NEWS
GITEX 2017
Cisco announces partnerships with Abu Dhabi’s
Monitoring and Control Centre, Miral
into a single integrated control platform providing smart warnings
and quick access to data, creating events and initiating incident
management. The solution is utilised by ADMCC stakeholders
with functions tailored to each of their requirements and roles.
Miral
Cisco also announced the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding with Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, to
further explore opportunities to enhance Miral’s digital offerings
across its portfolio of leisure destinations on Yas Island.
Shukri Eid, Managing Director, East region, Cisco Middle East, gives a
walk through to the Abu Dhabi Monitoring and Control Centre delegation.
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t Gitex Technology Week 2017, Cisco and Abu Dhabi
Monitoring and Control Centre (ADMCC) announced
a collaboration towards achieving the vision for a safe,
secure and intelligent city. Building on their existing relationship,
ADMCC will leverage the power of Cisco’s technology solutions
and innovation to support Falcon Eye, an integrated, live
surveillance system deployed across the city of Abu Dhabi.
The strategic cooperation focuses on adopting Cisco’s
latest innovations to enable ADMCC to stay at the forefront of
technological updates and to harness new trends in the areas of
safety and security. Launched in July 2016, the Falcon Eye project
will benefit from Cisco’s state-of-the-art datacentre architecture
designed specifically to support virtualisation in the datacentre
based on Cisco’s Unified Computing System.
ADMCC and Cisco are joining forces to create a more flexible,
functional and secure environment within the datacentre.
Cisco was selected for its leading cybersecurity solutions that
help detect and block threats faster with Advanced Malware
Protection. When complete, the Cisco cybersecurity solution will
apply threat-centric visibility and control to the environment,
manage unauthorised access to the network and gain more
visibility to prevent malicious behaviour.
“Keeping citizens and assets safe and secure is a critical
foundation for the economic and social prosperity of any city,”
said Shukri Eid, Managing Director, East Region, Cisco Middle
East. “We are proud to contribute to Abu Dhabi’s vision for
a confident, safe society by working closely with ADMCC to
enable government agencies to better pre-empt and respond to
emergencies and to safeguard the city’s inhabitants.”
The Falcon Eye project provides coverage across the city
of Abu Dhabi. It receives a live feed from thousands of visual
surveillance devices distributed across Abu Dhabi, which connect
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Shukri Eid, Managing Director, East region, Cisco Middle East and
Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi, CEO of Miral.
The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration
between the two parties by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of
technology products and solutions to support Miral’s vision to
create unique and exciting destinations. The agreement outlines a
number of potential areas for cooperation that aim to enhance and
differentiate Miral’s destinations through the use of innovative,
intelligent technology and best practice within the IoT space.
“At Miral, we are proud to have an innovation-driven culture
that enriches our product offerings and world-class customer
experiences. Adopting the latest seamless technology is central
to our strategy to establish Yas Island as a top global destination
in which to live, work, play and invest,” said Mohamed Abdalla
Al Zaabi, CEO of Miral. “Our partnership with Cisco will allow us
to explore and identify tangible outcomes through a digitisation
journey that will enhance the global attractiveness of our
destinations and theme parks, enabling us to create a seamless
customer experience that drives loyalty and return visits.”
Under the MoU, Miral and Cisco will work together to explore
digital solutions that enrich visitor experiences across Miral-managed
destinations and support the development of new digital services.
The two companies will cooperate on ways to increase customer
loyalty by enabling deeper and more meaningful relationships with
visitors and optimising a digital content to suit their interests.
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