Saudi German Health UAE picks HPE Self-Driving Network for hospitals

Why the legacy network fell short

Saudi German Health UAE is described by HPE as one of the leading private healthcare providers across the Middle East and North Africa. It has chosen the HPE Self-Driving Network portfolio to update its wired, wireless and security infrastructure and to support the expansion of its hospitals, clinics, medical education facilities and a new medical college in the UAE.

According to HPE, the old network could no longer deliver the scale, visibility and reliability the group needs. Digital services, connected devices, bandwidth-intensive applications such as diagnostic imaging, and mobile users across several campuses had all grown. The project is part of a wider digital transformation program covering infrastructure, networks, applications, digitalization and AI implementation across the group.

What the deployment includes

HPE says the new environment is designed to improve the reliability and performance of mission-critical healthcare applications and to keep electronic medical records (EMR) and clinical systems continuously accessible. The components named in the announcement are:

• Wireless: high-density connectivity using HPE Aruba Networking Access Points, serving clinicians, staff, patients and students across multiple sites.
• Switching: resilient infrastructure built on HPE Networking CX Switches.
• Security: HPE Networking Gateway Series and HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, which enable role-based access for users and connected medical devices and help protect sensitive patient data.
• Monitoring: HPE Networking User Experience Insight, which provides proactive experience monitoring to find and resolve issues before they affect users.

HPE Networking also manages both production systems and air-gapped CCTV infrastructure.

HPE says its agentic AIOps and unified network operations simplify the rollout of new wired, wireless and NAC services and speed up issue detection and resolution. AI-powered insights and centralized management are meant to give the IT team greater visibility across the group, so it can identify problems early and plan for expansion.

What the executives said

Abid Shah, chief information officer at Saudi German Health UAE, said: "We operate in a 24/7 acute-care environment, so reliability, resilience and security are non-negotiable." He added that centralized visibility and AI-driven insights will help teams manage the network more effectively and scale with the organization.

Zeeshan Hadi, Business Head, UAE, Oman, Bahrain & Africa, Networking at HPE, said healthcare providers must support large numbers of users, connected devices and latency-sensitive applications across multiple locations without disruption. According to Hadi, the group is combining AI-native operations, strong security and cloud-native management to support future innovations, including smart hospital initiatives and AI-enabled healthcare applications.

What it means for the group and its patients

For Saudi German Health UAE, the network is meant to be the base for continued growth, including the new medical college and later smart hospital and AI-enabled healthcare projects. Telemedicine, electronic medical records and other clinical applications depend on it staying available around the clock.

The announcement gives no figures on cost, timelines or measured performance, so the benefits described remain HPE's and the customer's stated goals rather than reported results.