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With the unprecedented growth in mobile sales, Nokia Markets Middle East and Africa in collaboration with Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) once again joined hands in a mobile recycling campaign. Now on its 3rd phase of project implementation, the campaign reaches new heights as the program extends its reach to a greater number of target participants from the various sectors of the UAE community. The Borrow-A-Bin scheme shall be once again rolled out among EEG’s corporate members where recycling bins shall be placed in the participating organization’s premises for a week to provide facility for the employees to take part in the campaign.

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Toshiba today unveiled the new STOR.E ART4 external hard disk drives featuring SuperSpeed USB technology (USB 3.0) for super-fast data transfers with a transmission rate of up to 5 Gigabit per second. The sleekly designed external hard disk drives comes with 5 year warranty. The small dimensions and light weight of less than 190g, rubberised edges and power supply via the USB connection, STOR.E ART4 is ideal for mobile usage and makes it suitable for stationary usage, making a very smart desk too.
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NEC today announced the addition of 5 new TCO-certified, short-throw projectors to its successful M-series range of projectors. All the new models have been specifically designed to give optimum results in classrooms and small meeting rooms – are capable of throwing images of more than 77 inches in size from a distance of less than 75 cm. Energy-saving and low power consumption are the key feature for these projectors besdies clarity in projection even from a short distance.Read More…

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Computron Distribution leading exporter of I.T. / Computer Products, Consumer Electronics and Office Products today announced the launch of their new online shopping portal http://www.technoeshop.com targeting the end users as well as corporate customers. Technoshop expects to bring whole new experience to the customers with amazing shopping experience with extensive product catalog, highly competitive pricing, and a more streamlined checkout processes. Customers can now buy from over 1.8 Million I.T products, Consumer Electronics and Office Products across All Major Brands and Categories on the website.Read More…

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Internet use is growing and users are spending more time surfing the web in the Middle East and Africa (MENA) region. This is evident from research reports that forecast 60 percent of the region’s population will be online by 2020, accounting for 260 million users. Currently, there are 65 million users accounting for 19 percent in the region. Complementing the Internet penetration is the significant growth in mobile phones from 200,000 cell phones in 1991 to a forecasted 340 million users in 2020 .

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SonicWALL today announced the availability of SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The new appliances add to the existing SSL VPN SMB and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand SonicWALL’s virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and email security. Combining scalability and reliability, the SSL VPN solutions are the perfect choice for securing a growing mobile workforce.Read More…

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SanDisk today announced the encryption and online backup features for all its entire range of USB portfolio. SanDisk SecureAccess™ software protects files against unauthorized access by creating an encrypted, password-protected folder or ‘vault’ on the USB drive. SanDisk is also expanding its USB product portfolio with two new drives to meet the needs of a broad set of customers. The SanDisk Ultra® USB flash drive features faster transfer rates and the SanDisk Cruzer® Edge™ USB drive offers easy portability.
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Avaya announced the launch of new cloud-based, on-demand purchasing options and features for Avaya web.alive, the most innovative, secure, immersive collaboration platform that uses personalized avatars and rich, spatial audio and visuals to expand on current modes of conferencing and collaboration. Using high-quality voice, visuals and content sharing capabilities, Avaya web.alive helps solve a number challenges to business collaboration with an easy and fun to use environment.Read More…

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Avnet, Inc. recorded a revenue of $6.8 billion in the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2011, an 40% year over year increase in its turnover. Whereas, the value added distribution arm, Avnet Technology Solutions’ revenue grew to $3.21 billion across the globe, which was mostly driven by hardware refresh investments, including spending on industry standard servers, storage and networking products.Read More…

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Norton by Symantec, the Internet security specialist unveiled its free online Cybercrime Index to tackle the issue of cyber crime, by tracking and warning computer users about daily cybercrime risks around the world. The Norton Cybercrime Index is free to the public and alerts consumers to the most dangerous websites, the most hijacked search terms by cybercriminals, as well as top scams, identity theft and spam.
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SonicWALL, today unveiled Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) called as SuperMassive E10000 consisting of the E10100, the E10200, the E10400 and the flagship E10800. The SuperMassive Series features a massively scalable multi-core architecture that utilizes up to 96 cores of processing power. It delivers more than 40 Gbps of firewall throughput and over 30 Gbps of application control and Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) with industry-leading power, space and cooling (PSC) metricRead More…

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STME announced the deployment of storage and security solutions in association with Hitachi Data Systems, Symantec and NetApp at Dubai Silicon Oasis. The project will enhance the performance for the IT infrastructure of DSO, which includes a fibre optic network and a Tier III data centre, to cater to the varied requirements of the companies that reside DSO.Read More…