YVOLV and Sage partner to unlock GCC market potential

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October
16, 2017- YVOLV, a joint venture between Alibaba Cloud and Meraas, today joined
forces with Sage, the market and technology leader for cloud accounting, people
& payroll and payment systems. Under the agreement, YVOLV will provide
Sage’s ecosystem of resellers, partners and independent software vendors (ISVs)
with scalable and secure services hosted on Alibaba’s cloud platform inside the
UAE.

Both organizations recognize that
people are more connected than ever, especially as annual mobility spending across
the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey is expected to top $185 billion in 2019
according to the latest IDC report. They will work together to deliver pay-as-you-go,
cloud-based solutions to organizations of all sizes in the Middle East.

Clinton O’Leary, Chief Commercial Officer, Yvolv

“We know that industries such as
manufacturing, retail, banking and financial services are among the early
adopters of mobility and digital transformation. However, ensuring security,
data privacy, and regulatory compliance remain the key challenges for SaaS (software-as-a-service)
adoption in the region,” said Clinton O’ Leary, CCO at YVOLV.

“With Sage digital services and
solutions and YVOLV’s locally-based cloud infrastructure, we are not only
solving multiple challenges faced by highly regulated verticals, but creating
opportunities for Small & Medium Businesses to benefit from scalable
solutions and elastic computing features.”

“YVOLV became a business partner as we
share the ambition of helping organizations in the Middle East to maximize the
benefits of the cloud and build their businesses. As a Business Reseller and
Cloud Service Provider, YVOLV enables us to provide secure, affordable and
scalable in-country cloud services to customers in the region, rather than
hosting them elsewhere at great cost and with compromises to performance,” says
Aaron White, Regional Director for Sage Middle East.”

Through a step-by-step implementation
process, YVOLV will host two core Sage solutions for the GCC market: Sage X3
which has been launched and Sage One, to be launched by December 2017.

“With the launch of Sage One in
December, Sage is increasing its range of cloud services in the Middle East,
and Yvolv is a perfect partner to host these services. Yvolv provides elastic
cloud services, which can scale up and scale down, making it a good fit for
Sage customers ranging from microbusinesses to small and medium companies to
enterprises. Our unique licensing model- where we bill for concurrent users- is
perfect for customers looking to optimise IT spending and efficiencies,” adds
White.

Sage X3 is a fully established
domestic and global financial management system, supporting international and
corporate business needs. It accelerates and integrates core business processes-
from procurement to production, warehousing, sales, customer service and
financial management– and delivers faster insight into costs and performance at
every step. Companies in the Middle East use Sage X3 as a public cloud supported
on YVOLV’s infrastructure.

Sage One is simple and secure online
accounting software small business owners can access anywhere, online, at any
time. By staying in control of their finances and understanding what is
happening with their businesses, organizations will be able to focus more on
their growth and customers and less on doing paperwork.