Cisco has announced it has completed its voluntary offer for Tandberg, a global provider of video communications solutions. The close of this transaction, and the consequent creation of an extensive combined product portfolio, accelerates Cisco’s vision of changing the way people communicate and collaborate by delivering simple, unique and interoperableRead More…

LiveRoute, a regional company dedicated to providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to businesses in the Middle East has launched its operations. Dubbed LiveRoute, the company has unveiled its SaaS portfolio in the Middle East in partnership with Aplicor Inc, a global software provider of Web-based CRM, ERP and AccountingRead More…

The Emitac Group, a regional provider of IT, communication technology and healthcare products, solutions and services, has announced the appointment of Patrick Mulligan as General Manager of Emitac Distribution. Mulligan will be responsible for the management and reporting on all areas of Emitac Distribution’s activities in the region. In hisRead More…

PC vendor Lenovo, has appointed Ali Al-Amine as the new Regional GM for the Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan (MEEP) region. The appointment, which is effective 1st April, sees Al-Amine who has been Lenovo’s transactional business director since mid-May 2009 and has over 15 years of experience in the technologyRead More…

AOC monitors, part of Taiwan-based TPV Technology Limited has reinforced its faith in the Middle East region after expanding its operations into Egypt. Equipped with a very strong and comprehensive product platform, production strength and scaled operations, AOC has been able to maintain a year-on-year growth of above 20% forRead More…

Epicor Software’s latest release of its enterprise software (ERP) is focused on helping Middle Eastern companies target cost reductions and improve processes and customer responsiveness ready to capitalise on what industry experts see as a start to economic recovery and growth. Epicor 9.05 is the first major upgrade to theRead More…

Renton D’Souza has been appointed the Comstor Business Lead for Westcon Group’s Middle East, Africa and India Cisco business.    He will now be responsible for of Comstor ME, Comstor Africa, Comstor South Africa and Comstor India all of which fall under the Westcon Middle East, Africa and India Group.Read More…

Travel technology service provider Stargate Cyber Active has been reappointed distributor for the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria of Worldspan and Galileo global distribution systems (GDS) from Travelport. Under the multi-year agreement, Stargate retains exclusive rights to distribute Worldspan technology and services to travel agencies in the threeRead More…

Security solutions developer, McAfee, plans to include a common policy across all components of its data loss prevention (DLP) solution to include database crawling, easier workflow through the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform and greatly improved support for Microsoft Active Directory. Until now, the DLP customer has had to endure suchRead More…

Kaspersky Lab, the secure content management solutions developer, which is 100% channel driven, has launched an English version of its IT security website, Securelist.com. Seen as an additional sales and support tool for existing and prospective customers, the new website contains all the latest information about what Internet threats areRead More…

eSolutions, an asset and service management solutions provider for the Middle East and North Africa, has won a Tivoli Business Partner Award. The company, a provider of IBM Maximo, received the Smarter Planet Award for its work with clients to manage instrumented, interconnected and intelligent infrastructures with better visibility controlRead More…

Ehsan Hashemi, COO, Golden Systems ME

ZOTAC International, a global manufacturer of graphics cards, mini-ITX motherboards and mini-PCs, has signed a distribution agreement with Golden Systems Middle East, a components solutions distributor of in the region. In terms of the agreement, Golden Systems will promote and distribute ZOTAC’s award-winning products through its extensive channel and resellerRead More…