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he Abu Dhabi Judicial Department
(ADJD) has announced it has
improved the availability, reliability
and security of key applications as it
continues to modernise and improve service
delivery across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Application security and cloud expert F5
Networks has been enlisted to deliver a more
agile and efficient platform for applications
and application services, helping ADJD
adapt to, as well as anticipate, increasingly
complex judicial challenges, rapid population
growth and exponential online connectivity
in the region.
According to Statistics Centre, Abu Dhabi
(Scad), Abu Dhabi’s population has grown an
average of 9.5% per year since 1960 in one
of the highest rates of growth in the world.
“ADJD is all about supporting the UAE’s
sustainable growth in a safe and just manner
as we continue to develop and diversify our
economy, attracting huge numbers of new
residents and tourists,” said Faisal Al Dhaheri,
Infrastructure and Operation Section Head,
ADJD. “We are committed to improving our
services and deliver on the vision of HH Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to ensure justice
that fosters citizens’ and residents’ rights,
promotes equality and ensures security as
well as socio-economic development. with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
to simplify, automate and customise
application delivery.
“In order to do that, we need to use
technology in intelligent ways, particularly
when it comes to the performance of our
key applications” In addition, the project features F5’s Virtual
Clustered Multiprocessing (VCMP), the
industry’s first purpose-built hypervisor,
allowing the complete segmentation
of purpose-built, scalable resources into
independent, virtual application delivery
controllers (ADC).
The project with F5 Networks entails
running the F5 VIPRION platform equipped
ADJD is also using F5’s Silverline Web
Application Firewall (WAF) service, which
provides a managed WAF implementation
and unified, scalable policy enforcement
capabilities. The service also includes 24x7
support from highly specialised F5 security
experts with the company’s Security
Operations Center (SOC) resources.
F5 GIVES US THE
TECHNOLOGICAL
WHEREWITHAL
TO NOT ONLY
COPE WITH THE
PRESENT BUT
ALSO EFFECTIVELY
ANTICIPATE THE
FUTURE.
“ADJD is under pressure as the Emirate of
Abu Dhabi continues to grow and becomes
more complex to manage,” said Tabrez
Surve, Regional Director Gulf and Turkey,
F5 Networks. “As a result, it is continually
innovating to stay attuned to the region’s
appetite for mobile, rapid connectivity and
e-services. ADJD thoroughly understands
the power and potential of applications to
drive new levels of performance, and we look
forward to seeing strong results with this
project – not only today but also well into
the future.”
Intelligent CIO spoke to Faisal Al Dhaheri,
Infrastructure and Operation Section Head,
ADJD, to find out more.
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