VDI solutions vendor Citrix has announced that Carlos Sartorius has been appointed senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Services, reporting to Citrix president and CEO, Mark Templeton. Sartorius was formerly managing director and vice president of the Citrix EMEA organisation, headquartered in Switzerland, which he has run since joining CitrixRead More…
Sage joins hands with Saudi based GT Tech to host a one-day roadshow in Riyadh to further raise awareness about the partnership’s ICT solutions for the kingdom’s enterprise sector. The roadshow will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 19 January 2015.Read More…
By Michel Combes, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent I am particularly pleased to present today my vision for Africa. First let me tell you, why Africa? For me Africa is at the heart of tomorrow, it is an important region in the world, it is definitely a growing region and a clear focusRead More…
This week, Channel Post MEA had an interview with Wilson Rugaaju, a Manager at Uganda’s Business Centre Limited. We bring you the excerpts…Read More…
Global systems integrator Dimension Data has urged regional organisations to conduct regular IT security cyber ‘fire drills’, to be better prepared in case of a security breach. Neil Campbell, group general manager for Dimension Data’s Security Business Unit, said technologies and services focused on incident response, rather than just incidentRead More…
The channel in Uganda is bracing itself for a tight year ahead in dealing with the government as the presidential elections year 2016 approaches fast.Read More…
Analyst firm IDC has said the Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market, comprising servers and external storage, remained in a passive growth state according to the latest report from the research house. Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Server and Disk Storage Systems Tracker, the research firm said the marketRead More…
Citrix has announced the acquisition of Sanbolic, an innovator in workload-oriented storage virtualisation technologies for an undisclosed amount. According to the VDI solutions vendor, Sanbolic technology enables customers to software define storage to optimise the delivery of application-specific workloads, from any media type including SSD, Flash and hard drives inRead More…
Excel Networking Solutions, the copper, optical cabling and rack solutions provider, has appointed Bassam Sartawi as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) country manager. According to the company, Sartawi will manage the KSA market and will report directly to Ross McLetchie, regional sales manager at Excel Networking Solutions and willRead More…
Marco Landi, formerly Vice President of Zebra Technologies (formerly Motorola Solutions), is now the new president of Polycom EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a global leader in video, voice and content collaboration solutions.Read More…
The South African enterprise market continued to decline in Q3 2014, registering a 5.6% slump in enterprise hardware shipments, according to the latest figures released today by International Data Corporation (IDC).Read More…
TP-LINK Technologies Co Ltd, a manufacturer of SOHO and SMB networking products and wireless solutions, has announced it is rolling out several channel initiatives for retail partners across Saudi Arabia.Read More…
