Do you work on site in Bahrain?

Yes. Our engineers work at customer sites in Bahrain and remotely from Dubai, and most engagements combine the two. Every engagement is contracted with Mamluk LLC-FZ, which is registered in Meydan Free Zone, Dubai.

Can the Bahriya Kubernetes Engine run inside Bahrain?

Yes. BKE is installed on the customer's own servers, in the customer's own data centre, so the cluster and the data it holds stay wherever that hardware is. The requirements for each node are published in full.

BKE is licensed at a flat annual fee per cluster, whatever the number of nodes, cores or memory. The figure and a worked example are on the BKE pricing page , and a 14-day trial can be started from the Mamluk console without a sales call.

Bahrain

Kubernetes and enterprise architecture in Bahrain.

We work with organisations in Bahrain at their own sites and remotely from Dubai. Bahrain regulates where data goes rather than requiring it to stay, and its government has adopted a cloud-first policy; our work there starts from that position.

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The market

A cloud-first government, and transfer rules rather than localisation.

Bahrain has taken a different position from most of its neighbours. Its government adopted a cloud-first policy for its own workloads in 2017, and a 2018 decree allows foreign organisations to hold data in Bahraini data centres under the law of their home state. Its personal data protection law regulates transfers abroad through a list of approved countries rather than requiring data to stay in the Kingdom.

Financial institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain are subject to the outsourcing rules in its rulebook, which require the Bank to be notified when cloud data services are used.

Cloud-first is a policy about operating model as much as location. An organisation that wants the operating model of a cloud service on hardware it controls can have both: BKE on its own servers, operated by us through our managed service.

What we do in Bahrain

Five services and one distribution, delivered on site and remotely.

Our engineers work at customer sites in Bahrain and remotely from Dubai. Every engagement is contracted with Mamluk LLC-FZ, and the same engineers deliver every service below.

Enterprise Architecture as a Service

A senior architect on call, paid for by the day.

Kubernetes Consulting

Strategy, architecture and platform design for Kubernetes done properly.

Kubernetes Development

Custom operators, charts, controllers and the long maintenance tail.

Kubernetes Support

A Kubernetes support contract with named engineers and a defined response time.

Managed Kubernetes on Premise

A fully managed Kubernetes practice running inside your own data centre, on BKE.

Bahriya Kubernetes Engine

The only enterprise Kubernetes distribution developed and supported from within the GCC.

Regulatory context

The frameworks that shape where workloads run.

These are the frameworks most relevant to where a workload runs in Bahrain.

Law No. 30 of 2018 on Personal Data Protection (PDPL) Personal Data Protection Authority: In force since August 2019. It does not require personal data to be stored in Bahrain. Transfers are permitted to the countries on the Authority's approved list, and to other destinations with the Authority's authorisation.
Legislative Decree No. 56 of 2018 on Providing Cloud Computing Services to Foreign Parties Kingdom of Bahrain: Allows foreign organisations to store data in data centres in Bahrain while it remains subject to the law of their home state. It is an instrument for attracting data to Bahrain rather than for keeping Bahraini data in the country.
Outsourcing Module of the CBB Rulebook Central Bank of Bahrain: Applies to institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain. The use of cloud data services must be notified to the Bank, whether the provider is in Bahrain or abroad, and other forms of outsourcing outside Bahrain require its prior approval.
Cloud First Policy Information & eGovernment Authority: Adopted in 2017 and mandatory for government entities, which are to use cloud services by default when procuring new systems.

This summary is provided as context and is not legal advice. Which frameworks apply to an organisation depends on its sector, its licences and the data it holds, and should be confirmed with its regulator and its own counsel. Mamluk does not claim certification against any framework listed here.

Questions

Common questions from organisations in Bahrain.

Do you work on site in Bahrain?: Yes. Our engineers work at customer sites in Bahrain and remotely from Dubai, and most engagements combine the two. Every engagement is contracted with Mamluk LLC-FZ, which is registered in Meydan Free Zone, Dubai.
Can the Bahriya Kubernetes Engine run inside Bahrain?: Yes. BKE is installed on the customer's own servers, in the customer's own data centre, so the cluster and the data it holds stay wherever that hardware is. The requirements for each node are published in full.
How is BKE priced?: BKE is licensed at a flat annual fee per cluster, whatever the number of nodes, cores or memory. The figure and a worked example are on the BKE pricing page, and a 14-day trial can be started from the Mamluk console without a sales call.