Namibia’s telecoms sector weakens as competition fades
2015-02-11
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) is worried about the monopolistic state of the country’s telecommunications sector.Read More…
Optimus and Huawei hosts a partner meet
2015-02-10
Optimus Technology and Telecom jointly hosted an partner meet to recruit more strategic channel partners which was attended by some of the leading telecom system integrators and resellers.Read More…
F5 Networks gets new sales director
2015-02-09
F5 Networks, an application delivery networking technology specialist, has appointed Garth Braithwaite as its new sales director for the Middle East. Reporting directly to Diego Arrabal, F5’s vice president, Sales for Southern Europe and the Middle East, Braithwaite will lead a team focused on improving the delivery, security, performance andRead More…
Brocade bids for Riverbed’s SteelApp
2015-02-07
Brocade recently announced its interest to acquire SteelApp product line from Riverbed Technology. SteelApp is one of the top virtual ADCs providing scalable, secure, and elastic delivery of enterprise, cloud, and e-commerce applications.Read More…
FVC to distribute Unify UC in Middle East
2015-02-04
Regional VAD FVC, has signed an agreement with Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications) to distribute its range of unified communications (UC) and contact centre solutions across UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Pakistan.Read More…
Dimension Data helps firms harness changing workforce dynamics
2015-02-04
In a move aimed at helping organisations harness today’s workplace patterns, culture and stay ahead of the changes in workforce dynamics, Dimension Data has announced the launch of its workspaces for tomorrow strategy. Nadeem Ahmad, Dimension Data’s global technology director said: “During the course of any day, people complete manyRead More…
Lenovo launches EMC VNX5150 storage array
2015-02-01
Lenovo has announced the UAE launch of the Lenovo EMC VNX5150 storage array, a SAN solution that offers SMBs excellent value with an affordable price. Designed for demanding needs and unpredictable workloads for SMB environments, the new Lenovo EMC VNX5150 is a dual storage processor SAN with full redundancy forRead More…
TP-LINK to increase Middle East head count
2015-02-01
TP-LINK Technologies Co Ltd, a manufacturer of SOHO and SMB networking products and solutions, has announced it is moving its regional headquarters to a bigger office, as part of the company’s expansion plans for 2015. The move to bigger office premises comes as the company has been expanding its regionalRead More…
Huawei increases consumer sales by 30% globally
2015-01-29
Chinese technology giant Huawei has announced that revenue in 2014 for its Consumer Business Group (BG) grew. The technology and telecoms kit vendor said sales revenue for the consumer business group increased 30% year-on-year to $12.2bn, crossing the $10bn mark for the first time. The company said shipments grew byRead More…
Alcatel-Lucent to build converged network for Vodacom
2015-01-27
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Vodacom, South Africa’s largest mobile service provider, to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand Vodacom’s customer base enterprise and residential markets. The new converged network enables Vodacom to provide customers with ultra-broadband needed to access bandwidth-hungry services and applications such as online gaming and streaming video. According to Vodacom, it will deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s comprehensiveRead More…
TechAccess, Extreme tie-up for Middle East
2015-01-27
Regional VAD TechAccess has signed an agreement with Extreme Networks for the Middle East. Under the deal, TechAccess will offer its channel partners in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan the vendor’s networking products and solutions. In addition, the distributor will further enhance the vendor’s offeringsRead More…
SNB IT Distribution signs deal with Fluke Networks
2015-01-25
SNB IT Distribution, a value-added distributor of data storage and backup, security surveillance, networking and IT security solutions, has been signed as the authorised distributor of Fluke Networks in Saudi Arabia. Under the accord, SNB will promote the vendor’s entire network testing equipment portfolio to channel partners across the Kingdom.Read More…
