التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة الإمارات لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات
The University of California, Berkeley Partners with NTT to Accelerate Smart Technologies
The University of California, Berkeley and NTT Corporation
(NTT) today announced a connected campus pilot project
that will leverage technology to transform the UC Berkeley
Parking and Transportation Department by analyzing
patterns, easing traffic congestion and increasing
pedestrian safety in the Bancroft Way area of campus.
The pilot will incorporate NTT’s Accelerate Smart data
platform and Dell Technologies’ modular data center
infrastructure for edge deployments of high-definition
optical sensors and IoT devices that monitor traffic-related
issues. These smart technologies will provide data to
facilitate enhanced traffic management and mobility. As a
first step in their “Connected Campus” initiative, UC
Berkeley will leverage vehicle counting and classification to
make informed decisions and develop specific solutions.
“At Berkeley, we are always trying to stay on top of
emerging trends in parking and transportation, and by
incorporating smart technologies, our campus can serve as
a test bed for new technologies that can be put into
operation immediately,” said Seamus Wilmot, Director of
Parking and Transportation, UC Berkeley. “Our partnership
with NTT and Dell Technologies makes us more digitally-
enabled and provides a better understanding for alleviating
the root causes of traffic issues. These technologies will
help us solve how to manage the curb space at an area that
has been challenging for our students, faculty, staff and partners.”
As part of the pilot, NTT and Dell Technologies will
implement smart IoT, safety and security innovations that
support UC Berkeley’s Parking and Transportation
Department, such as real-time alerts and traffic statistics
that improve predictions and outcomes. With quantifiable
data, UC Berkeley can curb congestion caused by events,
ride share traffic, delivery vehicles and transit operations.
The pilot program is designed to provide automated
deployment and operation of necessary information and
communications technology (ICT) resources from devices
and networks to the cloud. The solution will ensure UC
Berkeley can focus on improving traffic conditions through
analysis and process more efficiently without worrying
about ICT deployment and optimization issues.
“This traffic management pilot program begins UC
Berkeley’s transformation to a Connected Campus,” said
Akira Shimada, Senior Executive Vice President, NTT.
“Connected Campuses of the future will offer endless
possibilities—for safety, crowd control, traffic and facilities
management. UC Berkeley is just getting started, but as a
world renowned forward-thinking academic and research
University, they see the potential to improve the campus
experience and operations using data and smart technologies.”
NTT, along with its operating companies, will deploy its
Accelerate Smart solution, which is a secure, distributed
network as a platform solution built on NTT’s innovative
Cognitive Foundation™ architecture. It enables remote
creation, management and operation of information and
communications technology resources, from devices and
networks to the cloud. It also incorporates hyperconverged
infrastructure and IoT gateways from Dell Technologies, as
well as virtualization software hosting predictive analytics
applications from VMware.
“When we leverage longstanding relationships with great
partners like NTT, our joint customers can transform the
way they do business,” said Denise Millard, Senior Vice
President, Global Alliances, Dell Technologies. “Together we
are able to provide customers like UC Berkeley with new
tools to leverage data in meaningful ways and make
decisions faster to ultimately improve the experience of
those on campus.”
Following the initial pilot, UC Berkeley, NTT and Dell
Technologies plan to evaluate viability to extend the pilot
and potentially add additional locations and use cases on
campus. To learn more about the NTT accelerating smart
solutions, visit NTT DATA’s website and watch the
Accelerate Smart case study with the city of Las Vegas on YouTube
