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Nokia Siemens Networks, announced the appointment of Hazim Al-Rawi as the new Head of Sub-region East. He will be responsible for the development of the Company’s business and operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Syria. Jorg Erlemeier, Head of Middle East, Nokia Siemens Networks, said: “Hazim is an outstanding addition to our senior leadership team in the Middle East. His deep customer insight and strong combination of Technical, Services, and Business Development skills will be pivotal to further grow our business in Sub-region East.
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Estarta Solutions, a regional IT innovator, has unveiled its new Website www.estartasolutions.com. The new Website reflects Estarta’s strategic vision and role in keeping pace with the latest technologies, and providing clients with the best and most efficient software. Omar Shboul, COO, Estarta, summarises the reasons for the re-launch: “Increasingly people are turning to the Internet to find information and connect with each other. By revamping our website we seek for adding value to our audience by providing more up-to-date and relevant information that is clearly structured and packaged in a fresh look”.Read More…

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AL Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co., a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, says that the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) solution bundled with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system (OS) it distributes across the Middle East offers solid protection against the various threats faced by the region’s home and office computing environments. The Middle East’s internet usage has grown a phenomenal 1,987 per cent from 2000 to 2011 – the highest rate in the world. With almost 70 million internet users and growing, the region is also witnessing a surge in malicious software and web-based attacks.
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The external disk storage market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) recorded a 16.9% year-on-year increase in terms of value in the first quarter of 2011 to total $366.8 million. International market research company IDC has recorded the capacity sold at 163.1 petabytes, which was double the figure reported in the same period last year. Fiber channel SAN-attached storage continued to hold the largest value share at 62.1%. However, the category grew only a modest 5.5% year-on-year, far behind the rapidly expanding NAS and iSCSI storage systems.
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Zain Group, today announced the appointment of Ahmad Al Hanandeh as CEO of Zain Jordan. The appointment follows the departure of Dr Abdul Malek Al Jaber who ended his two-year contract as CEO of Zain Jordan and has decided to dedicate his immediate future to his family while pursuing personal business interests. Dr Al Jaber also relinquishes his role as Zain Group Chief Operations Officer. Ahmad, comes to Zain Jordan with an impressive professional track record, having joined as Chief Financial Officer of the successful Zain Sudan mobile operation in March 2011. Read More…

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Psilog International, a regional value added distributor (VAD) and authorised service centre for Psion solutions in the Middle East, has revealed that it will be beefing up its value add services offering with the aim of improving the overall customer experience by providing channel partners superior quality of service and support locally. The move by Psilog International to focus on boosting its value added services to the channel comes at a time when the mobile market in the Middle East has stabilised and in turn catapulting demand for handheld devices. Read More…

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Tablet wave continues to charm its way into many hearts and inspiring a new breed of enterprises. One such example is VMK, an Congo based tech company now has ‘Designed and Engineered In Congo’ at their own R&D centre a sleek looking 7-inch flat panel tablet which would be powered by Android OS, that would come with 1.2GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB memory and Wi-Fi. The new android powered tablet from VMK stable, which will be the first android tablet from the african continent is expected to hit the stands in September 2011.Read More…

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This friday HP rolled out its new tablet called TouchPad in US market after it went on sale in Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon.com, to name a few. HP expects to take TouchPad beyond America in the later part of this year. TouchPad measures 9.45″ wide by 7.48″ high by 0.54″ deep and it weighs approximately 740 grams. It also supports Adobe’s Flash video format and runs the webOS operating system. HP becomes the newest kid of on the block to offer a tablet besides Samsung Galaxy Tab, the BlackBerry PlayBook, the Motorola Xoom and many other tablets running on Google Android OS.Read More…

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Bytes Document Solutions, authorised Xerox distributor to 27 sub-Saharan countries, has met monumental success in sales of the ColorQube 9200 ever since it launched year back. It has been able to sell over 140 of the solid ink colour printing devices in Africa. Nedbank, Trudon, Pfizer, among others have been the adopter of ColorQube 9200 in the continent. This has been a highly successful first year for us. The tiered billing model of the device was a real market challenger.Read More…

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Fujitsu today announced the launch of its SELECT Partner Program to the Middle East market. Within the SELECT Partner program, channel partners are encouraged to acquire the SELECT Partner Certification types that suit them best or even upgrade to become a SELECT Expert to benefit from even more advantages and support. The program is designed to reflect the current market demand as well as the changing business need of enterprises of all sizes. For Fujitsu partners and partners-to-be, this means full vendor support in their current economic environment and best-in-class qualification for new technologies, market trends and customer requirements.
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HP introduced a new quotation system developed exclusively for its distributors and resellers worldwide called iQuote. The new quotation enables HP channel partners a quick delivery of quotes that reflect regional product availability, price, promotions and incentives. The iQuote system ensures order accuracy, improving the efficiency of presales teams and reducing the risk of error. It also provides additional configurations and options that increase the value channel partners can provide to customers and improve the potential to drive larger deals. Read More…

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Huawei recently unveiled a new 7-inch tablet “MediaPad,” the first tablet in the world to run this version of Android 3.2, which is tailor made for devices that sport smaller designs. Huawei’s MediaPad packs a 217-pixel per inch IPS capacitive touch panel. The tablet is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor and is equipped with 8GB of memory. The memory can be upgraded further via a micro-SD card slot. HSPA+ 14.4Mbps and high-speed WiFi 802.11n for internet connectivity.Read More…