VMware is scheduled to hold its VMware Forum in Dubai today. The event is expected to bring 13,000 attendees expected to attend across 23 countries in EMEA. According to VMware, the theme for 2012 is ‘Making the cloud work for you – The Innovation Opportunity’. Sam Tayan, Managing Director, VMware MENA is expected to deliver… Read more »
Schneider Electric, today announced the appointment of Abed Al Jawad Qasem as vice-president for its IT business in Saudi Arabia. Towards this objective, Qasem is tasked to plan and implement strategies that drive growth, profitable revenue streams and market expansion. He is also responsible for overseeing the effective implementation of APC by Schneider Electric’s power… Read more »
HP partner, Apex, received the Partner in Excellence Business Growth Award for the highest sellout growth across the Personal Systems Group (PSG) portfolio in EMEA at the company’s recent Global Partner Conference (GPC) in Las Vegas, the company announced. As an HP Preferred Partner, Apex was selected by the HP Channel Leadership team for its… Read more »
Lenovo, recently announced the appointment of Gianfranco Lanci as senior VP and president of Lenovo EMEA. Lanci, formerly CEO and president of Acer, will help lead the continued rapid growth of Lenovo’s business across the region, the company said. As part of the announcement, Lanci is already outlining plans to drive Lenovo to becoming a… Read more »
Interactive Intelligence Group, a provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire its Netherlands-based reseller, Brightware B.V. Under the terms of the agreement, effective April 1, 2012, Brightware is now owned by Interactive Intelligence Group. The new entity will now operate as ININ Netherlands B.V. As part of… Read more »
Brother International Gulf FZE, recently honoured the outstanding performances and key contributions made by its partners and distributors in Qatar during its recent ‘Qatar Channel Meet 2012,’ which was held recently at the Holiday Villa in Doha. Gracing the affair were Sohail Kidwai, deputy GM, Brother Gulf; Jai Shankar, marketing manager, Brother International Gulf FZE;… Read more »
Tripp Lite, a manufacturer of power protection and connectivity products, announced its successful participation at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) edition of Datacenter Dynamics (DCD) ‘Converged’. A unique series of events were tailored to deliver enhanced knowledge and networking opportunities for professionals that design, build and operate data centres, which was held recently at… Read more »
Interactive Intelligence Group a provider of unified IP business communications solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with RKe Technology, a provider of IT and Telecom solutions in Saudi Arabia, to promote and distribute its entire range of contact centre automation, unified communications (UC) and business process automation solutions in the Kingdom…. Read more »
Asbis Enterprises, a distributor of IT products in EMEA emerging markets, was awarded the Intel Channel Business Development Awards in two regions – RCIS and META – by Intel Corporation at the recent Intel Distributor Enabling Conference (DEC) in Vienna, Austria. Intel DEC 2012 event gathers together Intel partners from across the EMEA region and… Read more »
Logicom Technology recently held a forum in Dubai as part of the company’s efforts to keep IT resellers updated on new product launches and to educate them on new technologies. Demetris E. Demetriou, GM, Logicom Dubai said, “This is an initiative taken by Logicom to educate our partners on the latest technologies with the support… Read more »
The Boards of Directors of Tech Mahindra Limited (“Tech Mahindra”) and Satyam Computer Services Limited, (“Mahindra Satyam”), in their respective meetings held yesterday, approved a proposal to merge Mahindra Satyam with Tech Mahindra along with certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra. As part of this merger, the Mahindra Group will own… Read more »
Nokia unveils Lumia 925
Nokia on Tuesday released a new interpretation of its flagship Lumia 920 in the form of the Lumia 925, a thinner, light device that features a metal case and the latest PureView camera. Indeed, aside from the sleeker looks, Nokia went big on the 925’s imaging capabilitites. Nokia claimed the new PureView camera features the… Read more »
D-Link releases DCS-5020L Cloud Camera
D-Link on Tuesday extended its range of Cloud Cameras, adding the Wireless N H.264 Day/Night PT Network Camera (DCS-5020L) into the product mix. The new camera is features pan and tilt, audio detection, and a Wi-Fi repeater mode, among other things. D-Link said that the DCS-5020L is a powerful and competitively priced way to enhance… Read more »
TouchMate to unveil new range of smartphones
TouchMate has announced that it will soon launch a range of smartphones in the GCC to complement its range of tablets. The new lines of smartphones will range in size from four inches to six inches, according to Vasant Menghani, CEO and Founder, TouchMate. The flagship model will be a six-inch smartphone, or “phablet”, which… Read more »
