Case Study: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) achieves rapid, secure, scalable event networking with Extreme Networks

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) - Customer Case Study

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), a 1.3‑million‑square‑foot exhibition venue hosting 500+ events and 3 million visitors a year, needed to rapidly scale network capacity and security for GITEX 2023. The small DWTC IT team had to support about 6,000 exhibitors, 180,000+ attendees and up to 30,000 concurrent devices while keeping critical systems and multiple operational networks isolated. DWTC turned to Extreme Networks, using Extreme Fabric Connect, ExtremeCloud™ IQ (Site Engine) and Universal Switching to meet these demands.

Extreme Networks automated and orchestrated network changes through Fabric and ExtremeCloud IQ, creating hyper‑segmented virtual networks at the edge without touching the core. The solution let DWTC deploy thousands of isolated networks in days—3,300 individual networks on short notice—support high‑bandwidth and multicast video services, prevent lateral movement, and enable the small IT team to manage large, changing events quickly and securely.

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)

Farid Farouq

Vice President, IT, Procurement and Contracts