INDUSTRY WATCH
H3 Dynamics and
Avaya deliver emergency
response drone solutions
to governments
Injazat and Lamprell
collaborate to digitise
the renewables
energy sector across
MENA
Injazat and Lamprell
collaborate to digitise
the renewables and
energy sector
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njazat and Lamprell have signed a MoU and started collaborating
to create and market innovative digital solutions focused on the
oil and gas and renewables markets. Injazat, a market leader
in Digital Transformation, wholly owned by Mubadala Investment
Company, the investment arm of the Government of Abu Dhabi,
and Lamprell, a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and
contracting services to the offshore and onshore oil and gas and
energy sector, are working on a portfolio of technology-enabled digital
ventures that will create new value for their targeted customers.
Christopher McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of Lamprell, said: “This is
a pivotal milestone in our history. The world is changing. It’s critical that
we stay ahead of the curve and push the boundaries from conventional
thinking to ensure the group is positioned well for the future. Working
with a digital-enabler like Injazat is providing us with new capabilities
and channels to expand and take to market our offering, and that will
underpin the future sustainability of the business.”
Khaled AlMelhi, Chief Executive Officer of Injazat, said: “Embracing
new technologies and enabling Digital Transformation lies at the very
core of our mission and business strategy. Through our collaboration
with Lamprell we aim to create innovative digital solutions to solve
the most pressing problems faced by the region’s energy and
renewables industry. At Injazat, we are proud to serve as a strategic
partner, trusted advisor and digital enabler to support our clients with
their Digital Transformation journey, fulfilling our commitment to
support the UAE’s innovation agenda.”
Injazat is an industry recognised market leader in the region for
Digital Transformation, innovation, Information Technology, data
centre and managed services with a broad services portfolio covering
the infrastructure, application, cyberdefence and cloud domains.
Injazat draws on its local expertise and presence combined with
several global technology partnership networks to develop market
leading solutions and services. n
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3 Dynamics has signed an MoU with Avaya to deliver a suite
of aerial video and real-time video analytics solutions to
government and emergency responders across the Middle East.
H3 Dynamics’ Dronebox base station systems are field robots
managing their own drone operations. They can be stationed
at different locations and deploy various camera drones at a
minute’s notice, responding autonomously to incident triggers
within existing sensor or camera networks.
Using Avaya IX Workplace, a powerful unified communications
solution for calling, messaging, conferencing and collaboration,
H3 Dynamics’ drone stations can feed live aerial drone video
footage from different locations to decision makers in command
centres. Aerial video streams can also be fed through to multiple
locations and devices via secure video conferencing. Emergency
and non-emergency contact centres running Avaya IX Contact
Center solutions will also be able to remotely deploy and manage
drones in emergency scenarios and be supported by a real-time
aerial video stream of events taking place in such scenarios.
The combination of both companies’ technologies will help
government agencies and emergency responders to react to
incidents faster and more efficiently. The Dronebox system is
currently being tested on a number of use cases by government
authorities around the region. One sees the solution being put
into operation by a police service, whereby a reconnaissance
drone is deployed in the event of a traffic accident, so that
officers can quickly assess the level of response required. Another
sees the solution put into use by fire departments, helping teams
support search and rescue operations as well as assess fire-related
damage to high-rise buildings.
Taras Wankewycz, Group Founder and CEO, H3 Dynamics, said:
“Our core technology blueprint can easily be translated into a
number of exciting use cases. Because our solutions enable the
automated deployment of drones, we can achieve rapid response
times to various incidents with minimal human involvement.
Our partnership with Avaya helps teams on the ground gain the
information they need to make more informed decisions while
saving a lot of time.”
Frederick Sabty, Vice President – Hospitality, Healthcare and
Intelligent Devices, Avaya International, added: “The openness
of Avaya’s unified communications and contact centre portfolio
technologies enables the creation of cutting-edge use cases. As
is true in the private sector, public organisations no longer require
standalone products – they need real, integrated solutions that
meet their challenges. This MoU represents a perfect example of
combining our market-leading, open communications products
with next-generation autonomous flight technology to deliver a
never-before-seen innovation.” n
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