without locking down the data model to particular schemas. Because different rows in the same table can have a different structure—for example, order information in one row, and customer information in another—you can evolve your application and table schema without taking it offline.
Made for enterprise
Table storage embraces a strong consistency model. When data is inserted or updated in Table storage, all further accesses to that data will see the latest update. This is critical for systems with multiple users who are simultaneously updating data store.
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By running your workloads in Azure Container Instances (ACI), you can focus on designing and building your applications instead of managing the infrastructure that runs them.
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Deploy virtual machines featuring up to 128 vCPUs and 2 TB of memory. Get up to 2 million local storage IOPS per VM. Keep using your existing Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and SAP applications, build new ones, or choose from thousands of pre-built applications in the Azure Marketplace.
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Scale from one to thousands of VM instances in minutes with VM Scale Sets.
Encrypt sensitive data, protect VMs from malicious threats, secure network traffic, and meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
Choose Linux or Windows. Deploy your own VM image or download images from the Azure Marketplace.
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Apply autoscaling to virtual machines for high availability
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