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Hitachi Data Systems plans to acquire Shoden Data Systems (Shoden), a leading provider of data center technology solutions in South Africa and across the sub-Saharan African continent subjected to approval from respective authorities in the African countries in which Hitachi Data Systems and Shoden conduct operations. “We are very excited about the prospect of joining the Hitachi Data Systems family,” said Marc Trevenen, managing director, Shoden Data Systems.
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Hermes Datacomms Middle East, the Wide Area Network communications solution specialist to the upstream oil and gas industry expanded its team in Middle East region with the appointment of Saif Al-Azzawi as Country Manager of their Iraq operations, and Nigel Green as Head of Security and Operations for the region. Saif Al-Azzawi brings with him a wealth of experience in technology, project management, sales, logistics and account management. Read More…

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Nuance Communications appointed Squareone Technologies as the regional distributor for Intelligent Document Capture. The distribution agreement allows SquareOne to feed the channel with the entire eCopy multifunction printer (MFP) document imaging solutions from Nuance Communications. Nuance Communications produces range of technology solutions that helps companies offer a better customer experience and service to healthcare solutions that help physicians focus on patient care instead of documentation, to imaging technologies that convert physical documents into searchable digital files.
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Leading IT solutions distribution, Avnet Technology Solutions recently celebrated the spirit of Gitex in the company of over 100 key channel partners, vendor partners and associates from across the Middle East region at the prestigious Armani Hotel, located in world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa. The evening was presided over by the President of Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA, Graeme Watt, and supported by senior executives from Avnets key vendors, such as HP, Oracle, AMD, Enterasys and Motorola. Read More…

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Absa Capital, in affiliation with Barclays Capital offers corporate and investment banking services, acting as an intermediary between, and adviser to, suppliers and users of various forms of capital in South Africa and across the continent. The Challenge • Accurately assess and manage core client static data in support of both the Absa Group and Barclays Capital’s Advanced Internal Ratings Based (AIRB) approaches to Credit Risk reporting • Leverage the shared client static data across both the Absa Group and Barclays Capital to support collaboration with other business units both locally and internationally.Read More…

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According to the latest report on broadband market, Frost & Sullivan recognises iBurst DRC with the 2011 West and Central Africa Frost & Sullivan Growth Leadership Award. Since its market entry in December 2008, the company has rapidly become one of the largest internet service providers (ISP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s broadband market, successfully competing with more established CDMA operators and GSM. At the end of 2009, iBurst DRC had enjoyed dramatic uptake of its broadband services, reaching over 5,000 subscribers in less than 12 months.Read More…

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Packard Bell announced a new version of its stylish 10.1’’ PB Liberty Tab tablet equipped with Android 3.2 and is powered by powerful NVIDIA Tegra dual core processor. The new tablet supports Stereo speakers and Dolby Mobile technologies deliver cool audio for listening pleasure. While the Full HD display offers vibrant colours to photos, movies and games. With the new embedded Android 3.2 operating system, the support of Flash 10.3 and expanded media codecs (WMV, WMA & Xvid), HDMI output in Full HD (1080p) gives a wide range options of media players. Read More…

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Leading IT Security vendor ESET announced the release of ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server which is engineered to secure business networks and data at the highest level. The newly-added, eShell functionality with command line control interface, enhances even further the management of ESET security solutions in a networked environment.
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Gartner recently highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012, which were revealed during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt.Read More…

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ASUS announced the opening of Swap center to cater to ASUS Motherboard customers in United Arab Emirates. This will allow ASUS to deliver even better service to its Customers and make its service more efficient. The New Service Center will be located in the same location as ASUS notebook service center and the new facility will offer its customer Swap Service for the 3 Year Warranty coverage of the Motherboard. Read More…

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Adoption of Unified Communications technology is reaching critical mass, corroborated by a report from In-Stat earlier this year that predicted small office spending on IP telephony would grow by 83 per cent in 2011. The trend is moving away from premises-based Unified Communications towards technology hosted in the Cloud, as consumers become aware of the benefits and the technology becomes more accessible, affordable and scalable. According to research conducted by Frost & Sullivan last year, the Unified Communications (UC) market in the Middle East is expected to reach US$235 million by 2014. Read More…

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Jarir Bookstore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) market leader in office supplies, school supplies, IT products and books, reduced its monthly Internet costs by 43 percent by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA series to manage the company’s growing retail branch network and connectivity requirements. Jarir, like other progressive business enterprises, has become increasingly ‘distributed’ and employees often work on the move connecting to their business-critical data through laptops, smart-phones and tablets.Read More…