Avnet, Inc. recorded a revenue of $6.8 billion in the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2011, an 40% year over year increase in its turnover. Whereas, the value added distribution arm, Avnet Technology Solutions’ revenue grew to $3.21 billion across the globe, which was mostly driven by hardware refresh investments, including spending on industry standard servers, storage and networking products.Read More…
Norton by Symantec, the Internet security specialist unveiled its free online Cybercrime Index to tackle the issue of cyber crime, by tracking and warning computer users about daily cybercrime risks around the world. The Norton Cybercrime Index is free to the public and alerts consumers to the most dangerous websites, the most hijacked search terms by cybercriminals, as well as top scams, identity theft and spam.
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SonicWALL, today unveiled Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) called as SuperMassive E10000 consisting of the E10100, the E10200, the E10400 and the flagship E10800. The SuperMassive Series features a massively scalable multi-core architecture that utilizes up to 96 cores of processing power. It delivers more than 40 Gbps of firewall throughput and over 30 Gbps of application control and Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) with industry-leading power, space and cooling (PSC) metricRead More…
STME announced the deployment of storage and security solutions in association with Hitachi Data Systems, Symantec and NetApp at Dubai Silicon Oasis. The project will enhance the performance for the IT infrastructure of DSO, which includes a fibre optic network and a Tier III data centre, to cater to the varied requirements of the companies that reside DSO.Read More…
HP Middle East today launched HP Financial Services at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to extend its services to HP valued customers. HP Financial Services is the leasing and lifecycle asset management services subsidiary of the Hewlett-Packard Company, offering a full range of financial services solutions.
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Microsoft today got one step closer to a final launch of IE 9, with unveiling of the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) after it successfully launched the IE9 Beta version in September 2010. Microsoft claims IE9 to be “reinvention of the browser,” with features like updated compatibility with web standards like HTML5, an overhaul of the user interface and hardware acceleration for apps running within the browser.
Mobily became the first Mobile operator in the world to offer bio-sourced SIM cards which are made from renewable material. Mobily tied-up with Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will provide bio-sourced SIM cards which are fully compliant with telecommunications standards and its card body is certified 100% compostable certified by Organic Waste System, an independent laboratory. This innovation will help reducing the environmental impact while providing high-standard technical properties and also support operators’ sustainable development plan.Read More…
SonicWALL, the network security specialist today elevated Andy Zollo to the position of Vice President of EMEA after working at several leadership positions in SonicWALL for four years before Andy got promoted from the earlier position of Director of Northern Europe, SonicWALL.Read More…
Leading Value added Distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions in association with HP will be holding Storage Academy in Johannesburg on 2nd March 2011 to train its partners from the Southern Africa after it received the overwhelming response from its partners from Cairo, Beirut, Kuwait and Riyadh. Avnet will also introduce its unique flexible financial solutions its channel partners intended to add more value to their businesses.Read More…
Leading monitor brand AOC after establishing its firm footing in Middle East and CIS region, starts its operation in South Africa with the appointment of Tony Yu, as the Business Development Manager for South Africa. With the appointment of Tony, AOC expects to expand its business in a big way.
Avnet Technology Solutions will distribute the wired and wireless network infrastructure products and security solutions of Enterasys Networks’ in the region. Avnet will work with its channel partners to identify sales opportunities for complete solutions for both hardware and software solutions from Enterasys in the region.Read More…
Bulwark got the additional distribution rights to distribute Cyberoam beyond UAE and Oman in the Middle East region to Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. Cyberoam security products in the region. The move is to strengthen Cyberoam’s customer and geographical outreach and to fulfill the fast growing demand for identity based Cyberoam security products in the region.Read More…
