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Khwaja Saifuddin,senior sales director, Middle East & South Asia, WD
Storage specialist, WD appointed Logicom as its distributor to sell wide range of components in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait and the entire product portfolio in Lebanon and Jordan.

“Penetrating newer geographies and making our products available in smaller markets is one of our key focus areas in the Middle East in 2012. Logicom will help us enhance our channel pull and drive growth in the area. We are delighted to have Logicom as our distributor, and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship”Read More…

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Global leader in flash memory storage solutions, SanDisk unveiled high performance X100 solid state drive (SSD). SanDisk X100 SSD is available in capacities up to 512GB1 and utilizes multi-level cell (MLC) technology, a SATA 6Gb/s high-performance interface, advanced multi-streaming features and tiered caching technology. The drive offers up to 500/420 megabyte per second (MB/sec)2 sequential read/write speeds, and enables a user to copy a 4GB high-definition movie in less than 10 seconds (Standby Mode). Read More…

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After completing the merger with Samsung hard disk business, Seagate consolidated its distribution strategy in the region and appointed the erstwhile distributor of Samsung storage solutions, ECS Distribution as the authorised distributor for Seagate in Egypt. ECS will distribute both Seagate internal and external hard drives for the retail market, on a non-exclusive basis. “This is an exciting time in the storage industry with rapidly evolving opportunities in many markets including mobile computing, cloud computing and solid state storage. With their understanding of local market characteristics and requirements, these four new distributors are well placed to take advantage of these opportunities to grow their business and Seagate’s business in the region.” said, Mark Whitby, vice president for EMEA Sales and Marketing of Seagate.Read More…

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Leading innovator in digital storage and content management solutions, Iomega signed PC DealNet as an in-country B2B distributor in Qatar and Jordan. Iomega believes that this new channel move will allow its products and solutions readily available to System Integrators, surveillance SMB market, SMB resellers and VARs in Qatar & Jordan. “With our focus on the SMB channel, this comes as part of a wider plan in Iomega’s investment in the ME region, to be on the ground to support the SMB market as well as the SMB business-to-business distribution structure. Read More…

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World’s leading storage solution provider, WD announced the appointment of Anamika Budree, as its country manager of South Africa. With this move WD expects to gain greater penetration in the local market and establish a strong base in South Africa. During the course of 2011, WD gained ground in the retail market in South Africa, signing an agreement with Massmart to stock branded WD products across stores throughout the country. The vendor also has three distributors with distinctly different markets.Read More…

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Vision Solutions appointed iAXCESS as its new distributor to expand its reach in Middle East and Africa region. iAXCESS will distribute Double-Take range of products that are meant to increase the resiliency and recoverability of data. The tie-up will also allow iAXCESS to offer a suite of business continuity and data replication products across the Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX and IBM Power Systems platforms.Read More…

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WD introduced My Book Live Duo, a personal cloud storage system that combines the benefits of shared storage and remote access with double-safe backup or increased capacity of a dual-drive system with RAID technology. My Book Live Duo offers double-safe backup as it continuously maintains a second copy of all files for real-time data backup in mirrored mode (RAID 1). Half the capacity is used to store users’ data and half is used for a second copy. In the event of drive failure, data is protected because it’s duplicated on the other drive. The new My Book is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion, as well as DLNA/UPnP enabled devices.Read More…

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Leading IT Distributor, Aptec Distribution unveiled its channel blitzkrieg to promote latest offerings for Mid-Sized Enterprise (MSE) from NetApp across GCC. Aptec conducted roadshows to spread awareness about the NetApp offerings for MSE in UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar, which was attended by nearly 200 participants from around 93 channel partners across the 4 countries, it represented a strong push by Global IT Storage leader, NetApp, to capture the MSE marketshare in the MENA region. These exclusive events saw 4 lucky winners walk away with 42 inch LED TV’s as part of the lucky draw held at the end of each roadshow.Read More…

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HP announced that Jordan based Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), part of APM Terminals’ global terminal network, has virtualised its main data center with HP Converged Infrastructure to guard against loss of critical data and keep services available.
The highly available new IT environment with off-site disaster recovery has quadrupled ACT’s system performance while reducing costs, and is considered the ideal model for virtualisation. “ACT is always looking to update its secure, reliable IT environment to ensure the highest levels of service. The new HP infrastructure automates previously manual tasks and simplifies management, which means we spend less time on maintenance.” said Munther Dweik, IT Manager for Aqaba Container Terminal.Read More…

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EMC Corporation has been selected to complete a new mission-critical IT infrastructure for the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel Group), the telecommunications leader in Palestine. Paltel Group, which contributes to about 12% to the GDP of Palestine and is the number one employer in the private sector, will benefit from enhanced IT Infrastructure performance and availability by utilizing EMC VMAX and Data Domain deduplication storage systems, all with a multi layer security solution from RSA, The Security Division of EMC.Read More…

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Brocade introduced several new channel initiatives designed specifically to enhance partner profitability and enablement. The new initiatives encompass a wide range of updates to the Brocade Alliance Partner Network (APN) program, including elements tailored to attract new partners who are looking for a compelling vendor alternative, as well as new aspects to better reward existing APN partners. With an emphasis on partner profitability through growing skill sets and expertise, Brocade continues to expand its VIP with these core tenets in mind. Read More…

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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) recently replaced its legacy Symantec NetBackup software with CommVault® Simpana 9 to meet ever-expanding business, compliance and data management requirements. Kuwait Petroleum is involved in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, ranging from discovering new reservoirs to delivering fuel and providing essential petrochemical products. Read More…