According to a recent forecast by Business Monitor International, the UAE consumer electronics market is set to increase AED 10 billion (USD $2.8 billion) in 2010. The consumer electronics market is a key growth sector for emerging markets such as the Middle East, as a tech-savvy population and tourism continue to grow in the country.Read More…

Aptec Holdings, a technology solutions distributor in the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey & Africa, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Applied Security (Apsec), an IT security solutions vendor specialising in PKI solutions, encryption and digital signature.Read More…

Following the completion of Avnet’s acquisition of Bell Microproducts (Bell Micro), the IT solutions distributor has named Graeme Watt as the president for its Avnet Technology Solutions business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).Read More…

Avaya has appointed Tarek Hassaniyeh as regional channel leader for the emerging markets. Hassaniyeh takes over the regional channel responsibilities from Roger El Tawil, former director of channel and marketing for Avaya in the Middle East and now MD for Avaya in the Gulf and Pakistan.Read More…

IP and SAN solutions vendor Brocade has appointed long-time networking executive, Alberto Soto, to lead the sales organisation for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) geography effective July 1, 2010. Soto will replace Ulrich Plechschmidt, who will be moving to Brocade’s corporate headquarters in San Jose to lead theRead More…

Netgear, a provider of technologically advanced, branded networking and storage products, is eyeing a 10% growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this year, as the company anticipates increased activity from its customer base in the Kingdom’s ever-growing small and medium businesses (SMB) sector. In line with this, the companyRead More…

Alcatel-Lucent has officially launched its new Converged Partner Programme (CPP) for enterprises in the Middle East. According to the vendor, CPP is a major evolution of the Alcatel-Lucent partnership programme for resellers addressing the enterprise communication market. This new programme offers a flexible and consistent framework for Alcatel-Lucent partners makingRead More…