NEWS
Dubai Police to advance drone
technology with DJI
access to new drone technologies, training
and support to promote safety and security
in the country’s largest city. Under the
agreement, Dubai Police will have custom
access to DJI’s line-up of hardware and
software solutions including DJI drones, the
DJI Flight Simulator for pilot training, DJI
FlightHub for drone fleet management and
mission planning, as well as DJI AeroScope
to help aid in the identification and
remediation of unauthorised drone activity.
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JI, a leader in civilian drones and aerial
imaging technology, has announced a
solution development partnership with
Dubai Police to test and deploy DJI drone
technology as a tool to aid its public safety
professionals. The agreement marks DJI’s
first partnership with a police agency in the
UAE and will provide the Dubai Police with
“This partnership is set to boost co-
operation, exchange experiences, share
information and knowledge between
both sides in the field of unmanned aerial
systems,” said Major General Abdullah
Khalifa Al Marri, Commander in Chief of
Dubai Police. “It reflects the keenness
of Dubai Police to bring drones into the
different police sectors, which helps
promote safety and security in the city by
utilising the latest tools and systems.”
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Sorbonne Abu Dhabi becomes first UAE
university to transition to Blackboard Learn SaaS
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lackboard Inc, a leading education technology company for
teaching, learning and student engagement, has announced
that Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, established in association with Sorbonne
University in Paris, has become the first university in the UAE to
transition its virtual learning environment to the Software-as-a-
Service (SaaS) delivery model of Blackboard Learn. The transition
to the cloud will allow over 800 students and 100 educators to
experience anywhere–anytime learning with zero downtime updates.
The institution will leverage Blackboard Learn SaaS to enhance its
digital infrastructure.
“Moving to a cloud-based delivery model is an important first step for
us,” said Hamdan Alkalbani, Head of the Digital Transformation and
Innovation Department at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, which specialises in
arts, law, humanities, business and science degrees. “It sets in motion
our strategic plan to become the first fully digital campus in the UAE,
and zero downtime is critical to achieving this objective. Our students
can now benefit from improved stability as well as experience
increased mobility and interactive learning.”
Sorbonne Abu Dhabi will further leverage the SaaS deployment to
introduce blended learning, scale up its online courses, and better
evaluate its students, educators and programmes. Learn SaaS will
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also be instrumental to the university’s plans to set up a mobile
application for its users with a 360-degree view and single sign-on.
This will be one of many steps in the university’s shift to a cloud-
based infrastructure over the next two years.
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