{"id":"2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","language":"en","title":"Core42 opens partner programme for sovereign cloud and AI","summary":"The UAE-based company says its new partner ecosystem has more than 50 participants across technology and channel tracks.","body":["Core42 announced a partner programme on 5 October, describing it as a way to widen access to sovereign-enabled cloud and AI services in the UAE. The company said the ecosystem already included more than 50 partners across its technology and channel tracks. The technology track is intended for software companies, start-ups and technology providers, while the channel track is aimed at resellers.","The announcement also described Core42 Insight, a service for data residency, governance, monitoring and security, and noted Microsoft Azure services in the programme. Core42 said its existing cloud environment serves more than 47 Abu Dhabi government entities; that figure describes the existing environment, not new customers won through this programme. Customers and partners remain responsible for assessing workload classification and applicable regulatory or sector requirements."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Core42 opens partner programme for sovereign cloud and AI\n\nThe UAE-based company says its new partner ecosystem has more than 50 participants across technology and channel tracks.\n\nCore42 announced a partner programme on 5 October, describing it as a way to widen access to sovereign-enabled cloud and AI services in the UAE. The company said the ecosystem already included more than 50 partners across its technology and channel tracks. The technology track is intended for software companies, start-ups and technology providers, while the channel track is aimed at resellers.\n\nThe announcement also described Core42 Insight, a service for data residency, governance, monitoring and security, and noted Microsoft Azure services in the programme. Core42 said its existing cloud environment serves more than 47 Abu Dhabi government entities; that figure describes the existing environment, not new customers won through this programme. Customers and partners remain responsible for assessing workload classification and applicable regulatory or sector requirements.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["ai","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-05","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T15:51:20Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-11T23:57:54Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T15:50:25Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-05","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T15:49:21Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.core42.ai/resources/news/core42-launches-partner-program-to-expand-sovereign-enabled-cloud-and-ai-choice-in-the-uae","name":"Core42","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Core42, ‘Core42 launches partner program to expand sovereign-enabled cloud and AI choice in the UAE’, 5 October 2026. Partner and existing-customer figures are company-reported. No open licence is stated; this is an original factual summary with no source prose or media reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-extra-gulf-core42-partner-program"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-11T23:57:54Z","language":"en","text":"Completed full translations and corrected localized terminology and explanatory labels to preserve all original details."}],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["technology-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"issuer-location","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-AZ"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}