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How much VRAM does a 70B model need? Worked examples from the UBM AI simulator

How much GPU memory Llama 3.3 70B and Jais 2 70B need at 16-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit, what 10 and 50 users add in cache, which GPUs hold them…

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Infrastructure

Cat6 vs Cat6A for a new office in the UAE: PoE, Wi-Fi 7 and the 55 metre question

Cat6 is specified to 250 MHz and carries 10GBASE-T to 55 m; Cat6A is specified to 500 MHz and carries it to 100 m. What 2.5G and 5G…

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Infrastructure

What is structured cabling? The six subsystems, the standards and how a UAE installation is designed

Structured cabling explained: the six TIA subsystems from entrance facility to work area, the 100 m channel and its 90 m permanent link…

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Running AI on your own servers in the UAE: LLM hardware requirements, from one GPU to a cluster

What a private LLM needs from a server: GPU memory for the weights, a KV cache for every conversation, and memory bandwidth for speed…

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Security

CCTV systems for UAE businesses: cameras, recorders, storage, network and the approvals you need

A business CCTV system is cameras, a recorder or VMS, storage, a dedicated network and a licensed installer. What the 2026 National Manual…

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Infrastructure

What is an ELV system? Meaning, full form and the systems it covers in UAE buildings

ELV is two things at once: an electrical limit of 50 V AC or 120 V DC, and the low current package of cabling, networks, CCTV, access…

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Security

When CCTV becomes a network problem

Bandwidth arithmetic that survives an incident, VLAN and multicast decisions, PoE class reality, retention sizing and the two settings that…

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Networks

Designing campus wireless for the morning everyone arrives at once

Why capacity-first design, honest client counts, 6 GHz channel planning and a validation survey matter more than another access point on…

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Infrastructure

Cat 6A or fibre: what a UAE cabling design actually has to answer for

The 90-metre limit, alien crosstalk, PoE heat rise and a 45 °C riser all change the specification. Here is where they bite, and what a…

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