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76 | UITS Annual Report | 2011/2012
iPad Implementation
for the UAEU Foundations Program
Disaster Recovery Plan
At the request of His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of
Higher Education and Scientific Research, the three federal institutions of higher
education in the United Arab Emirates have jointly embarked on ambitious
project to introduce the use of iPad in higher education for UAE students.
Today most UAEU students have a Blackberry, iPhone and/or an iPad. Students
use their mobile devices as their primary device for communication and for
consuming content; everything is now live and interactive. In response to this
technological shift, the UAEU has created an environment for mobile devices
and has developed in-house true native mobile based applications to empower
students, faculty, and staff to access to the UAEU Services and contents
anytime anywhere.
The iPad implementation includes rollout of iPad and supporting hardware and
software required for all UAEU foundations students and faculty members. The
UITS is in the planning stage of making sure that the network infrastructure and
classroom technology are ready to meet the demand of expected additional
4000 wireless devices connecting the University Network and to improve the
teaching and learning experience of students and faculty.
Within this fiscal year a dedicated UITS Disaster Recovery team was formed to maintain and build a disaster recovery plan and site in
case of a major disruption to the critical information technology resources at the UAEU new data center. The team identifies the
resources and actions needed to restore the campus network and computing infrastructure in the event current facilities are impaired.
The team is actively progressing and expecting to create a fully functioned disaster recovery site within next academic year 2012-2013.