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APC by Schneider Electric announced the successful installation of InfraStruXure and InRow RD units to protect and cool Microsoft’s virtualized environment at the Al-Yamamah University in Riyadh. APC designed the entire data center with comprehensive and integrated solutions, facilitating Al-Yamamah to set up the state-of-the-art Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC). The new data center has been designed to respond to customer engagements. Apart from managing the power and cooling systems for the new data center, the remote management capabilities and APC’s centralized monitoring appliances has helped manage and monitor the facility. Read More…

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Green Office Week is a national initiative intended to raise awareness of the importance of eco-friendly offices and educate workers on how they can make a positive impact on the environment while at work. AxizWorkgroup, an IT infrastructure and software distributor, is passionate about the environment and constantly provides solutions and information that can assist companies and employees in implementing green IT practices in the workplace.

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Techserve, part of Al-Futtaim group that offers one-stop-shop for electronics service and systems integration in the region today announced the singing up of partnership with Recovery Labs is the data recovery specialist in Europe.
Partnership with Techserve marks as the first foray for the Spain-based data recovery services provider Recovery Labs in the Middle East. The announcement from Techserve also coincides with the opening of the first professional Data Recovery Lab in Dubai.
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Taiwanese mobile chipset maker MediaTek has opened its office in Dubai, a move the the company believes will help it to court mobile handset manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa market. The vendor is aiming to capitalise on its already growing business in the Middle East with its semiconductor solutions for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. By having a local presence in Dubai, MediaTek will further strengthen the company’s regional partnerships to better serve one of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets. According to the vendor, the strategy for the Middle East is to link start-ups and existing mobile handset manufacturers in the region with its OEM partners in China.

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Channel strategy networks are becoming increasingly important for any business to reach its desired market, target audience and better serve its customer base. Carefully chosen networks and value added resellers are essential to the success of forming a connection with each customer to ensure that services and products are conveniently and easily accessible. Xerox Emirates entered into the indirect channel marketing model and by having made this its core focus in 2010, continues to reach out to resellers with specialized expertise in document management technology, advanced solutions, software and services for SMB customers.

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These consumer devices [iPad 2 and other tablets], theorised as thin clients back in the 1990s, are great lightweight personal terminals, but users now want everything brought together in one place. However, because of the devices’ lightweight form factor (they literally don’t have the physical ports in most cases), they simply can’t be connected into the traditional wired network. This is creating a mandate for high-quality wireless networks that can run mission-critical enterprise applications.
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Aptec Holdings, a technology solutions distributor in the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey & Africa, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Applied Security (Apsec), an IT security solutions vendor specialising in PKI solutions, encryption and digital signature. In terms of the agreement, Aptec will distribute the vendor’s solutions inRead More…

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Some would say the technology landscape of Zimbabwe is dire. Or that it should be.
Despite the challenging financial and political environment that affects every sector, the Tarsus Africa team is seeing growth and believes there is still a wealth of opportunity to be had in this country.

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