Systems integrator EMW has won contracts to develop the networking infrastructure and other systems for new Golden Tulip and Rotana hotels in Dubai, along with a number of universities in the UAE.<\/p>\n
The firm will provide all the active infrastructure for the Golden Tulip Deira City Centre and the Symphony hotel in Business Bay, which will be operated by Rotana. According to EMW founder Serjios El-Hage, the company is working on the networking, switching, routing, firewalls, telephony and wireless systems for both properties, and hopes to provide the billing systems as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking at both the hardware, and the software \u2013 the hospitality management system. We like complex, integrated solutions, where customers are at ease and don\u2019t have multiple suppliers or vendors,\u201d El-Hage told Eliot Beer<\/em> at GITEX Technology Week.<\/p>\n Along with EMW\u2019s existing hospitality clients, which include Jumeirah Group, Radisson and Rixos hotels, it is aiming to get involved in new projects prompted by Dubai Expo, according to El-Hage: \u201cWith 2020 coming, there are a lot of other hotels coming online \u2013 we\u2019re currently working with two or three developers on new projects.\u201d<\/p>\n The firm has also been busy in the education sector this year, and is currently working on networking infrastructure, wireless and telephony for new campuses from Dubai University and Abu Dhabi University. According to El-Hage, education has been the stand-out sector for EMW.<\/p>\n \u201cFor UAE University we\u2019ve done a lot of business with them this year, for infrastructure and wireless. These guys are also expanding \u2013 same as University of Sharjah, Zayed University. Last year we did NYU\u2019s new campus in Abu Dhabi, which opened in February this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have dedicated sales and projects teams for universities, and for big campuses such as UAE University, we have an asset that sits there, to make sure that if any issues arise they have someone to contact. This is a permanent asset \u2013 depending on the size of the campus, we elect to provide somebody who stays in the vicinity, free of charge,\u201d El-Hage added.<\/p>\n He said the integrator is keeping a close eye on some of the trendier topics in the industry, but has yet to see live applications for many of these: \u201cSoftware as a service, cloud, SDN \u2013 we see them in a test phase right now, we haven\u2019t seen a full deployment of these. In a sense, where information is sitting on a datacentre, either one you own on premise or that\u2019s being hosted with a service provider, or whether it\u2019s hybrid \u2013 we\u2019ll engage with the customer on the best solution that fits their business.<\/p>\n Despite a note of scepticism, El-Hage said it\u2019s becoming clear the future of networking lies more in virtualised services: \u201cThe evolution is going that way, even on the network side of things \u2013 we\u2019re hearing about SDN more and more. We\u2019re looking into these in terms of value for the customer.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a great shift from traditional system integrators who are mostly still integrated in these big boxes. We\u2019re looking at the business applications, rather than the infrastructure itself \u2013 whether we\u2019ve done the infrastructure or someone else, we\u2019re beyond that now. We\u2019re looking at user devices, mobility, how applications are performing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Systems integrator EMW has won contracts to develop the networking infrastructure and other systems for new Golden Tulip and Rotana hotels in Dubai, along with a number of universities in the UAE. 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