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‘ Supporting community happiness through the delivery of sustainable urban growth and municipal services ’ is the stated vision of ADM .

In the age of rapid Digital Transformation , municipal data centres are key , providing not only government office services but resident information management and municipal services , too . Simply put , data centres are indispensable for community life .

However , ADM ’ s legacy data centre setup was unable to meet future development requirements , given the influx of vast amounts of new services and a massive increase in data volume . The question of how to improve data reliability , security , and data centre sustainability became an urgent focus for ADM .

Building the best Disaster Recovery data centre possible with Huawei

Huawei FusionModule2000 was the first data centre to receive Uptime Tier-Ready IV certification . Local construction engineers only needed to carry out simple on-site installation , since this modular data centre is prefabricated in the factory , and it was quickly brought online and ready for use .

Indeed , FusionModule2000 adopts a fully modular design , supporting the sustainable development of municipal services , with flexible capacity expansion possible for a range of subsystems , from power supply to cooling and IT cabinets . On May 6 , 2020 , the Uptime Insight officially awarded Uptime TIER-IV design certification to ADM ’ s municipal Disaster Recovery data centre . Abu Dhabi , the bright pearl on the south coast of the Persian Gulf , can now put its trust in the security of its ultra-reliable municipal data storage .

What ’ s next for the future ?

Ahamd Abdulsamad Alhammadi , Acting Director , Technical Planning Department ,

Abu Dhabi Municipality , said : “ Our digitalisation journey with Huawei has transformed our operations , building more resilience and convenience throughout the municipality . The Tier Four Disaster Recovery data centre , jointly built with Huawei , fully demonstrates the industry ’ s most advanced solutions and impeccable customer service .

“ We are guided in our digitalisation by the vision of the UAE ’ s leadership to enhance our community through technology . Huawei is our partner of choice and we look forward to future co-operation with them .”

Dongyue Ouyang , Managing Director , Enterprise Business Group , Huawei UAE , said : “ While Digital Transformation brings enormous benefits in terms of cutting costs , increasing agility and driving productivity , going digital isn ’ t easy .

“ There is a whole host of elements that organisations need to be able to manage in a more centralised way , whether it ’ s incorporating all sorts of new technology , integrating mountains of data in all forms , or adapting end-to-end business processes and structures to the changes these bring .”

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