Cisco Systems is working with the Emirates Group to implement a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet data centre network at its operations headquarters in Dubai. With the first phase of the project, Cisco is collaborating with local Cisco Gold Certified Partner GBM/UCMC to deliver an intelligent data centre networking infrastructure as part of Emirates' plans to consolidate and virtualise existing server farms. The new deployment will help Emirates to reduce the complexity of its existing ATM-based networks, simplify the overall network infrastructure and build a resilient data centre core network.