SteelSeries, the leading name in the gaming peripherals, today announced the appointment of Geekay Distribution as the exclusive distributor for the region. SteelSeries will offer its complete suite of its gaming peripherals including headsets, keyboards, mice, and surfaces to gamers in the Middle East. Geekay distributes the entire video games category for several power retailers and hypermarkets along with strong relationship with hundreds of independent game retailers in the region, apart from having a strong retail presence throughout 14 independent game stores spread across three countries namely UAE, Oman and Bahrain.
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Display panels vendor Art of Colours (AOC) has appointed BDL as its distributor in Saudi Arabia, a move the company says will boost its presence across the Kingdom. This tie-up will provide AOC with a perfect opportunity to enhance its already formidable presence in the Saudi market and raise its market share in the Kingdom’s growing IT market. According to the CITC annual report, Saudi Arabia’s IT market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.4% over the next three years, with IT spending posting a 17% growth this year alone and reaching a total value of nearly US$10 billion by the year 2013.

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Creative Technology Ltd. has announced the Middle East launch of Creative ZiiSound T6 – the latest addition to its extensive Pure Wireless speaker family. The all new speaker system assumes the position of the flagship Surround Sound wireless speaker in the Pure Wireless speaker range. It transforms all compatible stereo Bluetooth devices into a wireless remote control. USB 5.1 Surround The ZiiSound T6 also offers users the option of enjoying 5.1 Surround content via a wired USB connection. The three-piece-system is capable of “full-bandwidth” audio from 5.1 digital soundtracks. Read More…

WD unveils its lastest innovation, the WD TV Live Hub™ media center (photo), a Full-HD 1080p media player with a 1 terabyte (TB) built-in network hard drive that gives users the freedom to play all their personal media on any screen in the home. The WD TV Live Hub media center brings new experiences to the WD TV family, including instantly renting or purchasing the newest releases through Blockbuster On Demand® service, the same day as DVD/Blu-ray release, as well as interacting with personal Facebook® communities.

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Xerox today announced a color sheetfed scanner that is small enough to fit on a desktop, optimized to scan ID cards and includes ultrasonic double-feed detection technology. DocuMate®3460 is the latest generation in this award-winning scanning seriess from Xerox and it can scan 60 pages per minute / 120 images per minute in duplex.
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Canon Middle East recently outlined its IT channel strategy for Egypt and unveiled its latest range of solutions targeting SMB’s. The main focus would be on empowering and enhancing relationships with partners primarily System Integrators & Value Added Reseller channel by offering them feature rich products powered with Arabic driver and high speed printers, especially designed for SMBs. Read More…