Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 52 | Page 17

SABIS to use Huawei’s Wi-Fi solutions for its school network H uawei has entered into a strategic alliance with SABIS, a global education management organisation, which will use Huawei’s technology to uplift its IT infrastructure on the school and the corporate level. The alliance, which is set to last for two years, will cover all SABIS Network schools located in the Gulf, Levant, Africa, Kurdistan and Europe regions. SABIS school campuses will become more digitally-driven, connecting their cutting-edge SABIS educational software systems using Huawei’s state of the art Wi-Fi 6 technology. Paul Feng, CEO Levant Region, Huawei, said: “Digitisation throughout the education sector will enable greater opportunities for learning, global collaboration and knowledge sharing. Our strategic alliance with SABIS will enable the next generation connectivity to students which will facilitate an improved learning experience.” Serge Bakhos, Group Vice President – Information Technology and Book Publishing, SABIS, said: “This new alliance is an important step in the on-going implementation of our Corporate Digitisation Strategy, which will help enhance the connectivity of our devices and solutions throughout our schools, thereby enabling students to study more effectively and more efficiently.” With Huawei’s unique 5G-powered antenna and algorithm technologies, Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 helps enterprises build networks without coverage holes, provide services with no waiting time and achieve no packet loss during roaming. Huawei has entered into a strategic alliance with global education management organisation SABIS ///////////////// Batelco launches ‘SmartConnect’ service with SD-WAN 2.0 Technology B atelco has announced the launch of its ‘SmartConnect’ service on SD-WAN 2.0 technology, to support cloud connectivity, automation and Digital Transformation services for Batelco’s Bahrain based and international enterprise customers. Batelco will complement its existing business services by providing customers with simplified management of, and dynamic support for, traditional connectivity, cloud and IoT applications. This development follows the signing of an agreement between Batelco and Nokia during GITEX last year. Batelco GM Enterprise Division, Abderrahmane Mounir www.intelligentcio.com Batelco is the first in the Kingdom to offer the SD-WAN 2.0 ‘SmartConnect’ service as part of its digital business strategy, where SD-WAN 2.0 technology can use Software Defined Networks (SDN) over any type of Wide Area Network (WAN). Batelco customers can enjoy advanced control over their network, allowing network traffic segmentation where data transmissions can be prioritised on reliable pathways and less-critical traffic routed to public Internet connections. Batelco GM Enterprise Division, Abderrahmane Mounir, said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of ‘SmartConnect’, which will allow enterprise customers to have comprehensive control over their networks and efficiently carry out their business with improved capability. “We are extremely proud to be the first to launch this service in the Kingdom. The launch of ‘SmartConnect’ is in line with our digitisation strategy to position the company as a leader in providing digital communication solutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region.” INTELLIGENTCIO 17