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Promethean, the global education specialist unveiled its next generation interactive whiteboard ActivBoard 500 Pro-series, at Comex 2011, Oman. ActivBoard 500 allows the board to be operated simultaneously by both pen and ‘gesture’ touch and the key feature is the amalgamation of new, emerging multi-touch functionality similar to that used in Apple and Microsoft (Windows 7) applications. This flexibility allows teachers to reach students in a variety of ways or modes, supporting a wider range of learning types.
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Dubai based leading MVNO/B-brand provider Friendi Group secured the funding of US$ 25 million to further accelerate expansion plans across the Middle East, Africa and Asia region. The new funding comprises US$10 million equity from new and existing shareholders, plus a US$15 million structured debt facility from Standard Bank. FRiENDi GROUP currently operates using a proven business model delivering significant benefits to its customers and mobile telecom operator partners in Oman, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
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SAP announced that it has signed a MoU with the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) to support newly created Digital Content Cluster, which is developed to fuel the growth of businesses focused on the field of content creation, as well as allow for use, share, access and preservation of the content in a digital format especially in Arabic. This initiative is expected to enable Qatar to establish itself as a leading nation for innovative Arabic digital content, setting the foundation for a vibrant ICT industry in the country.
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Adobe plans to make its leading creativity and business productivity applications more accessible to Lebanon’s business community and design industry professionals via a new productivity strategy that will center on its immensely popular Creative Suite 5 (CS5) and the Adobe Acrobat application software. As part of the strategy, Adobe is offering Lebanese businesses discounts of up to 70 per cent on the published Middle East price of CS5 and Acrobat.
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Saudi Arabia based Naizak announced that it has been signed a value-added distributor for Blue Coat Systems to help build the partner network across the Middle East and distribute the entire range of market-leading Blue Coat solutions for WAN optimization, application performance management and Web security. The core area of focus will remain on expanding the Blue Coat WAN optimization business in the region. Blue Coat Proxy SG appliances accelerate and optimize email and file access in addition to enterprise applications, live and on-demand video, web content and cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.Read More…

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Golden Systems Middle East (GSME), announced that it has recently won the ‘Best Performance’ award for 2010 from Zotac International, for its outstanding performance for increasing business, market share and customer support for Zotac across the Middle East region. Golden Systems has achieved many milestones to date and winning Zotac’s ‘Best Performance’ award for 2010 is yet another feather in the distributor’s hat.

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Frequent disturbances in mains and power outages can lead to companies incurring high IT service loss and equipment damage, cautions APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services. While the need to reduce data centre power consumption and carbon footprint cannot be taken lightly, some of the approaches being taken to eliminate UPS electrical losses are highly questionable. The comments were made by Shri Karve, Director of Business Development, APC by Schneider Electric, to highlight the fact that UPS which are designed to switch between various modes of operation (i.e., topologies) in order to increase energy efficiency may eventually compromise the protection of the IT equipment.
While the need to reduce data centre power consumption and carbon footprint cannot be taken lightly, some of the approaches being taken to eliminate UPS electrical losses are highly questionable.

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Etisalat hosted a focused group workshop for organizations in the Ras Al Khaimah, to discuss emerging ICT trends and their application to their respective business environments and industry domains. Sheikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Vice Chairman of RAK Department for Economic Development, graced the event with his presence. During the workshop, Etisalat provided strategic direction to RAK corporates to showcase how ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) can deliver the required impetus for businesses in the current economic situation and how organizations can leverage the emerging ICT solutions to create a long lasting business value.Read More…

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Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Opti-UPS and they will distribute Opti-UPS across the Middle East and Africa region with exclusive distribution rights in Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. Opti-UPS has an extensive range of products, which include standby, line-interactive and online UPS products besides stabilizers and surge busters that have gained the trust of worldwide customers.

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APC, today announced the launch of InfraStruxure™ Management Software Portfolio 6.2, which includes updates to InfraStruxure Central Monitoring Suite and InfraStruxure Operations Suite. It also announced the introduction of an integration with VMware vSphere™ 4.1. The new versions bring further support to an open, vendor-neutral platform that holistically addresses the needs of data center management by enabling IT professionals to design, operate and manage their physical infrastructure while systematically ruling out human error.
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Versant Technologies recently implemented Oracke retail solution at the supermarket and convenience store chain, Zawya in UAE. Zawya implemented an extensive footprint of Oracle Applications in short space of time of only four months to support its growing business requirements as it spreads its reach across the UAE with 20 new stores by the end of this year. The retailer is using the Oracle applications to ensure high levels of customer service by delivering consistent pricing and promotions throughout its store and home delivery network and by enabling the retailer to localise assortments based on customer demand.

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia acknowledged the potential of ICT industry with the Shura Council eyeing to raise the industry’s contribution to the level of 20 per cent of national GDP by 2020. Reaffirming the government’s robust ICT outlook, recent studies have projected Saudi Arabia’s software market to reach a value of USD 675 million during the current year, up from USD 611 million in 2010 and poised to maintain a healthy growth rate in the succeeding years, while the IT services market is expected to reach USD 1.1 billion this year and sustain a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent during the 2011 – 2015 period.Read More…