Cisco introduced the Linksys X-series, a range of hybrid home wireless products that help consumers to simply create a high speed wireless home network that works with both DSL and cable broadband connections. The Linksys X-series enables easy internet and wireless access on all of the wireless devices around the home such as laptops, tablets, smart phones, game consoles and Internet ready televisions.Read More…

Adobe announced that publishers will be able to use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create magazine and newspaper applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand section of the iTunes App Store and the Newsstand folder on the iPad. With more than 600 titles created to date, the industry-leading Adobe Digital Publishing Suite includes full support for Newsstand subscriptions, which can significantly boost sales and advertising revenue by combining greater content discoverability with flexible payment options required by readers.Read More…

Canon Middle East launched the high-performance PIXMA iP4950, a photo printer ideal for professionals and families looking to create fantastic quality documents and photos at impressive speeds. The new PIXMA iP4950 incorporates leading printing technology and innovative features, including Full HD Movie Print and Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Specialised features, including ECO Information and Auto Duplex Print, also ensure that reducing the environmental impact of printing is easier than ever before. Read More…

AMD announced the appointment of Ossama Eldeeb as the new commercial organization team leader for Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Ossama will be based out of Dubai and will oversee the operations spread all across the META region. “Ossama has more than 14 years of experience in the IT industry, and he’s been instrumental in growing our business and setting up our channel and distribution activities in Egypt since 2007. His deep knowledge of the region and experience will be key in raising AMD’s profile for our commercial organization.” said Bernard Biolchini, vice president of sales and general manager, AMD META.Read More…

Leading VAD ComGuard, today unveiled its promotional campaign for Gitex Shopper this year, wherein it will offer special discounts on the wide range of Kaspersky and iolo personal products. ComGuard is going to run exciting games and the winners will get fabulous gifts like Mobiles, Netbooks. And, it will also offers 100% reimbursement for the entry ticket for Gitex Shopper to all the shoppers who will buy any product from its booth at Gitex Shopper.Read More…

Savvytek and Oracle held a dedicated event for fast growing Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector that brought together various IT decision makers from retail and distribution industries in Jordan. The event was presided over by the key experts from Oracle and Savvytek to discuss the role of IT solutions in their industry and how they technology can benefit the FMCG industry. The event established an open channel between Technology Experts from Oracle and Savvytek, and FMCG representatives to address how Oracle EBS integrated solutions allow businesses to achieve operations excellence in means to streamline internal processes, enhance operations, effectively manage cost of departments’ operations and improve the time-to-market strategy; through applying the best practices and latest standards across the enterprise. Read More…

Epicor announced its support of Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – a complete set of enterprise-ready technologies and tools to enable people to derive the most value from information at the lowest total cost of ownership. With this move, Epicor plans to uplift its Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) suite to take advantage of the release’s enhanced levels of performance, availability and security; to employ its productive management and development tools; and, to deliver the next-generation for doing ad hoc business intelligence (BI) data analysis and bring pervasive insight to business users.
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Toshiba Africa recently appointed Sahara Computers as the official distributor for its retail range of laptops and peripherals in South Africa. With this new development, Toshiba expects to tap into the growing market for consumer technology products with the rise of middle class in the country. Sahara’s expertise and success in furniture retail, as well as its national reach to independent retailers, will make the company’s products and services more widely available to end-users, where there has been a growing demand for the Toshiba brand.Read More…

Aptec announced that it has received the Microsoft Cloud Distributor status, which would allow Aptec to distribute the latest cloud technology product of Microsoft – Microsoft Office 365 in U.A.E., Qatar and Kuwait. Aptec also expects to get the distribution for other GCC countries and Egypt very soon. With its new Cloud Distribution status Aptec is expected to concentrate on recruitment and enablement of channel resellers along with offering them the complete services expertise.Read More…

Lieberman Software, the Privileged identity management and security management solutions provider announced that it has elevated the status of its long time partner in the region, Nanjgel Solutions as the value added distributor. As the value added distributor of Lieberman, Nanjgel will now be able to provide localised support to authorized resellers and service providers apart from selling and supporting Lieberman Software’s privileged identity management (PIM) solutions and other products directly to its clients across GCC.Read More…

Belkin recently announced the appointment of the IT Distribution Division of consumer-electronics giant, Jumbo Electronics, as its authorised distributor for UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. Belkin’s distribution partnership with Jumbo is part of an overall strategy to expand in the Middle East. Belkin plans further growth in 2011 by investing in marketing, channel development and growing product offerings in a variety of markets.Read More…

Golden Systems after tasting the success of its loyalty program AVARDZ in the GCC region extend this popular program to partners in other Middle East countries as well. Golden Systems launched the program AVARDZ in 2010 which was created and designed exclusively for qualified individuals from the IT retail industry who support, promote and distribute the company’s selected portfolio of products directly to end-users in the market. AVARDZ rewards its members by offering them a variety of exclusive benefits and privileges.Read More…