Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has won the 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution. Each year, this honor is awarded to a select number of IBM Business Partners who have delivered exceptional solutions to drive business value and transform the way their clients and industries do business in the future. The 2015 awards recognize achievements across a wide-range of solution areas, including, cloud, analytics, mobile, security and social business. The Beacon Awards are an integral part of IBM's Business Partner recognition program. Announced at the IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, the winners are selected by a panel of expert judges consisting of IBM executives, industry analysts and members of the press. IBM's Beacon Awards recognize Business Partners who have demonstrated business excellence in delivering IBM-based solutions to clients around the world to drive transformation and business growth. This year's awards recognized Business Partner achievements across 28 award categories. This includes two new awards for 2015: the Big Data and Analytics Solution award and Technical Support Services Solution award. “The recent increasing rate of business disturbances has raised awareness and needs for business continuity and resilience service in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which in turn worked out to uninterrupted operation and sustainable growth for the businesses. Etihad Etisalat - Mobily is fully aware of its customers' needs and trends and is offering innovative business resiliency services along with its strategic partner IBM to customers in governmental and private sectors,” said Ismail AlGhamdi, A/Chief Business Officer. “The 2015 Beacon Award winners are Business Partners who have demonstrated their ability to transform the way their industries do business and deliver outstanding value to clients through the development of new, advanced solutions focused on cloud, analytics, mobile, security and social,” said Marc Dupaquier, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. “We're pleased to recognize Mobily for consistently delivering these innovative IBM solutions by honoring them with a Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution.”— SG