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According toIDC, the PC market for the Middle East and Africa region suffered a decline in shipments during the last quarter of 2011, despite a healthy growth in Saudi Arabia and UAE. The overall market from falling 6.7% on Q4 2010 levels to total 5.1 million units. The market saw declines across the technology spectrum, with desktop shipments decreasing 12.1% year on year to 1.8 million units and shipments of notebooks shrinking 3.4% over the same period to 3.3 million units, while the situation in Turkey, Egypt, and Nigeria was particularly bleak.Read More…

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As the single point for the clearing of all cheques and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) transactions in the country, the Central Bank of Kenya clearing house can ill afford any database downtime. Sybrin Systems teamed up with RDB Consulting to deliver high availability and uptime with Oracle’s Standard Linux database and fully redundant servers.
Sybrin Systems, a company that specialises in payment processing solutions, mainly across Africa, was awarded the contract, adding to their high profile client portfolio. The solution involved 41 banks using Sybrin Systems’ Client Participation Module, providing an interface to their Central Bank Clearing Module, running off high end clustered servers with Oracle’sStandard 11g database. Read More…

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Vision Valley achieved the TelePresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. Armed with new status Vision Valley will able to sell, deploy and support Cisco TelePresence Video products and solutions at the Master level across Middle East region. The Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP Program is focused on providing a new way of working in which everyone, everywhere can be more productive through face-to-face collaboration with Cisco TelePresence Video solutions. Read More…

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Golden Systems Middle East together with Flamingo Billiards hosted the Counter Strike 1.6 Gaming tournament in Dubai. The tournament was supported by Cooler Master which attracted sixty-five gamers spread in thirteen teams competed with each other. Impulse Ezone, which included gamers such as whMsy, havoK, sticker, SMASHER and t0ks won the first place at the Counter Strike 1.6 gaming tournament. “Golden Systems believes in supporting and encouraging local talent from this region to showcase their talents and skills in cyber gaming.Read More…

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IT Consulting and Technology Solutions Provider, Informatica Qatar (iQ) recently partnered with two new channel partners Saudia Hyper and Al Anees Group to distribute Huawei mobile phones in Qatar. Huawei has chosen iQ to exclusively distribute and provide after-sales service for the IDEOS, IDEOS X5 and other future Huawei mobile phones launching in Qatar. IDEOS is a mid-priced multimedia and social networking focused phone, while the IDEOS X5 is a higher-end unit with a 3D user interface aimed at tech enthusiasts and professionals. Both units are powered by the Android operating system. Read More…

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South Africa based Jasco Broadcast Solutions, signed an partnership agreement to represent the leading content storage management solution provider Front Porch Digital for the entire Southern African Development Community region, Southern and Eastern Africa as well as Mauritius and Seychelles. Front Porch Digital the leaders in content storage management (CSM), migration and preservation of videotape to digital files. The company delivers end-to-end solutions for cost-effectively digitising, accessing, and preserving media and accelerating the migration of videotape to optimised and secure digital storage. Read More…

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Sophos recently announced the availability of Sophos Virtual Web Appliances which they claim will provide complete web protection, a streamlined management experience, and broad deployment flexibility in virtual environments. Sophos Virtual Web Appliances is available for download via the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace, the new Virtual Web Appliances can be set up in minutes, bringing the company’s award-winning hardware security capabilities to businesses of any size with ease. Read More…

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Value added Distributor, Spectrami teams up with FastPassCorp. to offer password management solutions to help mid to large size organisations in the Middle East region. FastPassCorp is the technology leader in enterprise password management for small to large enterprises as well as for Managed Service Providers that has the ability to securely manage their passwords and resolve account lockout incidents in a self-service fashion without involvement of helpdesk personnel. It also helps in meeting requirements for regulatory compliance and address identity management challenges.Read More…

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Wallix the leading vendor of appliance based privileged user management systems entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with UAE based distributor, Global Security Network to promote Wallix’s solutions across the Middle East.
Privileged User Access and External IT Service Provider Management are critical issues for organisations across the globe and Wallix have succeeded in combining the three core requirements of managing privileged users, password management, access control and traceability, into a single easy to deploy appliance, the Wallix AdminBastion (WAB). Read More…

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World’s leading storage solution provider, WD announced the appointment of Anamika Budree, as its country manager of South Africa. With this move WD expects to gain greater penetration in the local market and establish a strong base in South Africa. During the course of 2011, WD gained ground in the retail market in South Africa, signing an agreement with Massmart to stock branded WD products across stores throughout the country. The vendor also has three distributors with distinctly different markets.Read More…

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D-Link introduced its new cloud based product line, and by providing innovative cloud functionality to its networking products. The new cloud capabilities will result in improved usability and effortless setup for many popular D-Link devices including network cameras, routers, and storage devices. These functions will be made accessible via the mydlink website or mydlink mobile application. D-Link’s mydlink-enabled cameras like the DCS-930L, DCS-932L, DCS-940L, and DCS-942L automatically join themselves to the mydlink platform so that they can be accessed centrally, from anywhere, at any time, without any complex configuration. Read More…

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eXtra topped the fast-growing market for Sony PlayStation in Saudi Arabia and currently enjoys over 10% of the overall gaming market share in the Kingdom, which is estimated at SAR 750 million, where PlayStation account majority stake in the gaming consoles market. Currently, eXtra provides the over 9 million customers it serves annually with more than 12,000 products across its 24 stores – serving almost 90 percent of the population of Saudi Arabia. In addition, eXtra recently introduced its online shopping portal www.extra.com, a first-of-its-kind fully fledged electronics and home appliance website in the Kingdom.Read More…