Etisalat certified with Tier III Gold Operational Sustainability
Award goes to company’s Khalifa City Data Centre in Abu Dhabi
Etisalat recently announced that it has received Tier III gold certification from the globally recognised Data Centre authority “Uptime Institute” for Operational Sustainability; an acknowledgement of the highest level of operational excellence for etisalat’s Khalifa City Data Centre in Abu Dhabi. Etisalat is the first provider in the Mena region to acquire the certificate out of only 18 facilities in the world certified with Tier III Gold Operational Sustainability.
The Operational Sustainability Certificate ensures that etisalat’s Khalifa City Data Centre has the utmost degree of mitigation against the risk of human error outage, accounting for over 70 per cent of all Data Centre outages globally. With this certification, emergency plans and procedures are in place to guarantee rapid response by the operations team. Scheduled and corrective maintenance procedures for every system and unit of equipment in the Data Centre help mitigate any risks of equipment-caused outages.
The certification is another commitment from etisalat to offer best international standards in the market. The announcement is a major achievement positioning etisalat as a reliable outsourcing and managed services partner for all entities ensuring operations are in alignment with the organisation’s vision, business objectives and availability expectations.