SanDisk recently unveiled new range of retail products addressing wide variety of market segments, like mobile phones, cameras, notebooks, tablets and use cases ranging from entry level to professional. “As the region demonstrates an appetite for plug-and-play flash memory cards for smart-phones, digital cameras, and gaming units, and as Tablet sales grow worldwide, SanDisk is well-prepared with technologies to capitalize on the surge in demand for these products,” Read More…

SonicWALL recently announced the new MSP Advantage Program featuring FlexSpend which is tailored for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), to offer three key benefits, FlexSpend, Global Management System and MSP Advantage Program. FlexSpend is a unique program in the industry, makes monthly service billing easy, flexible and cash flow friendly while lowering initial investment and operating expenses. Read More…

Samsung Electronics West Africa recently partnered with the Nigeria based leading IT distribution company Technology Distributions to target the West African ICT market more effectively and penetrate further into Nigeria. Technology Distributions Limited is one of the largest IT distributors in West Africa with a network of over 350 Resellers and 150 employees with a presence in several countries in Africa like, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia.Read More…

Leading business software vendor, Epicor has successfully implemented the Epicor next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution across all divisions of Khalid Cement Industries Complex W.L.L. (KCIC). KCIC, one of the largest concrete manufacturing companies in Qatar employs over 1,400 people at four manufacturing units situated at Salwa Industrial Area, Dafna, Dukhan and will soon open one in the Ras Laffan Area. Read More…

The Jordan Gaming Development Task Force part of the Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan – int@j is hosting “Jordan Gaming Summit” on November 26, 2011 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center – Dead Sea. The Gaming Summit will be attended by IT professionals, Employees of gaming companies, in addition to university and students. It will also bring several of the world renowned speakers to share their iRead More…

Toshiba Gulf honoured its distributors at a recently held ceremony in Dubai. Toshiba acknowledged the efforts by presenting an Platinum Business to Business Partner of the Year Award to Bahwan IT and Gold Business to Business Partner of the Year to Arabian Business Machines Co. (ABM). “The performance of our Middle East distributors has contributed greatly to the market growth of Toshiba within the region.Read More…

Ubisoft recently acquired the finland based RedLynx, the creators of the renowned digital brand “Trials”. RedLynx was founded in 2000 and since then it has pioneered itself in digital games, developing more than 100 high-quality titles for a wide range of digital distribution channels, including PC, consoles, mobile phones, tablets and interactive TV. After initial success on PC and wide acclaim for its highly realistic, physics-based game mechanics, Trials, RedLynx’s flagship brand, has now become one of the best-selling games ever on Xbox LIVE Arcade, with over two million paid downloads across the main game and both DLCs. Trials Evolution, the next title in the franchise, will be released in the coming months.Read More…

The authorized distributor for Kerio Products in the Middle East region, Bulwark Technologies launched Kerio Connect 7.3, the latest release of its messaging and collaboration server that provides email, contacts and calendar management to more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. With deployment options for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, VMware and Parallels, Kerio Connect is ready to run in virtually any in-house or private cloud customer environment.Read More…

SAS, the provider of business analytics software and services entered into a strategic partnership with EMC Greenplum in the Middle East & North African region to offer innovative data warehouse, data management and analytics appliance. Both the companies have joined hands with a local partner in the UAE, Altis, to integrate EMC Greenplum’s Data Warehouse with SAS Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics technologies. Read More…

Leading global Consulting, IT and Business services provider, Mahindra Satyam announced its second quarter financial results for Fiscal Year 2012, ending September 30, 2011, posted a consolidated revenues of $330m globally for Q2 FY12. Mahindra Satyam continued commitment towards strengthening its market presence in the Middle East and North African region and it was reflected by the growing revenues from the region and posted a 40% increase in bookings and a 150% YoY growth.Read More…

Leading African mobile network operator, Gateway Communications continued its expansion in the MENA region by establishing an office in Beirut. The move is in response to the increasing traffic into and out of the MENA region, and demand for connectivity within the region from Gateway’s existing customer base. The MENA market has seen rapid privatisation in the last five years resulting in fierce competition to gain the largest market share in the region.Read More…