ANKABUT

ANKABUT
THE UAE ADVANCED NATIONAL
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
NETWORK(NREN)
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ABOUT ANKABUT
Ankabut is the United Arab Emirates’ Advanced National
Research and Education Network (NREN) offering academic
institutions connectivity to other education networks
around the world. In addition to connecting universities,
Ankabut can connect schools and public institutions
together across the UAE with an effective cost model.
Ankabut also co-operates on a national, GCC, regional and
international arena representing the UAE in conferences,
exhibitions and forums. Ankabut aims to offer professional
and innovative IT services with a focus on the research and
educational sector. Services includes Cloud, Connectivity,
IT infrastructure, manage service and professional services
such as IT Consultancy, Project Management, Licenses,
Training and Development.

Ankabut interconnects more than 80 tenants with a 10G

backbone and 1G access links. It enables a closed community
network that allows the transfer of real-time services such
as voice and video communication, time-critical services
such as grid computing interconnect (cloud computing),
public internet services, web hosting (C panel), co- locating,
Edu- roam, High Performance Computing (HPC), Learning
Management System (LMS), Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI),
Mozoon system and Library Management System.

Ankabut supports initiatives in the e-learning environment,

library efada and distribution systems and research
collaboration. Ankabut believes that identifying these
initiatives and offering network, processing and storage
support is the best way to develop a collective collaborative
approach to research and education.

Ankabut is jointly funded by the TRA through the ICT

Fund, Khalifa University and member support. Ankabut is
managed by Khalifa University, and the CEO of Ankabut is
Mr. Fahem Al Nuaimi.
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ANKABUT
VISION
To create an opportunity for
the UAE to be a global leader
in Research and Education.
ANKABUT
MISSION
Provide Leading Edge Network
Infrastructure to the Centers of
Learning and Research within the UAE.

WHAT DOES
ANKABUT DO?
1. Connects academia to advance IP 5. Encourages inter-library access.
networking. 6. Increases collaboration with
2. Establishes a forum to discuss and international universities.
encourage collaboration. 7. Connects international institutions to
3. Encourages collaborative research home networks.
within the UAE. 8. Enables applications on the IP network.
4. Provides a mechanism to share
lectures.
OUR SERVICES ARE DIVIDED INTO

ANKABUT
FOUR CATEGORIES

SERVICES
NETWORK & CLOUD
Ankabut believes that offering network, operations, applications, security, 01 CONNECTIVITY SERVICES 02 SERVICES
processing and storage support is the best integration, IT services, and educational
way to develop a collaborative approach to technology.
research and education in the United Arab
Emirates and the region as a whole. We are the leading education technology
MANAGE CONSULTANCY
and innovation enabler in the United Arab 03 SERVICES 04 SERVICES
At Ankabut, we rely on a service co-creation/ Emirates, and are leading the way for next-
co-design model with our members and generation teaching and learning process
partners. in the region as a whole. Ankabut can
easily accommodate requests for new or
Our specialized team includes best-of- customized services not currently in our
class experts in networking, infrastructure, existing portfolio.
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CATEGORY 1
NETWORK & CONNECTIVITY
SERVICES
As the National Research and Education
Network (NREN) for the UAE, Ankabut provides
dedicated, unconstrained network connectivity
for eligible research and educational (R&E)
institutions throughout the country. This
network also connects our institutions to
the global R&E communities via state-of-the-
art network technology that is operated by
Ankabut’s high caliber team of experts.
The core Ankabut network is made up of 10
Gbit/s connectivity between core routers
located in all major cities. Using the latest
networking technology, Ankabut connects
eligible establishments by dark fiber to the
city pop and transmits at 1 Gbit/s to the city
router. All network connectivity services are
implemented using the Internet Protocol over
Ethernet and incorporate jumbo frames. The
network is the only one in the UAE that is both
IPv4 and IPv6 enabled. For global connectivity,
Ankabut has a 155.52mbit/s uncontended
leased line to New York and transit agreements
with Internet2 to connect to any academic
related institution in the world.
Acting as an Internet Service Provider solely
dedicated to research and education needs,
Ankabut operates the national backbone that
allows member institutions to connect to each
other and to the networks of their global
counterparts. By repurposing a portion of
the national provider’s fiber network and
using the latest networking technology, we
are able to offer members the exclusive
access to our high speed, high reliability and
high performance networking services.
Connectivity to the Ankabut network allows
members to avail themselves of a host of
cloud and technology services that we offer
exclusively to our members. We believe our
network is one that will revitalize the UAE
knowledge community and will provide
support for a truly collaborative research
and education community on the national
and global fronts.
OUR NETWORK SERVICES INCLUDE
1. National Network.
2. Data Center Colocation.
3. DNS Hosting.
4. Network Time Protocol – NTP.
5. International Network.
6. Education Roaming – Eduroam.
CATEGORY 2
CLOUD SERVICES
Ankabut cloud enjoys the unique advantage
of being built for and by the UAE Knowledge
community. It is a high value, low cost
system that is backed by the region’s fastest
network, dedicated solely to education and
research institutes. Members of Ankabut
have immediate access to any application
or platform hosted on the Ankabut cloud,
resulting in a rapid launch of any product
across multiple institutions. We offer exclusive
subscription pricing to our member clients,
and guarantee them the lowest prices in
the United Arab Emirates for our hosted
applications.
Ankabut Cloud has enabled unprecedented
levels of collaboration between institutes
across the UAE and globally, and has brought
the UAE closer to achieving a vision of
becoming the top research hub in the region.
Members who use the Ankabut cloud
significantly reduce their capital and operational
costs. Our state-of-the art network and data
centers offer reliability and peace of mind at
a fraction of the cost. Our cloud applications
are highly available, redundant and scalable,
which greatly helps institutions with their
business continuity planning. Ankabut is proud
of the integral role that our Cloud Services are
playing in technology enablement across the
region’s education and research landscape
and we look forward to the continued success
and growth of our cloud service portfolio in
the years to come.
ANKABUT
OUR CLOUD SERVICES INCLUDE
1. IAAS - MOZOON (MS. Azure Stack Market Place)
• Hybrid Productivity - office 365 + Office
Exchange, SharePoint
• Hybrid Business Apps - Dynamics 365 +
Dynamics
• Hybrid App Integration - Azure Service Bus +
BizTalk Server
• Hybrid Identity – Azure Active Directory +
Active Directory
• Hybrid Database – Azure SQL Database +
SQL Server
• Hybrid Management – Operations
Management Suite + System Center
• Hybrid Backup & DR – Azure Backup + Azure
Site Recovery
• Hybrid Storage – Azure Storage + StorSimple
• Hybrid Networking – Azure ExpressRoute +
VPN
• Hybrid Platform – Azure + Azure Stack
2. Disaster recovery
3. Backup service
4. Storage service
5. Learning management system
6. Student information system – sis
7. Training managmnet system
8. Assessment management system
9. Data warehousing - makhzan
10. Service desk - reach
11. Virtual desktop infrastructure
12. Video surveillance - cctv
13. High performance computing - hpc
14. Unified communications - video conferencing
15. Web hosting
16. Smart class room
17. Time attendance (staff& student )
18. Library managmnet system
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CATEGORY 3
MANAGED SERVICES
Ankabut is in charge of managing all
Information Technology aspects for
clients who request this service. This
includes network monitoring, security,
backup, disaster recovery as well all
within an agreed-upon Service Level
Agreements.
ANKABUT
CATEGORY 4
CONSULTANCY SERVICES
In a world of fast-changing regulations,
rapidly advancing technology and dynamic
Our aim is to be an integral part of
markets, it is essential to keep your staff and
our customers’ business success, with
organization up to speed with developments
strategies implemented and managed
in technology, standards and regulation.
across the whole business plan. We
People who are given proper training and
have a track record for delivering
support in their professional development
lasting operational excellence that
are likely to be more motivated, proud of
helps customers achieve their
their position and responsibilities and more
performance objectives, stay secure,
skillful, knowledgeable and productive.
meet needs and achieve success.
Why do our customers ask for our Consultancy
Our blended consultancy experiences
services? The answer is simple. We always
and accelerated techniques will help
provide high standards of security, reliability
you achieve your goals. So, whatever
and performance in a way that improves
challenges you face, we can provide
efficiency and reduces costs.
the solutions.
THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE BRING IS THAT :
Contact us today to find out how
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clients.
>> Our team consists of the experienced
consultants, engineers, and developers.
>> We combine world-class services and training.
>> We have proven methodologies and
proprietary software solutions that give us an
edge over the competition.
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MEMBERSHIP
In the UAE’s rapidly evolving business
landscape, building strategic partnerships
is as important for established corporations
as it is for new ventures. Ankabut
interconnects universities and other
eligible members with a 10G backbone
and 1G access links. It enables a closed
community network that allows the transfer
of real-time services such as converged
IM, voice and video communication, time-
critical services such as grid computing
interconnect (cloud computing), non-real
time services such as e-learning, email,
library interconnect, off-site disaster
recovery, global federated single-sign-on
and Wi-Fi networking to name a few.
With the high-bandwidth access and high-
definition media capabilities the Ankabut
Network enables, every person and
organization connected to the Ankabut
Network becomes a potential collaborator.
WHY JOIN ANKABUT?
ANKABUT MEMBERSHIP BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS
Members of Ankabut network form
valuable partnerships within its specialized
communities of interest—including working
groups, special interest groups, and advisory
groups. Through these partnerships, they
contribute to development projects, stay
abreast of advances in specific disciplines
and industry sectors, build visibility within
targeted market niches, and even influence
the development of technology protocols
and standards.
INDUSTRY MEMBERSHIP: ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
The nationwide, high-performance Ankabut
Network reaches not only the UAE member
institutions, but through international
partnerships, Ankabut members can
collaborate with counterparts and colleagues
on over 100 international networks around
the world.
ANKABUT MEMBERSHIP BRINGS PRESTIGE
Ankabut membership differentiates your
organization from your competitors.
Associating your brand with the UAE research
and education networking community sends
an important message: that your mission
is to lead, to be one of the shapers of the
nation’s networking future.
ANKABUT
MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE.
Ankabut is a not-for-profit organization.
Industry members play a high-profile; influential
Membership fees are invested in the
role in the Ankabut community, demonstrating
operation and development of Ankabut
their leadership by making significant
services for our members and the efficient
contributions in support of the development
running of the network.
and deployment of advanced Internet
applications and services. Equipment, cash,
Ankabut membership is open to research,
software, personnel, consulting, and services
education, and innovation organizations
are examples of the potential donations by
in the UAE. Ankabut institutional members
corporations. Industry members may also
are organizations committed to the goals
serve on Ankabut advisory councils, which
of Ankabut related to the advanced
provide valuable input and strategic guidance
networking technology, educational
on matters related to advanced networking in
applications and services. Institutional
research and education.
Membership entitles your organization to
use Ankabut as much and as often as you
ANKABUT MEMBERSHIP BRINGS RECOGNITION
wish; there are no bandwidth constraints.
UAE’s academic researchers, faculty and
students that have access to Ankabut represent
Ankabut industry members are
a powerful, technology-savvy market segment.
committed to promoting the development
They include students at UAE’s top universities,
and deployment of advanced Internet
many of whom will become the business
applications and network services.
leaders, knowledge professionals and end
Ankabut Industry Members make
consumers of tomorrow.
significant commitments to collaborating
with Ankabut institutional members.
Members are recognized at meetings and
events, on the Ankabut website and the use of
Moreover, being a member of Ankabut,
the Ankabut logo to show you are a member of
you will be entitled to a number of free
this prestigious organization.
and effective services.
To know more about the membership
cost and your free services as a member
of Ankabut, kindly send your enquiries to:
ankabutmembership@ankabut.ae
communications@ankabut.ae
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KHALIFA UNIVERSITY
/ Ankabut
ABU DHABI
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / ankabutuae
T : +971 2 401 8233
/ AnkabutUAE
F : +971 2 447 2442

www.ankabut.ae / Ankabut UAE