Holool bags the ITP-Technology Award for “The Best Open Source Company in Middle East” at GITEX-Riyadh for its contribution to Information Technology in Saudi Arabia, thus making Holool a truly global player in the IT arena

Following is the extract from the news item published in GITEX-Times:

"In fact, Holool made a huge splash at last week’s Gitex Saudi Arabia by introducing its bilingual version of the Linux operating system, HOST, in the Saudi Arabian market. The IT

solutions provider, which was established in Riyadh in 2000, believes its version of the open source operating system will be a winner due to its user friendly graphical user interface (GUI) and features.

“HOST allows end user organizations to reduce information technology costs by enabling them to do more with less,” said Holool’s Mohammad Al-Harbi. “We hope to receive a good response [for HOST] as the Saudi Arabian IT market is a growing one and this is a great chance for us,” he added.

This year’s Arabian Business Awards ceremony took place at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, and was held under the auspices of HRH Prince Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, deputy minister of the interior ministry, HRH Prince Faisl Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud,HH Prince Turki Bin Abdullah Bin Abdullrahman Al-Saud, and HRH Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, deputy governor of Riyadh.”