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Abu Dhabi Municipality
embarks on digital workplace
transformation project with Aruba
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Abu Dhabi Municipality
has deployed new Wi-Fi
6 technology from Aruba
to lay the foundation
for its Smart Digital
Workplace initiative with
the aim of transforming
digital experiences.
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bu Dhabi Municipality has
overhauled its legacy networking
infrastructure and deployed new
Wi-Fi 6 technology from Aruba, a Hewlett
Packard Enterprise company, that has
laid the foundation for its Smart Digital
Workplace initiative, which will transform
digital experiences for employees, suppliers
and citizens.
Ahmad Al Hammadi, IT Manager at Abu
Dhabi Municipality, said: “We understand
that the future of work will be defined by
smart work experiences enabled by the right
technologies. Our intention was to create a
smart workplace that will enable creativity,
collaboration, speed and freedom.
As defending against internal threats was a
critical security requirement, the government
agency automated security access control
across its entire access network with Aruba
ClearPass Policy Manager and enforced
the continuous analysis of network traffic
and user and entity behaviour with
the deployment of Machine Learning
technologies provided by Aruba’s threat
detection platform, Introspect.
With a high speed, secure wireless
infrastructure as the foundation, Abu
Dhabi Municipality will introduce a number
of new applications that will enable
employees to utilise their smartphones to
become more productive.
One such application will allow employees to
book meeting rooms on their smart devices.
The implementation will benefit third party
suppliers who visit the municipality, who
will now be able to connect securely and
speedily to the new network and transact
business without having to go through slow
and lengthy authentication procedures.
Citizens visiting the four customer happiness
centres in Abu Dhabi will also experience
Ahmad Al Hammadi, IT Manager at Abu
Dhabi Municipality
gigabit speed browsing capabilities when
connecting to the new wireless network.
“We are proud to have been able to play
a role in Abu Dhabi Municipality’s Digital
Transformation journey by delivering a
robust wireless ecosystem, incorporating
high-speed connectivity, secure access, BYOD
support and centralised monitoring and
management in a single solution. We hope
to be able to continue this partnership as
the Municipality’s digital aspirations evolve
in the future,” said Gamal Emara, Country
Manager – UAE at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
Enterprise company. n
"Our legacy networking infrastructure was a
big hurdle in achieving this objective, with
operational complexities and security issues,
and hence we decided to work with HPE
Aruba, a pioneer in the wireless networking
space. They were one of the vendors capable
of delivering a unique wireless ecosystem,
thus acting as an overall solution provider for
all our mobility needs.”
Aruba’s latest 802.11ax AI-powered
Wi-Fi 6 solutions were selected for
the deployment across Abu Dhabi
Municipality’s headquarters and 35
branches across the city.
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