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DEWA and Cisco explore digital collaboration opportunities for a smarter future · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Digital Horizons, the podcast that
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  decodes the future of technology and business.
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  Today, we're looking at a really major development
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  coming out of Dubai. Yeah? The city's utility
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  giant, Diwa, is deepening its strategic alliance
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  with, well, with tech leader Cisco. That's right.
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  So His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Altair, that's
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  Diwa's MD and CEO, he held talks with Cisco's
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  president for the EMEA region, Borden Thompson.
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  Right. And this meeting was, I mean, it was all
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  about accelerating digital transformation. And
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  Diwa has a very clear and really ambitious vision
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  for what that actually means. Hmm. His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohamed Altair highlighted Diwa's focus
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  on, and I'm quoting here, key projects in Diwa's
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  comprehensive digital transformation journey
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  and its deployment of the latest fourth industrial
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  revolution solutions. Okay. Including things
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  like artificial intelligence, AI, to support
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  the vision of the wise leadership in building
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  a sustainable, innovation -led digital future.
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  Wow. And then he said, these efforts underpin
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  Diwa's endeavors to become the world's first
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  AI native utility. The world's first AI native
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  utility. Wow. I mean, that's a game changing
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  statement, isn't it? It is. It suggests moving
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  way, way beyond just, you know, adopting a few
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  AI tools. It's about fundamentally rebuilding
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  the whole organization around artificial intelligence.
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  It absolutely is. And what's interesting is that
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  this technological ambition is directly linked
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  to Dubai's huge environmental commitments. Ah,
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  okay. Yeah, His Excellency Altair also stressed
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  Diwa's pivotal role in supporting the Dubai Clean
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  Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon
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  Emissions Strategy 2050. Right. Where, and this
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  is the key part, robust and intelligent digital
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  infrastructure is paramount. So the tech infrastructure
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  they're getting from partners like Cisco, it's
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  not just a corporate upgrade. No. It's literally
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  the foundation for a sustainable future. The
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  discussions covered all these really practical
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  areas, you know, secure networking, advancing
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  smart grid initiatives, optimizing data centers.
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  And what's compelling is that this collaboration
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  is already, you know, bearing fruit. Oh, really?
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  Yeah. Diwa's data hub subsidiary, Moro, is an
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  accredited Cisco partner. Hmm. And they are actively
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  implementing Cisco solutions in projects hosted
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  in Moro's own green data centers. That is such
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  a powerful combination. It's a perfect synergy
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  of green infrastructure and intelligent technology.
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  Exactly. This partnership really feels like a
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  blueprint for future smart cities. It truly is.
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  Now, here's a question we'd like you to think
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  about. As essential services like power and water
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  become AI -native, what does that future actually
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  look like for you as a consumer?