Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council launched the Dubai Digital Cloud project during a visit to the Digital Dubai headquarters. The project is the latest in a series of initiatives aimed at creating a world-leading, efficient, agile, and reliable digital infrastructure in Dubai.
The project consists of multiple digital clouds designed to provide high levels of flexibility and operational efficiency while offering the best solutions from private to public clouds. It also includes various service providers, who will work to enhance services and boost their competitiveness, providing government entities with multiple service provider options.
As part of this program, partnership agreements are signed between Digital Dubai, Microsoft, and Moro Hub — a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority — to implement the Dubai Digital Cloud project.
Under the terms of the partnerships, Moro Digital Data Hub is set to provide cloud services through its platform, Moro Cloud. Incorporating global best practices, the platform helps reduce the overall costs of IT infrastructure in Dubai and provides a system of emerging technologies and cloud services to support digital transformation.
Meanwhile, Microsoft and Digital Dubai will collaborate to support the project by leveraging the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform and providing platforms dedicated to government entities to ensure the highest levels of security, governance, and compliance with Digital Dubai’s policies and regulations. The two parties will also work together on a Digital Skills Program.
