GEC NEWS WIRECisco and the UAE Ministry of Interior revealed the commencement of the third and final stage of deployment of the Cisco Prime Collaboration which will connect all the Ministry’s employees across the seven Emirates.
At GITEX Technology Week 2016, the MoI and Cisco also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for strategic cooperation which focuses on technology innovation to enable the Ministry to stay at the forefront of technological updates and to harness new trends.
Brigadier Engineer Hussain Ahmad Al Harithi, Director-General of Electronics and Telecommunications Services at the Ministry of Interior said, “We constantly strive to adopt the latest developments in smart technology and partnerships with technology leaders allow us to benefit from advanced solutions to make efficient use of the city’s resources and to deliver on our mission of achieving the highest standards in the areas of security, emergency preparedness and reliability of police services and road safety.”
Shukri Eid, Managing Director – East Region, Cisco Middle East said, “With the implementation of Cisco Prime Collaboration, we are delivering a simplified, unified management of collaboration networks that helps MoI move away from a previous distributed model that was costly and difficult to manage to a centralized, simple to manage architecture. The adoption of such advanced technology delivers a significantly reduced total cost of ownership and ensures the Ministry is a forerunner in embracing technology and digital transformation.”
