Optimus to distribute Swivel
2011-01-23
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, a regional VAD of IT and telecommunications products, has signed a strategic deal with Swivel, a provider of authentication solutions.
Avaya acquires Konftel
2011-01-23
Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration systems, software and services, has acquired Konftel, a maker of audio collaboration technology and conference telephone manufacturer for a cash purchase price of approximately US$15 million.Read More…
TechAccess unveils promotion for Oracle partners
2011-01-23
Value add distributor (VAD) TechAccess, has announced the launch of an exciting promotion for TechAccess Oracle Partners in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to enable partners to gain incremental business and build up loyalty base with TechAccess.
Jumbo increases sales by 20%
2011-01-23
Jumbo Electronics, the UAE-based consumer electronics giant, has recorded a sales increase of 20% for the second half of 2010, as against the same period in the previous year. Jumbo also begins the year on a bullish note.
Huawei launches Enterprise Business division
2011-01-18
Huawei Enterprise, the IT arm of Huawei, the telecommunications solutions vendor, has launched the Enterprise Business unit to provide tailored end-to-end ICT enterprise based solutions to the region’s IT market. Read More…
AOC appoints BDL as KSA distributor
2011-01-17
Display panels vendor Art of Colours (AOC) has appointed BDL as its distributor in Saudi Arabia, a move the company says will boost its presence across the Kingdom. This tie-up will provide AOC with a perfect opportunity to enhance its already formidable presence in the Saudi market and raise its market share in the Kingdom’s growing IT market. According to the CITC annual report, Saudi Arabia’s IT market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.4% over the next three years, with IT spending posting a 17% growth this year alone and reaching a total value of nearly US$10 billion by the year 2013.
WestconME unveils channel credit offering
2011-01-17
With the spotlight on credit amid tough trading conditions in the Dubai IT channel, WestconME Group, a value add distributor (VAD) of convergence, infrastructure, mobility and security solutions has launched “Credit as a Service” (CaaS) to facilitate channel financing across the MENA region.
SanDisk appoints JK Sons Group as distribution partner
2011-01-17
SanDisk Middle East and Africa (MEA), a global provider of flash memory cards has appointed the JK Sons Group in a partnership that will see the vendor address the UAE distribution and retail channels through National Store.Read More…
Canon awards its partners
2010-12-12
Canon Middle East, awarded its partners for their contributions in the year 2010 during Canon’s Partner Conference that was recently concluded with the theme “Reaching New Heights” at the Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort in Abu Dhabi. The awards recognised of Canon’s Middle East partners in achieving 2010 directions and boosting the company’s overall performance, particularly in helping Canon post two consecutive years of positive market share growth. The winners of the B2B Awards were Canon Emirates from the UAE in the Office Business category; General Electric and Technology Company from Oman in the DIMS category; and El-Ajou Trading Company from Saudi Arabia, which received a Special Recognition Award for its role in a groundbreaking deal to supply 379 units of ImageRUNNER Advance C5040I to the Princes Noura University.
FireEye tackles rising Malware and Cyber Crime threats in the Middle East
2010-12-07
In today’s world, organizations are being plagued with a new rising threat – cyber crimes, cyber espionage and cyber weapons of mass destruction (CWMD). With the UAE being a global business hub, it is among the most vulnerable countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to malicious attacks and cyberRead More…
Kaspersky leads the way in emirates says IDC
2010-12-06
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions is the UAE consumers’ most popular anti malware brand dominating the country’s retail sales with an overall market share of 37 per cent by value and 38 per cent by volume according to the latest IDC report about AMS retail channel in UAE, KSA, Egypt and Pakistan.
According to the same report, a total of 900,000 anti virus products with an estimated value of USD$ 6 million were sold across UAE retail stores in 2009. To make a comparison, Saudi Arabia’s AMS retail channel market during the same period was worth USD$ 4 million on a 600,000 unit volume. In Egypt, the most populous market in the Middle East, the total value of the market is estimated at USD$ 1.5.Read More…
Gartner names Software AG in the Leaders Quadrant for BPM
2010-12-01
Software AG today announced that it has been named by Gartner, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm, in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently released Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites. According to Gartner, Inc., more organizations are adopting Business Process Management (BPM) as a discipline and scaling up their efforts to establish BPM as an enterprise program. The effectiveness of BPM in providing business efficiency was demonstrated by a 15% market growth in BPMS in 2009.Read More…
