EMIRATES NATIONAL SCHOOLS
“ To achieve success and security for our IT infrastructure , we partner with companies that add value and understand our priorities ”
ABDULRAHMAN KHAIWI HEAD OF IT , EMIRATES NATIONAL SCHOOLS
to protect against financial loss and prevent disruption but also , crucially , to protect students from harm .
“ We implemented SD-WAN , the softwaredefined wide area network across all of the six campuses in the UAE ,” Khaiwi comments . “ This brings benefits of saving cost , enhancing resilience , and optimising network bandwidth utilisation . We have also brought in an endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) solution as part of enhanced protection against ransomware attacks and other threats on end-user devices and servers .
“ Last but not least ,” Khaiwi adds , “ using the hyper-converged infrastructure and server virtualisation , enhancing resilience , system
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uptime , reduced backup and restore window , enhanced RTO and RPOs for the core and mission-critical IT services and solutions .” Central to Khaiwi ’ s mission is utilising technology , not for the sake of technology but only when it is aligned with ENS ’ vision .
“ We stay aligned with the mission and vision of our North Star all the time ,” he explains . “ We don ' t bring technology just for the sake of technology . We make sure that it is purely and 100 % aligned with our mission and vision .”
Digital strategy Among the technologies introduced as part of the school ’ s digital transformation so far , ENS has also utilised BPA and RPA solutions to streamline workflows and make processes more efficient .
“ We actually evaluated low-code , zerocode platforms as a single platform for all
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