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GBM signs strategic partnership with Numa Solution
IBM Planning Analytics with Watson , an AI-infused , continuous integrated planning solution which will provide enterprises with a performance management modelling tool for planning , budgeting and forecasting .
Gulf Business Machines ( GBM ) has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Numa Solution from Malaysia .
The partnership will support enterprises advance their Digital Transformation processes through better understanding of their data .
It is built on GBM ’ s proven leadership in digitally accelerating diverse industries such as FinTech and oil and gas , and expanding on its legacy of bringing the latest technologies from global partners to the region .
Through this partnership , GBM will support the roll-out of specific pre-built models on
Amr Refaat , CEO of GBM , said : “ Digital resiliency and agility have become essential to navigate the unique challenges organizations face nowadays . CEOs are tasked with ensuring their organizations are able to operate in a dynamic business environment and as such , are constantly on the search for technologies and solutions that enable and support this need .
“ Through our MoU with Numa Solution , we are excited to offer more enterprises and industries access to advanced technologies which will streamline and integrate financial and operational planning across an enterprise value chain .”
RASHAYS appoints Prakhar Rawat as new CTO of national restaurant chain
Fast-growing Australian restaurant chain RASHAYS is continuing its Digital Transformation journey by appointing experienced tech leader Prakhar Rawat as CTO .
In a career spanning over a decade , Rawat has worked with several big brands in the global market to help achieve Digital Transformation and optimization of their business processes .
A high performing technology leader with a proven track record of solving challenging business problems , he used the power of technology to achieve impressive results in his previous tenure as CTO of a scale-up martech company based in Sydney .
“ RASHAYS is a business that puts its customers and employees at the heart of its operations ,” Rawat said . “ I am truly elated to be welcomed as part of the RASHAYS family and am looking forward to working with Rami Ykmour ( company founder ) and the team .
“ My mission is to deliver simplicity in customer experience while utilizing the best of technology to enable efficiencies at scale for the benefit of RASHAYS growing network of restaurants across Australia .” RASHAYS has been proudly Australian family-owned and has operated since 1998 , when its first restaurant in Liverpool , NSW , opened . Since then , RASHAYS has opened more than 32 restaurants across NSW , ACT , VIC and QLD , feeding over 100,000 customers a week . p
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