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R&M, the swiss cabling specialist keeping the well being of future generations in mind advises organizations to consider green suppliers when choosing IT vendors. With green suppliers, companies are assured that products and solutions are produced in a manner that reduces pollution and has lower environmental impact. With its own sustainable corporate philosophy, R&M equally incorporates economics, ecology, and social concerns in its business practices. R&M takes its leadership role seriously and built its eco-friendly corporate headquarters, the Cube as a foremost example of a green facility with manufacturing capacity.Read More…

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Asus today unveiled the all new powerful 15.6” ASUS-Automobili Lamborghini VX7 completely revamped notebook. It embodies the excitement of Automobili Lamborghini’s supercar grand touring traditions and offers users a fresh take on portable computing. Crafted to reflect the ultra-sporty and aggressive look of Automobili Lamborghini models, the VX7 is available in distinct orange, black and carbon fiber colors. The VX7 is offered in three classic Automobili Lamborghini colors ― orange, black and carbon fiber. All are directly licensed and formulated to retain the iconic and attention-grabbing appearance of the fabled Italian powerhouses.
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Brother leading IT peripherals brand expressed its plans to consolidate its presence in Qatar’s printer market segment with the continued implementation of strategic initiatives and roll-out of new printers at recently organized dealer’s meet in Doha, Qatar, which was jointly organized with Video Home and Electronic Centre, Qatar, reflects the company’s efforts to maintain strong key relations with its business partners, dealers and vendors. During the event, the leading printer manufacturer recognized the sales achievements made by its key retailers in the country.

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NEC Unified Solutions, specialists in communication solutions for small, medium and large enterprises in both the private and public sectors, recently announced the appointment of ENCOM. Morocco based ENCOM will be distributing NEC’s complete range of solutions including its UNIVERGE SV8000 Series communication servers as well as applications for the growing SMB and Enterprise market segments. ENCOM specialises in network, telecom and multimedia solutions. The company has been building professional solutions for local business, commercial, educational and government clients since 1991. The NEC UNIVERGE SV8000 series is designed to deliver next-generation, open standards-based solutions that provide businesses the capability of offering advanced applications and the flexibility for growth. The product range together with the full range of applications for Mobility, Unified Communications and effective Management allows enterprises to create new ways of generating revenue and increasing customer responsiveness while simultaneously improving efficiency and reducing costs.
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Xerox created a website to encourage customers to play a part in the exploratory research that serves as a source for new products, applications and services. Open Xerox is an online technology portal, providing instant access to the latest Xerox innovations and allowing anyone to test pilot technology and provide feedback directly to lab scientists and engineers. Open Xerox was co-created by researchers at Xerox Research Centre Europe and Xerox Research Center Webster and also features projects developed at PARC, the Palo Alto Research Center. Users not only can try the applications but also register to access a wider range of technologies, run services and test technology integration in third-party applications.

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Huawei, the leaders in next-generation telecommunication network solutions, showcased its latest innovations in the area of Managed Services (MS) at the fourth Informa annual event “Managed Services for Growth Markets 2011”. The event which was attened by more than 200 professionals and experts representing 20+ regional Telco service providers, leading global telecom vendors, and industry analysts. The Huawei presentation entitled “Going Beyond Traditional Managed Services” provided the audience with a glance at new trends to reduce TCO, yet more importantly the evolution route for next generation Managed Services to support evolving technologies and network convergence with the subscribers’ Quality of Experience as the focal point.
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HP today updated its information management portfolio to enable organizations to reduce risk, increase efficiency and simplify the way they manage their business information. Instant-On Enterprises embed intelligence into everything they do for a transparent, real-time view of information across the organization to service customers, employees, partners and citizens with what they need instantly. HP brings a holistic approach to information management to help executives harness the power of information to make better decisions, manage for cost and compliance, and deliver the right information to the right users at the right time.
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Kaspersky Lab, leading security and threat management solutions, today announced plans to refine its organizational structure and become one of the top three IT security solutions providers for endpoint users in 2011. According to Kaspersky Lab’s operational results for 2010, the company demonstrated significant growth in all regions. Globally, the company’s revenues grew by 38 percent year-on-year and exceeded $500 million. The year 2010 was also a successful one for Kaspersky Lab in the CIS, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where revenues totaled $131 million — an increase of 35 percent compared to 2009.Read More…

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IT Advantage: Spring 2011, a new publication from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) described the global economic moves through 2011, and the companies facing far greater then ever before. For many of these businesses, the strength of their IT may prove to be a key competitive differentiator. It further sheds the light on a variety of ways in which companies can optimize the performance of their IT capabilities–and, in the process, maximize IT’s contribution to the bottom line. It features interviews with two chief information officers who are tackling a number of mission-critical challenges. The first interview is with Jeff Keisling, chief information officer of Pfizer. Keisling discusses a range of topics, including the IT-specific challenges in bringing together Pfizer and Wyeth; how to strengthen the IT organization’s relationship with the business side of the company; and leadership.

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ISnSC the specialist in Information Assurance & Cryptography today annouced the launche Government Security Governance (GSG) solution for all the Governments across the Middle East region. The GSG aims to help government entities obtain a full perception of the government network and detect any kind of violations in real-time in a cost-effective way. The GSG is based on the SAINT framework that does not require any additional implementations or alteration to any government network, which ensures smooth government operation. Having SAINT certified engineers will also ensure the maximum output of the GSG.Read More…

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NEC Unified Solutions, specialists in communication solutions for small, medium and large enterprises in both the private and public sectors, has appointed Daoud Eid as its Sales Director for Middle East and North Africa. The appointment reflects the exponential growth NEC Unified has enjoyed in the region. Daoud brings more than 20 years experience in the IT and telecommunications sector in the Middle East to the new role at NEC. Flexible and adaptive in his working approach, Daoud will run and grow NEC’s business across the region while driving its Unified Solutions with positive impact on existing and potential customers’ businesses.

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Aastra, the leading Enterprise Communication technology solution provider today announced the launch of their training services to offer training and certification to its channel partners as well as end-customers in the Middle East region. Aastra’s enterprise communication solutions include IP Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Video Conferencing which it inherited from acquisition of Ericsson’s global Enterprise business back in 2008. Aastra, is now working towards expanding the enterprise products portfolio and develop the channel partner program to a new level.

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