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SAP has recently announced the appointment of Marius Moantsoga to the position of Regional Director for Francophone West and Central Africa. Marius will oversee SAP’s activities in the region and ensure that revenue targets are achieved. He will also focus on growing SAP’s footprint within Africa by developing the channel. “The best-run businesses globally run on SAP, and our goal is to expand our partnerships to governments and businesses in Africa,” says Moantsoga. “I look forward to this challenge, and what lies ahead for us on the continent.”Read More…

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Leading business application software provider, Infor seeks to garner more market share with announcement to recruit channel partners, which comes on the heels of the Infor launching its new programme, Infor Partner Network (IPN) that is designed to deliver the highest quality support for channel partners. Infor is accelerating its strategy in order to double its channel revenue over the next three years. In the first quarter since the announcement of the IPN, Infor experienced 23% growth in channel sales compared to the same quarter the previous year.Read More…

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BenQ launched its latest addition to its Home Entertainment Projector Series, the W710ST, the world’s first high-definition (HD) short-throw home entertainment projector. The BenQ W710ST provides unlimited motion-control fun as the world’s first HD short-throw projector. It is the perfect choice for movie and game lovers who are craving for some extra fun in their down time.Read More…

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Iomega expanded its portfolio of Network Storage products with the introduction of Iomega StorCenter PX Series in the Middle East region and it will also demonstrate StorCenter PX series at GITEX 2011 at its stand 401 in hall 4. The StorCenter PX Series is powered by world class EMC storage technology, which features four-bay and six-bay desktop models and a four-bay rackmount model, each available in scalable configurations at competitive prices. Read More…

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AOC announced the launch of its new eco-friendly, value for money, a 18.5 inches screen attractive, slim monitors with clean styling LED Monitor e950Sw in the Middle East and Africa region. The new LED backlights monitor contains no toxic mercury (Hg) to contaminate the environment, and offer substantially lower power consumption than traditional monitors, further reduced with user-selectable power-saving display modes and switch-off timer.Read More…

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Almasa Holding has recently announced that it has carved out its VAD unit into an independent company and the new entity would be called as Almasa Value Distribution which aims to deliver solutions and services to resellers addressing networking, communications and security issues in the region.”Almasa Holdings recognised that through a combination of market focus, the correct solutions, and strong relationships with vendors and resellers, there is a significant opportunity to be addressed, especially for mid-sized organizations in the Middle East, as well as the wider channel community. Read More…

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Zero Technologies, the Middle East’s first company to manufacture and export consumer electronics that are wholly-owned by a regional company is set to take the global computing industry by storm thanks to a radically new, inexpensive, internet-based, ‘zero client’ computing system and a veritable dream-team of partners. “As desktop virtualization revolutionizes the world’s workplaces, UAE-based Zero Technologies is proud to represent the country’s pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit in its leadership in this critical new area of technological advancement,” said Dr. Mohamed Almur, Co-Founder of UAE-based Zero Technologies. Read More…

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Western Digital released its new next generation WD TV Live streaming media player, which easily connects to the Internet wirelessly or through an Ethernet connection, with the high performance 802.11n wireless connectivity supporting even the most demanding high definition video applications. WD TV Live features WD’s newest intuitive user interface that delivers quality Internet content from video services to Internet radio and social networking from companies like YouTube, Facebook, Picassa Web Albums and TuneIn Radio, directly to your TV in Full-HD 1080p resolution.Read More…

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Toshiba strikes golden results by investing heavily in its channel partners which lead Toshiba an unprecedented market penetration in East and West Africa. In Kenya alone, Toshiba achieved high sales figures, and has doubled the units sold in August than in comparable periods in the company’s history. “I am confident that this is a direct result of the clear steps that we have taken to build and nurture our channels in sub-Saharan Africa, and that we are going to continue to enjoy considerable growth as we build on these in the future,” says Nelo Neves, channel manager, Toshiba Africa.Read More…

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IBM continued its march in the african continent and it recently opened its new branch office at Luanda, Angola, after opening branches at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Dakar, Senegal, in the first half of 2011. With the establishment of branch office in Luanda, IBM has increased its direct presence in more than 20 African countries, including South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria.Read More…

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Bahrain based telecom operator Menatelecom awarded major Managed Services contracts for the year 2012-2013 to global giants Tech Mahindra and Huawei Technologies. Together Tech Mahindra and Huawei Technologies will enhance and manage Menatelecom’s cutting-edge WiMAX 16e network and ensure that Menatelecom continues to provide the most powerful internet packages to both enterprise and residential customers across the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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NETGEAR announced the successful implementation of an integrated suite of solutions to help enhance the offered UAE Ministry of Labour (MOL) services of Estemarat (Tasheel Centre), a leading service centre providing web-based services for several UAE government entities. The implementation and installation was carried out by the leading vendor’s partner, Osool Information Technology, after learning the requirements from Estemarat’s (Tasheel Centre) and doing a thorough analysis of their operations, NETGEAR recommended the implementation of a Quad WAN solution, which offered full redundancy and connectivity via different connectivity methods.
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