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Golden Systems Middle East, a distributor of IT products in the Middle East, announced that they have signed a distribution agreement with PNY Technologies to promote and distribute PNY’s full range of NVIDIA-based Professional QUADRO Graphics solutions through its wide network of channel partners across the region.
“PNY is one of the leading brands in the professional graphics solutions segment. We are happy to distribute PNY’s NVIDIA QUADRO Graphics cards as it complements our existing product portfolio and adds tremendous value to our channel. Read More…

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Dubai Quality Group (DQG) officially launched “The CIO Arabia Subgroup” in an event that was attended by over 50 senior IT professionals in Dubai.

During the event, a presentation entailing the vision, mission and objectives of CIO Arabia was provided to the audience who also utilised the opportunity to discuss current developments in the IT industry and share plans. Saleh Janeeh, Chairman of Dubai Quality Group, said: “We believe that the new subgroup will fill a gap that exists now in the application of information technology which has been growing tremendously and is a vital part of every business, government sector and even every home.
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Brocade introduced several new channel initiatives designed specifically to enhance partner profitability and enablement. The new initiatives encompass a wide range of updates to the Brocade Alliance Partner Network (APN) program, including elements tailored to attract new partners who are looking for a compelling vendor alternative, as well as new aspects to better reward existing APN partners. With an emphasis on partner profitability through growing skill sets and expertise, Brocade continues to expand its VIP with these core tenets in mind. Read More…

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Jordan based leading Sage Accpac business partner and solutions provider, UBA signed an agreement with the American University of Madaba (AUM) to deploy Sage Accpac ERP 6.0 application that also includes the integration with the student information system.

The Sage Accpac ERP 6.0 package includes applications that will greatly increase the efficiency of the finance and administrative offices of the University, such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory control, purchase order.Read More…

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Leading value-added distributors in the Middle East and North Africa, Aptec Holdings announced that recently its CEO and President, Dr. Ali Baghdadi has joined the Microsoft Distribution Partner Advisory Council (DPAC). Earlier this year Microsoft had extended a formal invitation to Dr. Baghdadi to participate in the global Microsoft Distribution Partner Advisory Council (DPAC) representing the Middle East, which took place last month in Seattle, USA.Read More…

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Leading value added distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions announced that it will hold “HP Networking Academy” in association with HP Networking division a special training program that is designed to enrich the skill set of channel partners and to update them on latest developments in Iraq. Fadi Bawab, Channel Manager Iraq, Avnet Technology Solutions, said, “Most of the existing channel trainings are held outside of Iraq. Due to high travel cost and existing visa issues this means that the majority of local channel partners and customers from Iraq miss out opportunities to update themselves with the latest technology. We believe that this academy will provide a great platform for many more local partners and end users to be on a par with rest of the region”.Read More…

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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) recently replaced its legacy Symantec NetBackup software with CommVault® Simpana 9 to meet ever-expanding business, compliance and data management requirements. Kuwait Petroleum is involved in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, ranging from discovering new reservoirs to delivering fuel and providing essential petrochemical products. Read More…

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Leading Indian technology company, Sonata Software Ltd, formed a joint venture with Mohammad Nasser Abdullah Al MISNAD under the name of Sonata Software (Qatar) WLL to provide business-focused technologies and solutions to the Qatari enterprises. The new JV will leverage Sonata’s vast experience in ERP implementations across industry verticals and partnerships with leaders like SAP, Oracle and Microsoft to partner customers in their ERP implementation. These will involve upgrade and support initiatives on Microsoft DynamicsAX, Oracle eBusiness Suite and SAP.Read More…

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World’s No. 2 PC company, Lenovo announcedthe appointment of Ahmed Khalil as the new General Manager for the Saudi Arabia to expand its presence and growing customer base in the Kingdom. Khalil brings more than 15 years of high achievements in the field of IT, Consumer Electronics and Management Consultancy to the Saudi Arabian market. Khalil’s past experience has spanned Saudi Arabia and the GCC with an in-depth focus and expertise in sales, channel marketing, team management, as well as business start-up and development. Read More…

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Xerox Emirates and Tecom Investments’ Media Cluster joined hands to help businesses across UAE to improve efficiencies and focus on their core business during the ‘Freedom to Focus: Real Business Live Event’. Industry experts discussed the business impact of future trends as well as highlighting key document management challenges that businesses face, which takes their focus away from the business, hence resulting in inefficiencies and reduced profitability. Read More…

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Global leader in business security solutions, WatchGuard Technologies recently launched new security appliance, the WatchGuard XTM 330, ideal for small business businesses with 30 to 50 users that provides advanced network protection in an all-in-one rack-mount gateway security appliance. WatchGuard XTM 330 security appliance provides complete network security protection equipped with next-generation firewall and intrusion prevention capabilities, customers can choose to add Application Control, Gateway Anti-virus, WebBlocker, spamBlocker and WatchGuard’s context-aware, cloud-based security service, Reputation Enabled Defense.Read More…

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Kingston announced the launch of the fastest USB Flash drive DataTraveler HyperX 3.0, designed for enthusiasts and gamers and it comes with large capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. Its high-speed eight-channel architecture provides USB 3.0 data transfer rates of up to 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write, thereby saving time while opening, editing and copying large files and applications between devices. The fast write speeds also allow to work directly on large files or applications directly from the USB 3.0 drive without performance lag.
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