{"id":28437,"date":"2018-08-09T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T09:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=28437"},"modified":"2018-08-15T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T11:56:43","slug":"oman-airports-signs-mou-with-microsoft-to-promote-airport-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2018\/08\/09\/oman-airports-signs-mou-with-microsoft-to-promote-airport-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman Airports signs MoU with Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;text-align: justify\">Oman Airports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft\u00a0to explore the opportunities for Digital Transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">The purpose of the MoU\u00a0is to set Oman Airports as a hub of technology innovation in the region. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">The MoU was signed by Dr. Moaman bin Mohammed Al Busaidi, Chief Information Officer of Oman Airports, and Shaikh Saif bin Hilal Al Hosni, Microsoft\u2019s General Manager for Oman and Bahrain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">Dr Al Busaidi highlighted that this MoU comes as a boost to Oman Airports\u2019 efforts to be a centre of Digital Transformation in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">Oman Airports has applied smart technologies in the new Muscat International Airport such as the airport robotics, passenger flow management and the trialling of biometric technologies such as facial recognition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">Sheikh Saif bin Hilal Al Hosni, Country General Manager, Microsoft Bahrain and Oman, said: \u201cOman Airports has a very broad remit, so there is a lot of scope for digitalisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #222222\">\u201cWe are honoured to play our part in bringing the advantages of cloud, mixed-reality, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and many other leading-edge technologies to help serve passengers and businesses across all the sultanate\u2019s airports.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oman Airports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft\u00a0to explore the opportunities for Digital Transformation. 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