Lenovo has appointed Mindware as an official distributor of its Think product range, according to a recent Mindware statement. The agreement will see Mindware distribute products such as the ThinkPad Edge and the ThinkPad Classic for the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. Having been a part of the PC industry for almost two decades, the… Read more »
ICT distributor Logicom on Sunday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with data management and storage vendor NetApp. The agreement is effective as of March 2013, a statement from Logicom said. The partnership will see Logicom become official distributor of NetApp products and solutions across a broad range of EMEA countries. “We are… Read more »
Lexmark Middle East recently held a seminar and workshop for resellers based in Oman. Designed to familiarise Omani channel partners with the latest product lines, upcoming product launches and service and maintenance issues, the event drew in 30 partners from across the Sultanate. Delegates were trained by Nawal Khan, Middle East Sales Manager, Lexmark, on… Read more »
Lenovo announced on Monday that it is now the number-four PC manufacturer in the Middle East and Africa, based on the latest preliminary results from IDC for Q4 2012. The brand has seen year-on-year growth of 36.3%, the report showed. This put Lenovo into the number-two position for the EMEA market overall, the report said,… Read more »
Logicom Dubai recently completed a series of successful roadshows, team building activities in addition to lab demonstrations to add value to its IT offerings for partners across the region, the company has announced. The activities conducted were a huge success with participation of vendors, resellers from the region’s IT sector. The company recently held the… Read more »
Recently appointed territory channel manager at Brocade, Khaled Kamel tells us about the evolution of the channel and what he brings to the plate in his new role. “We have come a long way from the time when IT vendors were yet to establish a presence in the region. Back then, vendors in more cases… Read more »
HP has announced a strategic partnership with Universal Music MENA that will give consumers across the Middle East access to the Universal Music Group’s rich catalogue of global and regional artists, with the launch of HP Play – a new digital music experience. Digital music enthusiasts across the region will be able create personalised playlists… Read more »
SanDisk Middle East has announced its expansion into Oman through its partnership with Souq Technology International. The partnership will drive SanDisk’s strategy in Oman and take advantage of the country’s growing electronic market which is predicted to increase from USD 521 million to USD 635 million in 2015, the company said. “Our partnership with Souq… Read more »
Spectrami, a prominent value added distributor in the MENA region recently conducted a successful training workshop on copy data management in association with Actifio, the Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) platform company. The workshop focused on the challenges faced by large organisations and enterprises across the Middle East region to counter the growing menace of… Read more »
SAP partners from across the Gulf region reiterated their commitment to delivering and implementing cutting-edge software solutions at a recent information-sharing symposium in Doha, Qatar. A key component of the event’s multifaceted agenda saw a healthy turnout of partners from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen take part in an in-depth survey to determine how… Read more »
Prominent IT Distributor, Emitac Distribution, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Vineeth Sebastian as head of sales and marketing. The company has also announced that Patrick Mulligan, formerly GM at Emitac Distribution has now been promoted to the role of CEO while Abdalla Mustafa has been appointed will become regional director,… Read more »
Bulwark Technologies, a leading value added distributor of IT security solutions in the Middle East has today announced its participation in COMEX 2012, an IT and Telecommunication event in Oman that will be held from the 30th of April till the 4thof May. Bulwark said that it will feature industry leading IT security solutions such… Read more »
Comguard, a Dubai based value added distributor for IT security products and solutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region recently staged its first highly successful Channel Partner Conference in Dubai. The conference was attended by over 200 channel partners from all across the MENA region. Comguard took the opportunity to acknowledge the… Read more »
Spectrami, a value added distributor today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Fidelis Security Systems to distribute security solutions necessary to manage advanced threats and prevent data breaches. Built on a patented Deep Session Inspection platform, Fidelis XPS is a network security solution capable of seeing, studying, and stopping advanced threats in real-time by uniquely… Read more »
Logicom and APC by Schneider Electric have renewed their successful distribution partnership, following three years of continuous and robust growth in the territories of Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Yemen, the companies have announced. The renewed partnership also sees Logicom extending its territory, by taking on APC by Schneider Electric’s brand distribution responsibilities in the… 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 »
