Microsoft Compliance Manager now available in Kuwait

Microsoft Compliance Manager now available in Kuwait

03 March, 2021; Kuwait City, Kuwait: Microsoft today announced that cloud customers in Kuwait will gain access to Microsoft Compliance Manager, empowering organisations to adhere to legal obligations while innovating with more freedom in an economic climate where business agility is critical.

The announcement comes at a time when more and more Kuwaiti businesses are choosing remote working and hybrid workplaces to keep employees safe while delivering operational continuity. According to a GCC survey in March, 35% of regional organisations were either in the process of implementing remote-working models or had already done so, and another report last June showed that remote working was likely to remain beyond the pandemic, with 90% of MENA employees expecting its usage to increase between now and 2030.

"In a region that was already innovating at a breathless pace, the pandemic acted as an accelerant“, said Alaeddine Karim, Country Manager, Microsoft Kuwait. "In both the private and government sectors we saw extraordinary progress in a short span of time. When making such moves, the IT environment undergoes dramatic changes, and maintaining compliance can be quite difficult, especially if