Riyadh, 19th Dec 2022: sirar by stc and Azeus Convene signed a key strategic partnership aiming at adding significant value to documentation and signing processes for organisations in a secure and compliant way.

sirar by stc, and Azeus Convene, a global provider of IT solutions for boards’ governance, announced a key partnership to support the growing need of digital signature solutions for private, public, and non-profit sectors across KSA market. The partnership is key to accelerate digital transformation across the boardrooms by adding significant value to the documentation and signing processes in a secure and compliant way. It’s worth highlighting that Sayen digital signatures are approved by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), legally binding, and admissible by Saudi courts. This partnership is a strategic step to achieve the highest standards of governance and digital documentation to strengthen the e-governance system.

“We at sirar by stc are delighted to announce this key strategic partnership with Azeus Convene, who not only offer advanced and secured board digitalisation solutions, but also have a track record of excellence across more than 100 countries. Combining our forces with Convene, we will enable businesses across the region to generate verified and authenticated signatures, even for their critical transactions-in a secure environment. With this collaboration, we aim to support organisations with their digital transformation journeys and be the most preferred provider of board governance solutions across the region.” said, Eng. Fahad AlJutaily, CEO at sirar by stc.

Convene’s all-in-one Digital Signature Suite is an exciting innovation that resolves complex inter-company relationships for large groups and investment companies. The Digital Signature Suite is one of the key features of Convene’s board governance solution that houses powerful tools for secure and centralised board communications and collaborations.

“We are excited about our strategic partnership with sirar by stc. Our digital signature suite is the most secure and compliant tool, and the implementation would fully meet the Digital Signature Standard established by the KSA government. This key collaboration between stc and Azeus Convene will be a pivotal step in helping organisations effectively manage their board digitalisation challenges.”, said, Michael Yap, CEO at Azeus Convene.

Emphasising on the strong localisation push, Alok Kumar, Director Sales (Middle East, Africa, South Asia) at Azeus Convene said: “With our “Think Globally, Act Locally” strategy, we are continuously localising Convene to meet the business needs. Convene’s Digital Signature Suite consists of e-Signature, e-Initial, Inks, Sign Box, Signature Authenticator, Sign Trail, and many other services, to provide a smart, simple, and secure way for organisations to sign documents electronically. The partnership between sirar by stc and Convene will provide further options to organisations to sign documents using Sayen digital signature.”

With clients in more than 100 countries, Azeus Convene aims to continuously support the needs of organisations and businesses across the GCC region and deliver values for real success. Hence, this partnership between Azeus Convene and sirar by stc is a pivotal step to enabling digital transformation of boardrooms and achieving better board governance.

About sirar by stc

sirar has been established by stc, the region’s top ICT and digital services provider, sirar is a cutting-edge cybersecurity provider that empowers organizations to secure their cyber and digital capabilities.

As experts in cybersecurity, privacy, and resilience, we offer a comprehensive range of solutions that help you to manage digital attacks effectively, achieve compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and enable a safe digital transformation journey.

About Azeus Systems Holdings Ltd.

With clients in over 100 countries, Azeus is a global software product business empowering thousands of organisations with digital corporate governance solutions. Such as, Convene—the leading board portal software that enables directors and executives to achieve better corporate governance. ConveneAGM—a virtual AGM platform with live voting, live Q&A, and zero-delay broadcast that can maximise the participation of shareholders through physical, remote or hybrid AGMs. Convene in Teams (CiT)—a Teams-based meeting solution that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365 for a better leadership meeting experience in Teams. Lastly, Convene ESG—an end-to-end reporting software that digitises the ESG journey of regulated companies to comply with the mandated local regulatory standards and global frameworks.

With expertise in the industry for 30 years, Azeus has been globally operating across major regions, with offices in the USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, UAE, China, Spain, India, Nigeria, and Turkey. Azeus has consistently been appraised at Level 5 in CMMI, which is the highest and most mature level in the software development model. Visit us at our official website (www.azeusconvene.com/en-sa and www.azeusconvene.com/ar-sa).

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