Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) and IBM discussed boosting cooperation to fuel SCAD’s growth, accelerate digital footprint and drive sustainable development across various operations. The collaboration enables SCAD to leverage IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management (ARM) to automate processes, optimize digital infrastructure performance and minimize costs.
SCAD is responsible for building an information network and a unified channel that serves the statistical ecosystem in Abu Dhabi by organizing, unifying, and managing all aspects of the Emirate’s statistical data. SCAD develops a leading statistical ecosystem to empower decision makers and users in the government, private sector, and society.
SCAD selected IBM Turbonomic to scale intelligent automation capabilities to run across any hybrid cloud environment. Over the duration of three months, IBM Turbonomic executed over 3,000 automated actions, including continuous placement for virtual machines, containers, and scaling infrastructure resource saving SCAD more than 500 hours of manual work with a projected expectation to save 2,000 hours over 2023.
The partnership between SCAD and IBM is aligned with efforts to reach a balance between carbon neutrality and application performance. Through leveraging IBM Turbonomic, SCAD will be able to minimize energy consumption and reduce carbon footprint by 17 tonnes.
Aziz Hmoud Saif Alkayyoomi, Acting Director of Information Technology at SCAD, said: “We are focused on leveraging the latest emerging technologies that provide reliable and high-quality statistics, analysis and research that support sustainable development processes and improve user experience across Abu Dhabi. Our collaboration with IBM is an important step to create a leading statistical ecosystem that empowers decision-makers in both the public and private sectors.”
Wael Abdoush, General Manager, IBM Gulf, Levant, and Pakistan, said: “We are pleased to partner with SCAD to provide a one-stop shop of AI-powered automation capabilities, all built on Red Hat OpenShift to run anywhere. IBM designs, deploys, and manages energy efficient infrastructures and innovations with a hybrid cloud approach. Our collaboration with SCAD paves the way for SCAD to achieve sustainable development goals and deliver the most efficient use of computing, storage, and network resources.”
