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Ruckus Wireless unvelied its first heterogeneous small cell wireless edge system, SmartCell. With the use of SmartCell, technology the telecom opertors in the Middle East region can easily inject wireless capacity, increase coverage and enable new edge services while relieving radio access, backhaul and core infrastructure bottlenecks created by the deluge of data traffic hitting their networks. The fast uptake of mobile data services, driven by smartphones, laptops, and tablets, has accelerated data-traffic growth to the point where macro cellular networks are no longer sufficient to meet subscriber demand in many high-density settings. Read More…

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Epicor Software today announced the appointment of Keith Deane as senior vice president and general manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately. Keith will lead the EMEA region out of UK and will be reporting directly to Pervez Qureshi, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Epicor. In this new role, Deane will be focused on revenue growth and expanding the market for Epicor enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) solutions throughout the region. A proven leader, Deane brings more than 20 years of sales, operations and software industry experience to Epicor, having worked for leading ERP, SaaS, e-commerce, middleware, infrastructure, process management and business intelligence software providers during his career. Read More…

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Saudi Arabia IT distributor based International Computer Company (ICC) recently formed a partnership with EXITCOM, the manufacture of recycling electronic and electrical products. The partnership will result in the establishment of first Arab company in the field of recycling electronic and electrical products, EXITCOM KSA. The agreement was signed during the International Conference for the Recycling of Electrical and Electronic products (IERC) held in Austria earlier last month.Read More…

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Method announces the availability of the newly created Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Business Unit that partners with Microsoft Dynamics AX, an adaptable business management solution that offers powerful capabilities to help growing multisite organizations streamline processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance and drive informed decision-making. As businesses expand globally, so does the complexity of managing accurate business insights and standardizing operations across multiple locations.Read More…

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Qatar based Zerone Technologies, a wholly owned IT subsidiary of Al Sulaiman Holdings achieved AlcatelLucent Enterprise’s Premium Partner status. The recognition comes as a result of performance and the level of support offered by Zerone Technologies to its Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise customers in Qatar. To achieve Premium Partnership status, Zerone had to undergo certification in different technology sectors to be able to support its clients across the various segments that Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise covers in Unified Communications , Networking and Wireless infrastructure.Read More…

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Brother Middle East shared its plans to become a major player in the office and home segments of the market, which has demonstrated robust growth over the last two years despite the impacts left behind by the recent economic downturn. Brother strengthens ist operations in the region with the appointment of Soichi Murakami as the new Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (including South Africa and excluding French speaking African countries). The event also saw the launching of Brother’s new call centre service. The new offering will now allow existing and potential Brother end-users access to a call centre that can help address their queries on products/services and receive key technical support. Read More…

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First National Bank (FNB) Botswana is one of the leading financial institutions in the country and is part of the prominent First National Bank group. As a financial entity that operates across countries and continents, the company needs to comply with a multitude of regulations and governance practices both locally and internationally. In an effort to improve IT governance and align with the principles of IT, FNB Botswana called upon Marval South Africa to assist with training and ITIL process development. Since a large proportion of FNB’s business relies on the availability of IT infrastructure and service, downtime can be costly in terms of the impact on the bank’s customers and the loss of income it incurs.Read More…

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Leading IT security distributor in Africa, SecureData Africa announced that it has been appointed as the distributor for AirTight Networks in the sub-Saharan African region. AirTight SpectraGuard Enterprise provides continuous, automated protection against all current and emerging wireless threats, which can jeopardise sensitive data as well as affecting performance, critical applications and end-user satisfaction. Unauthorised access points (APs) connected to the enterprise wired or wireless network are considered rogue APs. Read More…

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Spectrami partners with TITUS to deliver wide range of enterprise information security and compliance solutions for email, documents and SharePoint that enable organizations to secure information assets and address compliance requirements. Spectrami expects that with its region wide reach of channel partners, it is best placed to address the customer’s overall security and compliance challenges by working with TITUS. “Middle East offers a growing opportunity in the security and compliance space, we believe that by partnering with TITUS, we will be able to deliver our channel a proven and practical solution to address security and compliance,” Read More…

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FVC, a leading Value Added Distributor hosted its first partner meeting to introduce the complete range of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises (ALUE) solutions to its network of system integrators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises (ALUE) solutions are targeted at small-to-medium sized companies (SME’s) in Saudi Arabia. The event which was attended by around 50 partners covered market trends, solutions portfolio, selling techniques and data for SMEs. The session also demonstrated, through the web, VoIP and latest Apps available, MY IC Mobile 1.0 for iPhone and iPad.Read More…

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Epson launched its new affordable range of high-quality education projectors in Middle East. The new range consists of its short-throw projector range EB-435W, EB-425W, EB-430 and EB-420 targeted at schools looking for high-quality yet affordable equipments. The projectors can be mounted 72cm from the screen for a high-quality, 178cm picture with fewer shadows, making them the perfect partners for existing interactive whiteboards in schools. The short-throw range, powered by 3LCD technology, achieves accurate colour reproduction, important in education for natural-looking flags, maps and diagrams. Read More…

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Leading value-add distributor Westcon today announced that the company has signed a value added distribution agreement with Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security and network management solutions for next-generation data centers and carrier networks. Arbor’s Pravail Availability Protection System (Pravail APS) is an on-premise device that protects the enterprise data centre edge from threats to availability — specifically, application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Read More…