Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 41 | Page 29

PROJECT UPDATE UAE Khazna Data Center, the only dedicated commercial wholesale data centre provider in the UAE, has announced it has received the Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) from the Uptime Institute for its data centres expansion project in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The award recognises that Khazna meets the highest standards for infrastructure functionality and availability and validates that the system design of the facility is consistent with Uptime objectives, in line with international best practice. KSA Zain KSA is working on a project with Huawei towards implementing a ‘to home’ video streaming service platform and infrastructure. The companies will boost the ‘to home’ business success, especially the Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service. This project will position Zain Saudi Arabia as the first telecom operator in the Middle East to use a cloud solution to build their own video services. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 29