In brief:
- New switch is part of push to upgrade core infrastructure of Festival Tower to enable Group’s on going Entrepreneurship and rigorous customer focus
- New switch allows enterprise scalability to include new communications strategies including BYOD and converged networks
Al-Futtaim Group, one of the most progressive regional business houses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the first enterprise in the Middle East to implement Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniSwitch 6900 (OS6900) Stackable LAN Switches in the group headquarters in Festival City. The switch is part of Al Futtaim’s continued focus on maintaining communications with its customers and encouraging entrepreneurship within its various companies.
With an Alcatel-Lucent’s application fluent network, Al-Futtaim Group can meet today’s demand for performance-optimized bandwidth with reduced complexity. The Group uses multiple real-time applications on its network to support different businesses and Alcatel-Lucent’s solution based on OmniSwitch 6900 and 6400 allows Al-Futtaim to optimize real time application delivery.
Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniSwitch 6900 (OS6900) Stackable LAN Switches are compact, high-density 10GbE and 40GbE platforms that can accommodate the exact rack configuration and the exact oversubscription ratio required by the application flows demanded by a large enterprise like Al-Futtaim.