• 2011 October 11 10:22

    ADPC, Cisco unveil a new route for collaboration

    Cisco announced today that the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) chose Cisco Borderless Network and Collaboration solutions for Phase 1 of its Port Special Systems project. The deployment will enable ADPC to build a secure and reliable platform to deliver services across Khalifa Port and eventually the industrial zone (Kizad), ADPC said Tuesday.

    At a ceremony held at GITEX 2011, Cisco and ADPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen this relationship and explore potential collaborative opportunities that will enable the smart operations of the port as well as strategically connecting one of the world's largest
    industrial zones which will facilitate trade, logistics and development contributing to the overall economic expansion of the region.

    Tony Douglas, CEO Abu Dhabi Ports Company "This agreement represents a major step forward that will enable ADPC to use the network as a platform to build the foundation of modern port infrastructure and business services to achieve Abu Dhabi 2030 vision for establishing a sustainable and diversified economy."

    Wayne Hull, director and general manager, Cisco UAE "Cisco's continued collaboration with Abu Dhabi Government and Abu Dhabi Ports Company demonstrates our vision to play a major role in connecting the nation Empowering Phase 1 of Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone through Cisco
    technologies and solutions is a true testimony of Cisco's leadership and innovation."

    As a core part of this agreement, Cisco will cooperate in the creation of new service propositions & initiatives, primarily focused on aligning ADPC's ICT strategy objectives with Cisco's advanced technologies. This will enable ADPC to stay at the forefront of technological updates and market
    transformations to be able to harness new trends and translate them into new business opportunities to achieve ADPC's sustainable growth objectives. The agreement will also bring training and continuous education opportunities to ADPC's employees that strengthen their productivity, career development and job satisfaction.


    Khalifa Port & Industrial Zone is a key enabler for economic diversification, development and trade in the region as it will promote new partnership models and services at the forefront of industrial logistics and manufacturing. Hence there was an urge to deploy a smart and intelligent platform that will form the basis to drive the intelligence of the services and systems as well as to develop a connected hub for trade and logistics between the offshore port and the onshore facilities.

    ADPC was in need to explore a solution that delivers state of the art technologies to support the highly sophisticated port-related applications and systems as well as to cater for the unprecedented world-class capacity growth of the port. Cisco was leading to achieve ADPC's business goals through the provision of a technologically advanced and powerful network to cope with the envisaged network traffic while connecting people and devices onshore and offshore as well as outstations indoors and outdoors through a highly available, secured and reliable communications network.

    The Cisco Borderless Network solution was the solution that will allow Khalifa Port to connect  anyone, anywhere, anytime and on any device - securely, reliably and seamlessly.

    An Ethernet Network is also required to provide data connectivity throughout Khalifa Port, allowing multiple Local Area Networks (LANs) to communicate between devices both on- and off-shore. The active components must be technologically advanced and powerful enough to cope with the massive
    network traffic, allowing sufficient capacity for future expansion. Cisco Catalyst Switches was the key enabler for such an advanced and powerful network.

    The WLAN infrastructure will support the various port systems and stakeholder groups that require remote access to the data network. Since the WLAN is an extension of the data network, any system that is accessible over the LAN shall be accessible over the WLAN, given the correct security
    permissions. The Cisco Wireless solutions was able to provide anywhere, anytime access to information and resources.


    Connecting people across the onshore and offshore facilities and outstations was never made simpler through Cisco's Unified Communications solutions. Cisco's collaboration architecture delivered consistent communication services to authority controls at the Khalifa Port and accelerated
    communication performance across the port through rich-content experiences. Cisco Unified Communications was a key factor to enable the expected productivity levels of such a world-class hub for trade and logistics.


    Abu Dhabi Ports Company
    Formed by the Abu Dhabi government in 2006, ADPC is a master developer of ports and industrial zones. Its primary function is to propel economic expansion by establishing the firm foundations of modern infrastructure, real estate and business services across Abu Dhabi.

    Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate.


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