CERT Group of Companies
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| Type | Commercial Arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology Joint stock company |
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| Founded | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1996) |
| Location | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1996) |
| Key personnel | Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Chairman Dr Tayeb A. Kamali, Vice-Chairman Robert W. Richards, Chief Executive Officer Brian H. Colbourne, C.A., Chief Operating Officer David Hall, Vice-President, Technology |
| Industry | Education and technology |
| Subsidiaries | CERT University CERT Education and Research City CERT Technology Ventures CERT Thales Institute CERT Institute for Languages CERT Soft NexGen Technologies |
| Capitalization | AED 1 Billion (USD 400 million) |
| Employees | 225 (2006) |
| Website | www.certonline.com |
The CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training) Group of Companies began as the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, and has grown to be the largest private education provider in the Middle East. CERT is also the largest MENA (Middle East North Africa) investor in the discovery and commercialization of technology, investing USD 35 million in 2006.
In 2005, CERT signed Telematics with IBM, that has led to the development of Telematics technology in the United Arab Emirates. CERT provides the only super computing center in the South Asia, Middle East, North Africa region. The CERT Blue Gene supercomputer[1] offers 5.7 teraflops calculating speed to corporate clients for use in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and genetics research as well as oil and gas simulation.
CERT Technology Park in the UAE is home to international companies such as Intel, Honeywell and Lucent Technologies.
See also
References
- ↑ CERT Blue Gene supercomputer, CERT.