Dubai-based VAD Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with WEKA to bring the company’s AI data infrastructure software and solutions to channel partners across the Middle East.
The agreement covers markets including the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and will give VAD Technologies’ partner network access to WEKA Neural Mesh software for customers investing in artificial intelligence, machine learning and accelerated computing infrastructure.
The partnership comes as organisations across the region continue to increase spending on AI infrastructure, creating greater demand for data platforms capable of supporting GPU-intensive workloads and improving utilisation.
Under the agreement, VAD Technologies will work with its regional channel partners to deliver WEKA solutions to enterprises and government organisations operating across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
The two companies also plan to invest in partner training, technical enablement, workshops and joint go-to-market initiatives across sectors including government, financial services, healthcare, energy and telecommunications.
Mario M. Veljovic, general manager at VAD Technologies, said AI adoption is changing the way organisations manage and use data.
“The WEKA NeuralMesh platform delivers the scalable performance and economics our customers need to support modern AI workloads,” Veljovic said.
“We’re excited to be working with WEKA to expand AI adoption in the Middle East.”
Partnership targets AI and GPU-intensive workloads
WEKA Neural Mesh is designed to support high-performance data storage and GPU memory requirements for AI workloads, including model training, inference and agentic AI applications.
Through VAD Technologies, channel partners will be able to offer the platform to customers seeking to modernise their data infrastructure and improve the performance of AI and GPU investments.
The companies said the technology is aimed at enterprises, AI cloud providers and other organisations building large-scale AI environments.
Gareth Whiting, vice president of EMEA at WEKA, said the Middle East is expanding AI infrastructure rapidly, but the effectiveness of those investments will depend heavily on the performance of the underlying data layer.
“The difference between ambition and results will come down to whether the data layer can keep all those GPUs fed,” Whiting said.
“VAD Technologies knows this market and the partners building in it. Together, we’re making sure the region’s AI investments perform from day one.”
The distribution agreement gives WEKA a broader route to market across the Middle East while strengthening VAD Technologies’ portfolio of infrastructure products aimed at AI and data modernisation projects.
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