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STC, the national telecommunications provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Motive, a leading provider of customer experience management solutions for fixed and mobile broadband services and an Alcatel-Lucent company, to deliver its Network Analyzer – Fiber (NA-F) solution. Motive’s Network Analyzer – Fiber (NA-F) will help STC reduce the complexity and cost of delivering and managing new fiber services such as high-speed Internet and IPTV. The solution also will help improve customer service while reducing customer support handling times and generate new revenue by simplifying processes needed to increase line speeds.
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Google is announcing the launch of Umbono, its new technology incubator, which will be based in Cape Town, South Africa. Bringing together seed capital, Google mentorship, angel investors, local tech stars, entrepreneurs and business leaders, the Umbono programme will help selected start-up teams transform their ideas into companies. Google hopes that Umbono will further encourage the growth of the developer community and support the country’s already flourishing tech sector.
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Cisco won the prestigious Red Dot Award for outstanding product design for two of its products, Flip MinoHD video camera and the Linksys E4200 wireless router by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. The year saw 4,433 products coming from leading designers and companies hailing from 60 countries submitted their entries for the red dot award category “product design.Read More…

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GCT, the sole distributor of Genius brand of products in more than 35 countries across the Middle East, and Africa region recently held an special channel meet to further consolidate its excellent relationship with its channel partners. Genius offers products that are well known for its value for money, quality,Read More…

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United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS), a leading pro-video and broadcast distributor in the Middle East and Africa, introduces high speed digital cameras from Vision Research namely, the Phantom “Flex” and Phantom “HD GOLD”. Vision Research designs and manufactures high-speed digital imaging systems used in applications including defense, automotive, engineering, science, medical research, industrial manufacturing and packaging, sports and entertainment, and digital cinematography for television and movie production.
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Software AG recorded a significant increase in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010. At €326.7 million, total revenues were 12 per cent higher than the same quarter of the previous year (€292.1 million). The product business picked up sharply in the fourth quarter in particular, totaling €222.0 million and exceeding the figure for the same period of the previous year (€181.1 million) by 23 per cent. Significant revenue increases, largely owing to an increased number of big deals and initial cross-selling successes, followed the successful integration of IDS Scheer AG and its software product portfolio. Revenue and earnings also benefited from currency translation effects, especially in the Americas.

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Logitech today announced the launch of Squeezebox controller applications for Android phone and tablets. It will give full control over WiFi to all the Squeezeboxes and allows to fit in home enviornment and brings the usual controls, metadata and album artwork from player to your mobile’s screen. It also supports files, station, or playlist album art and the controller applications are free to download and can be downloaded from the Android Market.
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Huawei the leading next-generation telecommunications network solutions provider, today launched its Ideos X5 smartphone in the Middle East. The Ideos X5 is a high performance, ultra slim, touch-screen smartphone with advanced browsing and high definition video capabilities based on Android 2.2 operating system. Huawei has introduced the availability of its Ideos, U8300 and U8500 smartphones in the region, as well as its Ideos S7 Slim Tablet. The launch of this suite of smart devices positions Huawei to take full advantage of the rapid growth of the smartphone market in the Middle East which is predicted to grow 39% by 2015 (IDC).
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Anixter International the leading global distributor of communication and security products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fasteners and other small parts, announced that it has established a new business in Morocco called Anixter Morocco SARL. Working with Global Development Ventures Corp., Anixter will operate initially from Casablanca and will serve the communications and physical security markets, supply industrial and infrastructure projects, and provide products to original equipment manufacturers.Read More…

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HP today announced the integration of 3PAR Utility Storage across the HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio to simplify scalable cloud computing, and introduced new storage solutions for virtualization and data deduplication. This integration enables clients to optimize cloud delivery with features like automated storage tiering to improve performance, and thin storage offerings to eliminate over-provisioning.Read More…

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Epicor Software the leading enterprise business software solutions provider, today announced a new center of excellence for education for its customers, partners and employees, called Epicor University. The global initiative is created to specifically address the challenge of delivering consistent high-quality training worldwide, to expand the range of Epicor’s existing education deliverables, and to offer certification programs for Epicor’s fast growing partner channel. Epicor University consists of a dedicated central team that will be responsible for developing and delivering all aspects of education content, materials, and blended training across the globe. Read More…

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Autodesk today announced tie-up with Zoofitech, a integrated supply chain solution provider to distribute the extensive educational solutions from Autodesk across the KSA market and it will be working closely with Autodesk to help widen its scope further across education institutions within the Kingdom – through an established network of Autodesk authorized Value Added Resellers (VARs). The Saudi market is in its boom stage of building & operating a large number of education institutes across the Kingdom, with the Saudi Government placing a heavy focus across ongoing initiatives for the education sector. In the 2011 budget alone, the Saudi Government allocated $40bn for its Education sector, and almost $68bn for the new construction and completion of existing projects.

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