MUSCAT, Oman and ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 28,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today
that Bank Sohar, one of the leading financial institutions in
the Sultanate of Oman, has
selected IBM Cloud and mobile to accelerate its digital
transformation. This will allow the Bank to enhance its information
technology infrastructure, boost its client service capabilities
and elevate the overall customer experience.
As mobile banking continues to gain adoption across the region,
Bank Sohar embarked on an IT overhaul that included a special focus
on a flexible development platform for developing and managing
mobile applications. It sought one platform for all mobile apps
that could provide advanced mobile services and an improved
customer experience.
It achieved that goal with IBM MobileFirst and IBM Cloud. The
MobileFirst Platform gave Bank Sohar a single platform for all its
mobile apps, while making developers' jobs easier. The Bank now is
able to manage all versions of its apps in one location, and get
insights into app usage and performance, troubleshoot problems,
update and secure them from device to server.
"By choosing this platform on IBM Cloud, Bank Sohar was able to
streamline its IT environment and gain flexibility in using its
infrastructure to become an engine of innovation," said Amr Refaat,
General Manager, IBM Middle East and Pakistan. "IBM's solution has fast-tracked the
integration development process, improved the developer experience
and enhanced functional capabilities around APIs, mobile and the
cloud."
"At Bank Sohar, we are dedicated to delivering customer
excellence across all touch points of our operations. The IBM
solution will streamline the Bank's IT infrastructure and
significantly improve efficiency and time-to-market when launching
new products, particularly for mobile-applications. This will also
result in the reduction of time and effort to integrate new core
banking applications," said Mujahid Said Al Zadjali, Deputy General
Manager, IT and Alternate Channels, Bank Sohar.
About Bank Sohar
Bank Sohar offers market leading
financial retail products and services, and provides an extensive
network of 27 conventional branches and five Islamic Branches
(Sohar Islamic) with 51 ATMs across the Sultanate. Customers can
also avail of convenient cash withdrawal services at over 1,000
ATMs across the country operating under the 'OmanNet' platform as
well as utilise the Bank Sohar Mobile Banking App for all their
banking needs. For more information on Bank Sohar, please visit
www.banksohar.net. You can also follow the Bank on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/excel.banksohar, on Instagram at
www.instagram.com/banksoharexcel or join the conversation on
Twitter @banksohar_excel.
About IBM Cloud
For more information, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
Contacts:
Jumana
Akkawi
External Relations Leader, IBM Middle East and Africa
Direct: +971 4 4498353
Email: jumanaak@ae.ibm.com
Mike Zimmerman
IBM Media Relations
+1 (914) 766-4935
mrzimmerman@us.ibm.com
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