Asli Aktas’s journey in the channel began over 10 years ago and since then she has continued to grow in an environment marked by strategic mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs. “I began my professional life at Cabletron Systems and worked in different positions in the networking services and training departments. Following the spin-off of Cabletron Systems… Read more »
Alamadi’s ambition is to become a leading professional in the field of information security in the region. Joining aeCERT’s emergency response team at UAE’s telecommunication regulatory authority in 2007, he recollects the four year stint to have been the richest in his professional career. Now working as principal consultant at help AG since mid… Read more »
Sherifa Hady has been with HP Imaging and Printing Group in the Middle East for more than eleven years now. Within the IPG department she has managed channels and marketing for the Middle East. Today as Channel Sales Manager, she is responsible for IPG’s partner ramp up across English speaking Africa. With an early English… Read more »
Laimoon.com describes itself as a disruptive online recruitment portal. Its approach to recruitment is definitely innovative and path breaking. For every post that employers upload they are expected to provide various criteria for selection of the right candidates. Laimoon converts these employee specified conditions into a set of 6 pairs of flash cards that prospective… Read more »
help AG’s number wizard Angelika Plate’s toughest job in her life was completing her PhD at the Hannover University in Germany – the specific thesis topic had never been solved before. Completing her studies both in mathematics and computer science in 1993, Plate went on to become an independent consultant in the various global ISO… Read more »
Zornitza Hadjitodorova: Aptec’s green evangelist In the first week of March 2011, Zornitza Hadjitodorova approached Dr Ali Baghdadi, CEO of Aptec Holdings, with idea of travelling with Robert Swan’s spring expedition to Antarctica. Aptec, an ICT distributor for Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey and Africa, was developing its three year environment protection program and this seemed… Read more »
Hasan Palandöken: Gigaset’s cross border executive Hasan Palandöken is Vice President Sales at Gigaset Communications and manages a vast geography across Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific. Understanding these geographies and their sales dynamics is really the most challenging and enriching part of his job role at the same time. The turmoil of global… Read more »
HP’s Salim Ziade is ready for any role Salim Ziade, General Manager for the Personal Systems Group has been working with HP for the last fifteen years now. He has moved through various divisions and various geographies during this time. From the supply chain side to product marketing to channel sales and finally to his… Read more »
RME opinion Help Ag follows a model of high level security consultancy based on audit and assessment of the internal and external business practices of its end-customers. It specialises in complex business requirements and tends to shy away from standard commodity implementation requests. Its pricing for services is pegged to business consultancy engagements rather than… Read more »
RME opinion Optimus is actively working with its channel partners across the region to help them understand and adopt the concept of value addition. At the early stage of a new relationship with a reseller partner, Optimus’ presales team works jointly with them on prospective end-customers. Customer proposals are assessed, design blue prints and BOQ… Read more »
STME RME opinion Over the past twenty years, STME has built considerable operational efficiency across eight countries in the region. Its strength is its ability to implement a systems integration project with focus on data management and protection across multiple countries using its multi-vendor portfolio of solutions and technologies. A key added-value is its pre-sales… 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 »
