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Ankabut and Huawei have
partnerd to launch a new cloud
solution in the Middle East.
ANKABUT LAUNCHES
MICROSOFT’S AZURE STACK IN
COLLABORATION WITH HUAWEI
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nkabut, the UAE’s Advanced
National Research and
Education Network
(NREN) offering academic
institutions connectivity to other education
networks around the world, and Huawei,
a leading global provider of information
and communications technology (ICT)
infrastructure and smart devices, have
partnered to launch a cutting-edge new cloud
solution in the UAE, Microsoft’s Azure Stack.
This will be the first implementation of
Microsoft’s Azure Stack solution in the GCC
and ME region.
Through this partnership, Ankabut
aims to take the education infrastructure
in the UAE to the next level of innovation
by implementing the platform that will
offer educational institutes cloud-paced
innovation and computing management
simplicity, cost optimisation, in addition to
more reliability and added value services.
Ankabut offers academic institutions
connectivity to other education networks
around the world; it’s an initiative of
Khalifa University. In addition to connecting
universities, Ankabut can connect schools and
public institutions together across the UAE.
Microsoft Azure is a hybrid cloud
platform that lets organisations deliver Azure
services in their data centre. This platform is
designed to support organisations’ evolving
business requirements, while also enabling
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Dr Fahem Al Nuaimi,
CEO, Ankabut
new scenarios for modern applications,
such as edge and disconnected
environments, and meet specific security
and compliance requirements.
Since Azure Stack is offered as an
integrated hardware and software system,
Ankabut will have the flexibility and control
it needs to support its requirements, along
with the ability to innovate from the cloud.
Azure Stack integrated systems ranges
in different sizes from 4-12 nodes and are
jointly supported by the hardware partner
and Microsoft.
Dr Fahem Al Nuaimi, ANKABUT CEO,
said: “Ankabut has partnered with the best
infrastructure provider Huawei to deliver
the best solutions. We are the first to be
implementing Azure Stack in the UAE and
the region, which will enable our partners to
host their data locally, as well as more cost
effectively, with a great quality of service.
“With Ankabut Azure, there is no
need any more to develop new clouds for
educational institutions in the UAE and
region. Ankabut Azure Stack will provide this
service with a high level of reliability and
quality, and less complexity and cost.”
Lishi, Huawei UAE CEO, said: “Ankabut
has proved to be a forerunner in taking
advantage of the most advanced ICT
solutions to improve the academic and
educations institutions networks and lead a
successful journey so far in this field.
“We are proud to be the solution
providers for Ankabut and believe this
partnership will play a key role in supporting
the national targets and vision of UAE to
create a knowledge-based, diversified
economy, through improving the education
infrastructure. The Azure solution will
provide all Azure Stack marketplace as
well as Azure marketplace as a connected
model, eliminating the need to develop new
clouds for educational institutions in UAE,
hence strengthening the UAE’s position as a
regional leader in educational services.”
Ankabut provides the opportunity for
collaboration between UAE education,
government and industry. In addition to
connecting universities, Ankabut can connect
schools and public institutions together across
the UAE with an effective cost model.
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