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THINK IT . UITS NEWSLETTER
. Nov 2012 |
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UITS conducted preliminary research, consultations, plan-
ning and coordination with our internal UAEU partners, sis-
ter institutions, Apple Inc. and other technology partners
around the globe. It took 6 months of planning and imple-
mentation to develop a state of the art infrastructure that
goes hand in hand with a long term strategy to support a
gamut of mobile device adoption. As a result, Summer 2012
saw the implementation of the following tasks to fulfill infra-
structure requirements:
Upgraded the whole UGRU wireless network infrastruc-
ture to provide strong and reliable connection to any
type of mobile devices.
Developed two different wireless networks for faculty
and students based on their operational activities.
Enhanced the intranet network bandwidth speed to sup-
port the electronic content delivery.
Implemented Airplay technology in all of the required
classrooms within UGRU for faculty members to project
their iPad screen on the smart board over the Air.
Implemented AirPrint technology within UGRU for facul-
ty members to print the required contents over the Air.
Implemented a solution so that students and faculty
members can access their shared drive using their
iPad.
Developed a dedicated portal for students and faculty
members to distribute paid and free academic applica-
tions on iPad.
Developed a dedicated portal for faculty members to
share interactive custom-developed iPad contents.
Developed a dedicated technical support site to facili-
tate iPad users’ queries and requests.
In August 2012, the infrastructure implementation phase
was successfully completed and was ready to host thou-
sands of mobile devices and relevant services. In Septem-
ber 2012, UAE Vice-President His Highness Sheikh Mo-
hammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the iPad initia-
tive, and currently more than 4000 students and faculty
members within UAEU are exchanging academic contents,
accessing grades, courses and shared drives, exploring the
internet, discovering new interactive ways that make teach-
ing and learning both engaging and fun.
UAEU infrastructure is successfully hosting almost 6,000
multi devices within UGRU and ready to accommodate
many more. This success would not have been possible
without the contributions of our professionals from admin-
istration, academics, IT and external institutions. In the
near future, this initiative will be extended to other colleges
and administrative units, and work is already underway to
develop and streamline more academic applications and
infrastructure plans.
By: Muhammad Aamir Idris