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ing a hybrid cloud environment. This is Delivery Program. As a leading telco in the enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effec-
also a testimony to Etisalat’s commitment region, this creates more opportunities to tive cloud solutions from startups to global
to its vision of ‘Driving the digital future help organizations in the UAE to accelerate enterprises. To support the seamless inte-
to empower societies’ and supporting all their digital transformation by migrating gration and deployment of these solutions,
customers in their digital journey.” Zubin critical applications even faster to AWS. AWS established the AWS Service Delivery
Chagpar, Head of Middle East and Africa, We look forward to continuing to work with Progra to help customers identify AWS
Public Sector, AWS said: “We welcome Eti- Etisalat to bring more solutions that enable Consulting Partners with deep experience
salat to the AWS Direct Connect Service fast and secure cloud adoption.” AWS is delivering specific AWS services.

Etisalat Digital and FAB Collaborate on Smart Building IoT Project

Etisalat Digital and First Abu Dhabi Bank Cloud. It includes a series of software entire portfolio. This facilitates efficiency in
(FAB) announced a strategic partnership applications and dashboards addressing maintenance and operations and reduces
to deploy a cloud-based IoT Smart alarms, fault detection, predictive utility spend when operated by a team of
Building solution, providing FAB ‘anytime analysis and centralized monitoring. energy engineers and specialists from
anywhere’ access and ease of operations Salvador Anglada, Group Chief Business our 24/7 IOT command centre.” Banks
across its entire portfolio. This is the first Officer, Etisalat, said: “We are honored to own multiple buildings and also operate
deployment of a portfolio-wide IoT smart- collaborate with FAB, the UAE's largest branches across the country, which
building management system for any bank, to implement our Urban Intelligence require extensive facilities management,
of the UAE banks. The IoT solution – to solutions. By utilizing our cloud-based maintenance and operations. Etisalat
be implemented across FAB’s buildings IoT Smart Building Platform, all assets Digital’s Urban Intelligence solutions
and data center – meets the bank’s and systems within FAB’s buildings will and IoT platform enables advanced
requirements to integrate the existing be integrated and centralized into a single and predictive analytics, which in turn
legacy system into a state-of-the-art IOT platform, providing ‘anytime anywhere’ provides unique insights into the buildings
platform, built and hosted in the Etisalat access and ease of operations across its operations and empowers a truly smart
facilities portfolio. Vikas Anand, Executive
Vice President and Head of Group
Operations, First Abu Dhabi Bank, said:
“Technology is a proven differentiator for
FAB, and once again the bank is delighted
to be a pioneer across the UAE’s banking
industry. Customers and businesses are
increasingly expecting ‘anytime anywhere’
access and ease of operations across all
elements of their life. It’s only apt then
that the UAE’s largest bank embraces a
cloud-based IoT Smart Building solution
befitting the standards that our business
and customers require. We are honored
to collaborate with Etisalat, one of the
world’s leading telecom groups – and,
like us, immensely proud of its Abu Dhabi
roots – to implement its Urban Intelligence
solutions. We look forward to a strong and
successful relationship in this regard.”

Etisalat Becomes First in the Region to Adopt Blockchain Technology in HR

Etisalat announced a new initiative empowering employees with tamper-proof Resources Officer, Etisalat, said: “The
that aims to empower employees data at their fingertips. The objective of the future of work is here. Our world changed
with Blockchain-powered digital HR blockchain implementation is to ensure in 2020 and Etisalat’s overall strategy
credentials, becoming the first to all employees can generate, access and to ‘Drive the Digital Future to Empower
implement this cutting-edge digital utilize credentials 24/7 and 365 days, while Societies’ has never been more important.
technology in the region. Implemented in credential verifiers can do the same without Making this digital future a reality and
partnership with Chaintrail.com, Etisalat is any dependence on manual intervention. bringing the technologies of the future
providing lifetime access to all HR letters, Dena Ali Al Mansoori, Group Chief Human to all our customers across our markets

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