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NEWS emaratech presents smart trolley and intelligent baggage handling systems During the recently concluded edition of Dubai Airshow, emaratech launched a series of products that will soon be in action at the airports enhancing passenger experience as well as improving baggage handling efficiency. emaratech’s Airport Smart Trolley comes with a web-based dashboard that allows the airport to locate and send notifications during shopping to individual passengers, channelise information about shops, restaurants and services; locate devices that need to be charged, collect granular data on all types of passenger interaction, display advertisements from shops and restaurants and export trolley data to BI tools to learn from it. Furthermore, the Smart Trolley guides the passenger through the airport. With boarding pass identification via the trolley, it keeps passengers up to date with their flight information and boarding gates. In addition to the Smart Trolley, emaratech showcased the Next Generation Scanner Trolley with a scannable design that makes the trolley compatible with the new age security scanner and links the passenger journey from security to gate. The Scanner Trolley helps in efficient security process and will take passengers quickly through security without queuing, and will have well-prepared and stress-free passengers who will have more time to shop, eat and relax before the flight. The third smart product to be launched by emaratech is the Intelligent Baggage Handling System that offers an end-to-end baggage handling system based on Lean principles, with the aim to create an efficient, intelligent, and lift-free process of inbound and outbound baggage at airports. The departure system consists of two elements, the Capacity Booster Storage and the Make-Up Station. Cisco launches facility to showcase real life digitisation Cisco launched a state-of-the-art Innovation and Experience Centre at its Middle East regional hub in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The centre will serve as a hub for open innovation and showcase what is possible with digital transformation in sectors that range from retail and hospitality to healthcare, education, and financial services. The Innovation and Experience Centre is a first of its kind worldwide in that it combines innovation capability with a customer experience showcase to bring digitisation to life for Cisco’s customers and our partners. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the latest Cisco solutions applied to real-world, real-time scenarios and get a 360-degree view of technologies that deliver tangible Osama Al Zoubi, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Middle East and Chuck Robbins CEO Cisco, and demonstrates the capabilities of Cisco Innovation and Experience Centre. business outcomes. The centre was inaugurated by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Beyond interactively showcasing Cisco’s latest solutions Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, across multiple architectures, the ultramodern facility will feature together with Chuck Robbins. Robbins had earlier delivered a interactive technology demonstration labs, where Cisco and its keynote address to senior UAE government officials. partners will develop customised solutions adapted to the specific The Innovation and Experience Centre is part of a global network needs of industries in the region. Some of the sectors to be featured of Cisco Innovation Centres and hubs and will work closely with the in the Innovation and Experience Centre include healthcare, retail, network and Cisco’s partner ecosystem to push forward new ideas education, hospitality, transportation, utilities, banking and financial and foster creative approaches that improve business outcomes for services, and oil and gas.  local and global organisations. 12 Issue 13 INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS