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Epson recently announced the expansion of its team in South Africa to grow the highly potential Southern Africa market. Epson appointed a new channel sales manager, Hennie Crous, and he will be responsible for Epson’s Tier 1 distributors, and will be working hard with them at developing expansive business development strategies that reflect Epson’s growth aspirations in both South and southern Africa. Crous joins Epson from Fujitsu Technology Systems, where he brings with him a wealth of channel management experience. He has held senior positions within both vendors and distributors and was with HP for many years.Read More…

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Optimus Academy, the channel enablement division of Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, held its first Avaya Aura Unified Communications implementation training for its channel partners in Dubai. This training program, an initiative of Optimus Academy along with Global Knowledge – the worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, is in line with the Avaya Certified Implementation Specialist (ACIS) certification and will enable partners to deploy and configure IP telephony solutions across the different Avaya Enterprise IP Telephony platforms.Read More…

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NETGEAR, a networking and storage specialist plans to penetrate and create a stronger market presence in Qatar’s ICT segment and has ultimately set a QAR 10 million revenue goal in 2013. The move complements the latest Qatar IT Industry report released by the International Data Corporation (IDC) stating that the country’s rapidly developing ICT segment is posed to reach a value of QAR 13.47 billion over the next two years. The report shows that the country’s telecommunications, government, oil & gas, and finance vertical markets have been identified as market segments with high IT spending which reflect Qatar’s move to diversify and increase the private sector’s role and participation in the move towards development.
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Brother Gulf expects to corner the big part of US$ 7.6 billion region’s fast growing printer market segment by achieving a growth rate of 22% by 2012 in the Middle East region. According to Brother, the release of their latest lines of digital copier printers (DCPs) and multifunction centres (MFCs) will act as key drivers in achieving the set growth target and are being packaged as perfect accompaniments for small office / home offices (SOHOs), small & medium businesses (SMBs) and small workgroups of up to 25 users.Read More…

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help AG, leading information security consulting firm added Mi-Token to its product portfolio and now help AG will offers its customers a new, more efficient way of managing hard tokens or “soft tokens” like one-time passwords via BlackBerry, Nokia, iPhone or SMS. As security evolves, enterprise clients expect both hardware and software “proof of identity” options. Mi-Token supplies simple, secure authentication for SSL VPN services, Outlook Web Access, Windows Logon and custom applications. Currently in use by more than 1 million users world-wide, Mi-token is now available in the Middle East through help AG. Mi-Token differs from other providers in that there is up to 60% cost savings compared to other token providers.
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Kaspersky today announced the appointment of Muscat based Overseas Business Machines (OBM), as an enterprise partner in Sultanate of Oman. Kaspesky expects OBM to play a key role in providing on-ground pre-sales, technical and maintenance support to the corporate customers with networks larger than 500 nodes based in Oman. Commenting on this new partnership, Tarek Kuzbari, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab Middle East and Turkey said, “Being closer to our clients is key for our business growth and success. Read More…

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LG Electronics unveiled its N1A1 Network Storage, which delivers complete data security with efficient and stable performance. Touted to be user-friendly that is specifically tailored to meet the high standards and expectations of advanced home users.

The new N1A1 combines the features of an external hard drive and network storage device, raising the expectations for convenient home data management. It can be switched among these two modes using external controls. Ethernet and USB interfaces provide even greater flexibility. It automatically runs back-ups from multiple computers, delivering reliable, distributed data recovery that is tailored to specific needs.
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German gaming brand ROCCAT recently announced the launch of their new Max Customization Gaming Mouse, ROCCAT Kone [+] in the UAE in partnership with Uber Technologies. Kone [+] features 10.5 megapixel resolution and a 1000Hz polling rate, with up to 30Gs of acceleration and speeds of up to 200ips (5.08m/s) without loss or lag. The Tracking and Distance Control Unit (TDCU) is now integrated in the laser sensor designed to allow the mouse to control lift-off distance as well as fine-tune the sensor to suit the Mousepad for optimal tracking.
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APC by Schneider Electric, recently held its annual distributors’ conference which was themed ‘Take the Lead’, for the Middle East and Turkey region in Prague aimed to strengthen the organization’s relationship with its partners to enhance cooperation in working towards profitability. The event also provided a platform to identify new opportunities and areas of development to better meet the growing needs of today’s business environment. The company’s product roadmap for the future was also highlighted during the event.

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Epicor signed an partnership with Aditya Birla Minacs, a global business solutions provider, to sell, implement and support its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions in India and the Middle East. “We are delighted to appoint Minacs as a value added reseller for the Middle East and India. Their experience in the market, wide geographical coverage and excellent customer service will be a valuable asset for new Epicor customers in the Middle East and India.” said Basil Daniells, vice-president sales for Epicor.Read More…

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Epson Middle East launched the quiet, energy-efficient passbook printer PLQ-22/22M which reduces power consumption and noise levels to offer banks, post offices and government institutions a very quiet printer with a low total cost of ownership. Customers and staff alike will appreciate the PLQ-22/22M’s unobtrusive noise levels, which are as low as 51dBA. It’s efficient, too – the print speed enhancer enables fast printing of bit image data under Windows environments to help cut queues, while the high-accuracy MICR/MSRW head (M version) makes handling cheques and passbooks a smooth, trouble-free process.Read More…

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Mustek recently signed the distribution agreement with Lenovo to distribute Think range being aimed at SMEs and the Idea range at retail outlets in South Africa to spearhead Lenovo’s expansion within the small and medium-sized business (SME) sector. “Although we’re already growing faster than the market, both in South Africa and globally, we have no intention of taking our foot off the accelerator,” says Henry Ferreira, country manager, Lenovo South Africa. “We’re targeting expansion in specific sectors, of which SMB is one of the most significant. Mustek has a decades-long track record of serving that market and provides us, in a single partnership, with a breadth and depth of reach that would otherwise take us much longer to achieve. Read More…