Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 05 | Page 20

PROJECT UPDATE LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE OMAN OMAN Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) has deployed its latest structured cabling solutions at Kempinski, Al Mouj Muscat, a five-star property in the Al Mouj Muscat waterfront development. The hotel will be able to leverage this network infrastructure for all its IT functions including high-speed data and voice connectivity for guests, IPTV, as well as video surveillance and security access systems. At the time of its completion in 2016, Kempinski, Al Mouj Muscat will have 310 rooms, 77 branded residences, ten restaurants, a ballroom that can accommodate more than 750 people and luxury spa facilities at its evocative beachfront location. It will also have a beach club with recreational and health facilities including tennis courts, a spa and swimming pools, a six lane bowling alley, male and female hair salon and various luxury F&B outlets. BAHRAIN BAHRAIN Ellucian, the provider of higher education software and services, has announced that the company is partnering with the University College of Bahrain and MDSL to implement Ellucian Quercus. Quercus is a cloud based student administration system that enables higher education institutions to deliver a superior experience for students on any browser or mobile device. Quercus is hosted in reliable and secure cloud data centres that provide scaling and high resilience facilities for operating mission critical applications. Ellucian’s data centres are certified to comply with Information Security standards. The SaaS platform operates across three physical data centres to ensure resilience. 20 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com