In an effort to drive its business expansion in the Middle East, Brocade has appointed networking industry veteran Dr Cherif Sleiman to the position of country manager for Saudi Arabia. According to Business Monitor International’s Saudi Arabia Information Technology Report Q2 2013, IT spending in the Kingdom is forecast to increase by 6.6 percent to… Read more »
Computerlinks today announced that it has become a distributor for Trend Micro in the Middle East to address increasing customer demand for Internet content security and threat management. The value-added distributor will provide an opportunity for local systems integrators to deliver security solutions from Trend Micro. The security vendor’s offerings – which are powered by… Read more »
Comguard on Thursday announced that it has achieved serious growth in the sales of GFI Software products across the Middle East. Speaking at GFI’s second Middle East partner conference, Nandini Sapru, Channel Sales Manager, Comguard, said that, in 2012, the distributor saw a 21-percent increase in sales of GFI products in the Middle East. This… Read more »
Vision Solutions on Sunday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement that will see Aptec distribute Double-Take to enterprises in vertical markets in the UAE, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Having used Vision Solutions’ software successfully, the partnership provides the next logical step for Aptec to share the high-security solutions with its customers, Vision… Read more »
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 »
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 »
The burgeoning mid-market is offers a plethora of opportunities for the channel willing to invest in services and solutions, and become trusted advisors. IT heads in mid-sized enterprises have to often provide the same services as those in large enterprises, but without access to same resources or budgets. These companies solely reply solution provider partners… Read more »
Dell SonicWall recently recognised its best performing partners at the annual Dell SonicWall partner event, which attracted over 140 partners. The Dubai-based Cad Gulf and the Saudi Arabia-based Information Management Technologies (IMT) walked away with the Enterprise Partner of the Year Award, Dell SonicWall said. The winning candidates were chosen on the grounds of demonstrating… Read more »
In an effort to boost Saudi Arabia’s IT industry, SAP announced on Tuesday that it has recruited Fast Lane Computer Consultancy to help it up-skill workforces in the Kingdom. A particular focus will be drawn to certification training in company offerings such as enterprise resource planning, SAP said, adding that more partners across the Middle… Read more »
Comguard, a Dubai-based VAD for IT security products, in association with BlueCat Networks, will host roadshows on its new business technology platforms IPv6 and BYOD in Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Alfalak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co., a leading provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, recently hosted a seminar for an exclusive group of its customers to help them understand and address advanced information and infrastructure protection. At the event Symantec highlighted the growing risks to infrastructure and information and demonstrated solutions to… Read more »
Alfalak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, has been awarded “Best Distributor of the Year for Norton Consumer” in the MENA region during the recently concluded Symantec Partner Awards 2012 in Dubai.
SAP MENA has announced the appointment of Ahmed Jaber Al-Faifi to the role of MD for Saudi Arabia. Reporting directly to Sam Alkharrat, MD, SAP MENA, Al-Faifi will lead SAP’s ambitious growth strategy and field operations in one of the company’s most dynamic markets, it was reported. An IT and telecommunications veteran with more than… Read more »
Saudi Business Machines (SBM) announced today it has achieved the Cisco Cloud Builder designation within the Cisco Cloud Partner Program, to support the expanding role of the network in deploying cloud services. This designation recognises SBM’s competencies to sell and implement Cisco end‑to-end cloud solutions for SBM’s private or public cloud customers in addition to… 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 »
