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According to the a recent study by GfK, Toshiba cornered 24.4% of the Saudi market share of Notebooks during the period of from January 2011 to May 2011, making it the leader in the notebook segment in Saudi Arabia. During the same period, Toshiba also achieved an average rate of 78.2% making it one of the fastest growing brands in the kingdom. “Apart from the excellent GfK market study results which placed Toshiba in the lead in terms of sales unit percentage, Toshiba is also the most visible brand in the showrooms in Saudi Arabia,” said John Maliakal, Regional Manager, Toshiba Gulf Computer Systems Division for the countries of KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
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South African IT distributor, Esquire Technologies recently announced that it has signed up a distribution agreement for Southern African region with a leading gaming brand Antec. The agreement will allow Esquire to entire range of Antec accessories for the gaming enthusiast, and high-performance computer components, it also targets PC upgrades and those who ‘do it yourself.’ Asgar Mahomed, Managing Director at Esquire, said, “Antec is recognised in the industry as a pioneer provider of quality and award-winning products, which has maintained a position for its continual development of cutting-edge innovations that clients have welcomed over the last 25 years.”Read More…

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Help AG signed an reseller agreement with Riverbed, which allows Help AG to sell entire Riverbed product portfolio gives visibility to enterprise customers with Riverbed Network Performance Management solution and plans to focus heavily on delivering the Riverbed Cascade network performance management (NPM) solution to enterprise customers. Riverbed Cascade provides customers with enterprise-wide application performance analysis, discovery and dependency mapping as well as proactive alerts on network and application performance bottlenecks.Read More…

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LG Electronics introduced its new LED IPS monitors, the IPS1 and IPS6 series, that combine IPS and LED, two technologies in which LG is already an established leader. The IPS1 and IPS6 series boast exceptionally real colour, high uniformity of brightness and truly dazzling picture quality along with a wide viewing angle. The new monitors’ advantages continue to stack up with their high energy efficiency, resulting in cuts in energy use of up to 27% compared with other models. In recognition of their efficiency, the IPS6 monitors have EnergyStar Certification.
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APEX Voice Communications and ACTEL Communications recently announced the availability of Video IVR on the Etisalat Egypt network. The new capability is based on the APEX Service Delivery Platform (APEX SDP), and its core component the OmniVox3D Application Server, the APEX Video IVR utilizes the video calling capabilities inherent in 3G networks and phones to present interactive content visually to subscribers.Read More…

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Huawei launched its new stylish smartphone with a 3D user interface and carousel animation display called Huawei Vision. Vision runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 OS and is supported by 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8255-1 GHz processor with its sleek design and powerful functionality, making it the perfect combination of technology and style.
Huawei Vision has an aluminum alloy uni-body in rose gold, silver or charcoal, and a curve touch design. Vision measures only 9.9mm at its thinnest point and at around 121g, weighs.Read More…

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Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy UK based leading Enterprise Information Management Software Company Autonomy Corporation for $10.3 billion and with this acquisition HP will be able to further expand its offerings in the enterprise information software. Autonomy’s IDOL platform combined with HP’s strength in enterprise software, services and infrastructure will enable the combined business to deliver a next-generation information platform, analytical applications and performance optimisation solutions.Read More…

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Leading South African ICT solutions provider XON announced that it had partnered with Symantec to offer cloud services in South Africa. As a Symantec Gold Partner, XON has invested heavily in the creation of high-end skills in this area, making it one of the most qualified and experienced Symantec partners to offer such solutions. “Regardless of which industry they are in, customers want a managed service that comes with a guaranteed outcome for a predictable, monthly flat fee. It means that customers do not have to pay for costly on-site security resources, nor do they have to pay exorbitant licensing costs.Read More…

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Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), the Swiss structured cabling specialist announced that they have recently won the iF Product Design Award 2011 for its Cat. 6A module which was appreciated for its performance, design and user-friendliness of the new RJ45 connector sockets for data networks. In explaining its choice, the international panel of experts elaborated by saying, “The clear lines of the design in red and white underscore the message: Swiss quality.” Read More…

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Blue Coat announced that Lebanon’s leading Internet service provider, Lebanon Online S.A.R.L. has deployed the its CacheFlow 5000 appliance to substantially reduce its operational expenses by cutting bandwidth spend, manage sizeable increases in network traffic and subscriber growth, enhance Web security and optimize and enhance the delivery of rich Web 2.0 content, large files and video. Lebanon Online expects the return on its investment in CacheFlow appliances to be less than six months, based upon bandwidth savings alone. Read More…

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Samsung unveiled 4.19-inch screen GALAXY R which runs on world’s first mobile processor with a dual-core CPU, NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile super chip and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system to lend a never-before-seen experiences to its user. GALAXY R also features a GeForce GPU for fast Web browsing with hardware-accelerated Adobe Flash Player support, full HD video and console-quality gaming that allows multitask efficiently, surf the Web quickly with fast-loading pages and Flash-based content and enjoy HD movies. It also gives access to Tegra-optimized games through the Tegra Zone app on Android Market. Read More…

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Looking at the potential of SME’s in UAE, Samsung expanded its business to business (B2B) printing range by adding ML-4510/501X printer series to its portfolio. The new printer is designed specifically for small-to-medium and it provides higher productivity, high quality and trouble free mono laser printing solution that is also environmentally and budget friendly. “In 2011, we have continued to enhance our B2B printer lineup, establishing our position as enterprise printing market leaders. Read More…