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US-based data infrastructur<\/strong>e company <\/strong>NetApp<\/a><\/strong> appointed Saeed Al-Zahrani (<\/strong>LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>) as <\/strong>General Manager for Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, according to a press release<\/a>. Al-Zahrani brings nearly two decades of experience in Saudi\u2019s technology sector to his new role, having previously held senior positions at Nutanix, Solutions by stc, Oracle, LinkedIn, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.<\/p>\n

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REMEMBER-<\/strong> NetApp set up its regional HQ<\/a> in Riyadh in February. The firm, which has been active in Saudi since 2007, offers unified data storage, data management, and other AI-based data infrastructure solutions, according to its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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