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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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IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire security intelligence software solutions provider Q1 Labs. The move aims to accelerate IBM’s efforts to help clients more intelligently secure their enterprises by applying analytics to correlate information from key security domains and creating security dashboards for their organisations. Following the close of the acquisition, Q1 Labs will join the newly-formed IBM Security Systems division, representing the world’s most comprehensive security portfolio. After the close, IBM intends the new division to be led by Brendan Hannigan, CEO of Q1 Labs. Read More…

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Trend Micro announced its new Partner Programme which is devised to focus on rewarding its channel partners proactivity, driving new business and customer retention, delivering greater rewards and reviewing partners who are underperforming. Trend Micro’s new approach makes it a leaner, agile and more lucrative Partner Programme, in which the vendor delivers simplicity, flexibility and profitability to its partners, in return for a much-boosted set of rewards around profitability. The tiering structure is now a simple Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum arrangement – vastly improved flexibility and vastly reduced administration, plus a far clearer line of accountability to each and every partner.Read More…

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Aptec, the leading technology distributors in the region will showcase the benefits of contemporary business solutions during its 31st appearance at Gitex 2011. The value-added distributor is one of very few companies that have participated in every Gitex event since it began, and this year it will be focusing on IT business solutions and what these can offer to the industry. “Gitex is an excellent platform that allows a regional distribution house like ours to showcase some of the latest technological offerings from our vendors as well as network with our partners from across the region. Read More…

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Iran’s official news agency FNA reported, that the country plans to start exports of computer games to Europe and other parts of Asia in the near future. Director of Iran’s National Foundation for Computer Games Behrouz Minaei said Iranian companies would soon start exporting ten computer games to Asian and European countries. Behrouz Minaei, Director, National Foundation for Computer Games, said, “His foundation has concluded a contract with Malaysia to distribute the English version of the Iranian games in the country. Read More…