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Avnet Technology Solutions partnered with QLogic to offer its networking products like 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and converged networking solutions throughout the MEA region. “This agreement emphasizes our commitment to the growing 10Gb Ethernet and converged networking markets and significantly strengthens our Fibre Channel offerings for storage networking,” said Henry Godwin, regional managing director, Avnet Technology Solutions, Middle East and Africa.Read More…

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Leading IT Networking and Security training, certification and consultancy services provider in the Middle East & Africa region, Spectrum Training expanded its reach in the region by setting up its new training center in Cairo, Egypt. The new training center in Cairo is equipped with state of art labs to provide global standard technical training to several of the enterprises in Egypt. The new facility consists of 2 class room facility that can train upto 24 students at a time. The center is managed by highly skilled professional with wealth of experience in IT training across the region.
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Axis Communications introduced its new chip, ARTPEC-4 for network video products significantly enhances image quality and video analytics performance in Axis’ network video cameras and video encoders. ARTPEC-4 is designed to offer video with lower noise and higher light sensitivity for sharper images of moving objects. The chip is a key enabler of Axis’ unique Lightfinder technology, which allows cameras to ‘see’ clearly in dark and low-light conditions. Lightfinder is included in the award-winning AXIS Q1602 Network Camera, the market’s most light sensitive surveillance camera.Read More…

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Avnet Technology Solutions recently held a series of training programs in association with HP to enhance the skill sets of channel partners and update them on latest technology trends in the market. In association with HP Networking (HPN), Avnet ran training workshops on networking solutions in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar, where it gave an overview of HP Networking products besides providing sales and technical training to partners on HP Networking products and solutions.Read More…

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Ruckus Wireless unvelied its first heterogeneous small cell wireless edge system, SmartCell. With the use of SmartCell, technology the telecom opertors in the Middle East region can easily inject wireless capacity, increase coverage and enable new edge services while relieving radio access, backhaul and core infrastructure bottlenecks created by the deluge of data traffic hitting their networks. The fast uptake of mobile data services, driven by smartphones, laptops, and tablets, has accelerated data-traffic growth to the point where macro cellular networks are no longer sufficient to meet subscriber demand in many high-density settings. Read More…

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Qatar based Zerone Technologies, a wholly owned IT subsidiary of Al Sulaiman Holdings achieved AlcatelLucent Enterprise’s Premium Partner status. The recognition comes as a result of performance and the level of support offered by Zerone Technologies to its Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise customers in Qatar. To achieve Premium Partnership status, Zerone had to undergo certification in different technology sectors to be able to support its clients across the various segments that Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise covers in Unified Communications , Networking and Wireless infrastructure.Read More…

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Leading IT security distributor in Africa, SecureData Africa announced that it has been appointed as the distributor for AirTight Networks in the sub-Saharan African region. AirTight SpectraGuard Enterprise provides continuous, automated protection against all current and emerging wireless threats, which can jeopardise sensitive data as well as affecting performance, critical applications and end-user satisfaction. Unauthorised access points (APs) connected to the enterprise wired or wireless network are considered rogue APs. Read More…

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NETGEAR announced launch of Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP) in the Middle East region. The new product has been designed specifically to extend the wireless range and optimize performance of any existing home network. WN2500RP extends the coverage of both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi signals from an existing wireless router or gateway, providing consumers with the convenience of a flexible and improved WiFi connection.
The WiFi range extender provides users with key features like simultaneous dual-band WiFi that runs on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands concurrently, doubling WiFi bandwidth and reducing WiFi interference.Read More…

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Emircom today announced that it has been awarded the TelePresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco which will enable it to sell, deploy and support Cisco TelePresence Video products and solutions across the region. Emircom invested heavily into demo equipment and also acquired the required technical skill sets indepth knowledge to deploy Cisco video endpoint portfolio, which comprises single- and triple-screen Cisco TelePresence units, custom TelePresence suites, and infrastructure solutions. Read More…

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Verizon expanded its global enterprise network platform in the Middle East region to enable multinational corporations to take advantage of Verizon’s Private IP service. The expansion will make it possible for Verizon customers with locations in these emerging markets to more effectively exchange data and global business applications and employ the company’s world-class managed network and security solutions. Leveraging the strengths of Verizon’s global multiprotocol label switching network and the reach of the company’s network alliance provider Vodacom Business in Africa, Verizon enterprise customers can add Private IP services to their offices in: Gabon on Africa’s western coast; Djibouti and Ethiopia on the Horn of Africa; Malawi and Zimbabwe in Eastern Africa; and Swaziland in the southern region.Read More…

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Qatar based Mannai Corp. partnered with Trimble, the leading advanced positioning solutions provider in the region. Trimble’s Mapping & GIS products improve productivity in a broad range of industries by geo-enabling field workforces with high accuracy, easy-to-use GNSS handhelds and rugged computing devices. Mannai is a leading player in the GIS domain in the region and partnership with Trimble further strengthen it’s capability to introduce latest GIS developments in the region with the goal of helping customers realize optimal returns from their IT investments.Read More…

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D-Link introduced its new cloud based product line, and by providing innovative cloud functionality to its networking products. The new cloud capabilities will result in improved usability and effortless setup for many popular D-Link devices including network cameras, routers, and storage devices. These functions will be made accessible via the mydlink website or mydlink mobile application. D-Link’s mydlink-enabled cameras like the DCS-930L, DCS-932L, DCS-940L, and DCS-942L automatically join themselves to the mydlink platform so that they can be accessed centrally, from anywhere, at any time, without any complex configuration. Read More…