The UAE's first national university in Al Ain has deployed Brocade MLX Series routers and Brocade FastIron switches at the core of a new state-of-the-art campus network.
The network is specifically designed to enhance academic and research functions and to manage growing data volumes that have tripled in the last 12 months. The new network will provide a delivery platform for UAEU's classrooms, labs, library, lecture rooms and other spaces to provide an integrated and high performance ICT architecture.
At the heart of the new 120-hectare campus is the UAEU data centre, housed at the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) building that was designed jointly by UAEU's IT Services Group and Visionaire, the appointed design and build systems integrator.
The FIT building hosts over 20 of the world's most advanced IT laboratories, which includes an 8.3-teraflop super grid computer that is the fastest in the region. The laboratories also include the latest interactive humanoid technology, enabling students to perform experiments in speech recognition, vision and motion capture.
Six laboratories dedicated to IT security provide the students hands- on experience in security systems ranging from intrusion detection to biometrics. A further five laboratories dedicated to the field of networking provide the students an opportunity to learn about wireless networks, VOIP and other exciting new concepts in networking.
Mr Ali Ahmar, regional sales manager, MENA, Brocade says: "The education sector is an important vertical for Brocade and we are very happy to add UAEU to our ever-increasing portfolio of high-profile institutions. Besides having an attractive price/performance value, our portfolio provides the university with a highly resilient, reliable network which is future-proof."
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