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South Africa based Headset Solutions has taken distributorship rights for Radvision and Knoftel to expand its product portfolio from Plantronics and Aastra to audio and videoconferencing with cutting-edge technology. Radvision has been an innovator and leading provider of products for videoconferencing and telepresence technologies over IP and wireless networks, since 1992. Radvision propels the unified communications evolution forward with unique technologies that harness the power of video, voice and data over any network.Read More…

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NEC appointed Masahiro Yoshikawa as President to lead NEC’s sub-Saharan African business from its new sub-regional headquarters in Johannesburg and to oversee the expansion of NEC operations in the region with establishment of its branch offices in Kenya and Nigeria. Masahiro Yoshikawa has over 30 years’ experience providing solutions and services to customers around the world and across Africa in the IT and telecoms industry. Most recently he led the business for Middle East and African market as Deputy General Manager and has worked at the International Sales and Operations Business Unit, NEC Corporation.Read More…

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The Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organisations, Meridian Systems partnered with leading Value Added Reseller in Egypt, Zone Technology. On the occasion of the tie-up with Zone Technology, Geene Alhady, general manager, Meridian Systems, said, “Zone is well positioned with program management providers and consultants, multinational firms focused on the oil sector, developers in Egypt’s tourism and real estate sector, and with public sector clients. Read More…

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Oracle recently claimed that its partners around the world are continuing to deliver Oracle Accelerate solutions to better meet the needs of midsize companies by expanding their portfolio of simple to deploy solutions for growing organizations. Oracle Accelerate is Oracle’s partner-driven approach to providing simple to deploy, fast time to benefit solutions to midsize organizations. Oracle Accelerate solutions include Oracle’s enterprise-class application software delivered with business accelerators, partner intellectual property and services, available from Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) partners and Oracle Consulting.Read More…

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UAE based Masters Security, an established provider of security and cleaning services to several buildings and facilities successfully implemented SiteWorx from Unique Computer Systems to help it enhance the level of its services and set a new standard in facilities maintenance. SiteWorx, a mobile client server application, was customized to meet the requirements of Masters Security with additional processes to capture presence and preventability of security and cleaning personnel.Read More…

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GFI Software to host a channel Partner conference on 7th February 2012 at Mina A’ Salam Hotel, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, which is open to all GFI reseller channel partners in the Middle East and North Africa region. During the conference, GFI expects to give sales and technical updates on latest GFI products, security trends and also give live product demos. Keynote speeches will be delivered by GFI’s management team, focusing on new product launches, channel and sales updates and product roadmaps. Read More…

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Dubai based leading VAD, ComGuard today announced the availability of a patch from BlueCat Networks for its appliance-based DNS and DHCP software solutions that addresses the latest DHCP vulnerability publicised by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC). BlueCat Networks discovered the vulnerability and was prepared to immediately provide patches to its customers on the same day as the ISC’s public release. Working with a client, BlueCat Networks was instrumental in identifying and reporting the vulnerability (CVE-2011-4539) to the ISC. Read More…

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WinSoft announced the availability of the Arabic version for WebPlus X5, the affordable and easy-to-use web design software by Serif in Middle Eastern and North African region. WebPlus X5 is a complete business website designer, offering users the ability to easily design beautiful, professional websites. Powerful features like drag-and-drop and an intuitive interface allow even users with no web design experience to create high-quality websites. WinSoft International’s localised versions of WebPlus X5 also offer advanced language settings, localised documentation (including a specific guide for help working with Arabic scripts) and local dictionaries for full language support.Read More…

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Dubai based leading value added distributor, ComGuard recently held special training program for its channel partners on GFI Software platform in UAE and Oman. These training programs were conducted in association with GFI Software designed specifically to help channel partners to capitalize on the fast-growing email archiving and web monitor market in the region. Experts from both ComGuard and GFI Software provided an overview and technical training on GFI Software solutions.Read More…

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Leading VAD, Spectrami recently joined hands with Microdasys, Inc. to distribute wide range of enterprise security solutions from Microdasys product portfolio across the Middle East region. Spectrami believes that the ongoing adoption of cloud computing and Web 2.0 technologies in enterprises and government agencies is adding to the security challenges that security administrators are facing today. SSL encryption, XML/SOAP, RSS feeds and Web Services will continue to grow exponentially while traditional content scanners and firewalls are incapable of inspecting these protocols and applications.Read More…

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Abu Dhabi-based steel engineering and fabrication company, Sama Steel selected the next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution from Epicor to deliver a comprehensive web-based ERP system. Epicor offers an integrated workplace management platform that incorporates best-practice processes and generates critical business intelligence data and performance assessment reports. Founded in 2006, Sama Steel is a leading steel engineering and fabrication company renowned for its work on steel structures, sea platforms, rigs and pressure vessels. In addition, it also offers blasting and painting services to technical specifications as per client requirments.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…