Posts Tagged: Reseller Middle East
Review: Seagate Wireless Plus
It’s difficult to differentiate yourself in the external hard drive market. After all, if you’ve got a standard 1TB WD Passport, for example, and you’re happy with it, why would you go for anything else when you need more space? That’s why brands have been at pains to add a little more to their hard… Read more »
March 2013 [Digital Issue]
Seagate launches Wireless Plus and Central hard drives
Seagate on Monday launched two new wireless hard drives for the Middle Eastern consumer market, the Wireless Plus and the Central. The Wireless Plus can be considered a successor to the Seagate GoFlex Satellite, which was launched last year. It features a slimmer design, a 10-hour battery life, the ability to upload files wirelessly, and… Read more »
Tejuri e-shopping mall launches
Tejuri.com, which bills itself as the Middle East’s first e-shopping mall, launched on Monday, endorsed by the UAE’s Department of Economic Development (DED). The virtual retail platform offers products and services from a range of UAE retailers. DED-accredited retailers from a number of market segments, including computers and electronics, fashion, furniture and sport, to name… Read more »
Review: Acer Iconia W7
Now that Windows 8 is out in full force, a flood of tablets sporting the touch-friendly operating system has hit the market. But many of them aren’t tablets as we’ve come to know them – instead, brands are opting to give users more flexibility by bundling in keyboards and cradles. The devices are so good… Read more »
Emax dishes out Dh1m DSF prize
Andrea Anter, a Romanian national living in Abu Dhabi, recently won Dh1 million through Emax’s “Emax Millionaire” promotion during this year’s Dubai Shopping Festival. The promotion saw any customer who spent more than Dh499 given a raffle coupon, entering them into a draw for the large prize. Anter, a housewife, bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab… Read more »
Pantum enters MEA market, signs deal with Despec
Chinese printer manufacturer Pantum has launched in the Middle East and Africa, having signed a distribution deal with Despec, which will help Pantum pursue its “aggressive” growth plans across the region. The manufacturer is the first laser printer brand created and fully developed in China using Seine Technology. Pantum claimed that this technology helps it… Read more »
Sony unveils Xperia Z in Dubai
Sony’s new flagship Xperia Z smartphone saw its Middle East launch at glitzy press event on Tuesday, when visitors poured into Atlantis on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah to gain a look at the device. The Xperia Z features a five-inch Full HD Reality Display, a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel fast-capture camera, Sony… Read more »
FVC launches SILEX in Saudi Arabia
Middle East value added distributor FVC on Tuesday launched what it calls “the ultimate virtual classroom” at the IEFE 2013 conference in Riyadh. The solution comes in the form of its Smart Interactive Live Experience (SILEX) Education solutions. FVC said that its new technology advances the way in which students learn and interact with teachers… Read more »
Symantec awards EMEA channel partners
Symantec on Monday announced the 2012 EMEA Channel Excellence Award winners at its annual EMEA partner conference, recognising six partners who excelled throughout the year. The security firm also created the 2012 EMEA Channel Partner Excellence Distributor Awards this year, recognising the overall service and support provided to Symantec’s partners through account distribution services, pre… Read more »
Review: Qnap TS-469L
Qnap‘s newly launched X69 Series of network attached storage is targeted at power consumers and business users. Powered by Intel’s dual-core Atom processors, this device has enough power to do anything you expect from a NAS and some more. Qnap provided us with a four-bay TS-469L to review, which comes with four hard drives. We… Read more »
Cyber security challenges in 2013
The security issues affecting businesses are similar around the world, writes Florian Malecki, Head of Product Marketing Manager –EMEA, Dell SonicWALL. The key issues and points of vulnerability are around human engagement – most of it innocently – such as bringing an infected personal mobile device into the corporate network, or clicking on a social… Read more »
Nokia unveils dual SIM Asha 310
Nokia on Tuesday unveiled its Asha 310 handset, the first Nokia smartphone to combine dual SIM and Wi-Fi capabilities. Nokia said that this will help users get more out of the Internet for less. The main SIM card is placed behind the battery, as is the case with most other phones. However, the Asha 310… Read more »
Jabra names Westcon EMEA distributor of the year
Westcon Group on Sunday announced that it had been named EMEA Distributor of the Year for the second year running by Jabra, thanks to its convergence business practice. The distributor was given the award at Jabra’s recent EMEA partner conference, which ran from January 30 to February 1 in Amsterdam. More than 200 partners attended,… Read more »




