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Dubai Silicon Oasis Selects Nortel to Create Innovation-Driven Technology Institution
Dubai Silicon Oasis Selects Nortel to Create Innovation-Driven Technology Institution.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nLatest Generation IP Data Network will benefit more than 10,000 users\n\nDUBAI, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the region's number one\nintegrated innovations hub for high-tech industries, has selected Nortel(x)\n(NYSE/TSX: NT) to supply a next-generation, highly-resilient IP network for\nits headquarters opening in early 2007. The new infrastructure will be\ndeployed by Nortel's partner Beta Information Technology.\nDubai Silicon Oasis is a wholly-owned entity of the government of Dubai,\noperating as a free zone technology park for semiconductors, microelectronics\nand other electronic-based companies looking to set up their regional\nheadquarters and R&D divisions.\nThe network from Nortel will give DSO a scalable, mobile and truly\nunified communications network, supporting DSO's staff, tenants and affiliate\ncompanies business growth while providing a flexible foundation for future\nadvanced communications services.\n\"Deploying Nortel converged IP solutions was a logical choice because\nthey perfectly combine network intelligence, resiliency, scalability, and\nsecurity while controlling total costs of ownership,\" said Mrs. Shahla Ahmed\nAbdul Razak, deputy CEO, DSO. \"Dubai Silicon Oasis aims to create a\nknowledge-based economy and this partnership reflects how an organization can\nimplement best IT services to achieve greater efficiencies and offer\ncompetitive advantages for the corporations that decide to participate in our\nproject.\"\n\"Nortel's technology will provide DSO with a highly secure and reliable,\nhigh-speed network based on the latest technologies for current and\nnext-generation multimedia applications,\" said Ramin Attari, Middle East\nLeader, Nortel. \"The flexibility to easily expand to meet future demand while\nmaintaining a highly secure and 'always on' business critical network will be\ncrucial to meeting DSO's business plan for higher service and efficiency.\"\nOn the infrastructure side, the solution consists of a resilient terabit\ncluster of two Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s at the core and Nortel\nEthernet Routing Switch 5520 at the edge providing power over LAN, and\n10/100/1000 connectivity. In addition, the solution includes Nortel's WLAN\n2300 for secure Wi-Fi coverage and seamless mobility throughout the HQ\nbuildings.\n\nAbout Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO)\n...