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Jarir Bookstore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) market leader in office supplies, school supplies, IT products and books, reduced its monthly Internet costs by 43 percent by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA series to manage the company’s growing retail branch network and connectivity requirements. Jarir, like other progressive business enterprises, has become increasingly ‘distributed’ and employees often work on the move connecting to their business-critical data through laptops, smart-phones and tablets.Read More…

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Allied Telesis partnered with Trans Telecoms to target the rapidly developing telecommunications industry of Saudi Arabia. Trans Telecoms will act as lead system integrator of Allied Telesis IP/Ethernet network solutions within the telecommunications, healthcare, education and construction industries and will specialise in offering high reliability network solutions tailored to the needs of the Saudi Arabia. Read More…

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Leading unified IP business communications solutions provider Interactive Intelligence recently announced the appointment of Saudi Arabia based leading System Integrator Malaz Technology as its authorised reseller for the kingdom. The new tie-up will allow Malaz Technology to offer Interactive Intelligence solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation and also provide consulting, implementation, support, and customised development.Read More…

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Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) embarked on a large-scale project to replace its aging desktop computer environment of 17,000 computers, the utility leader also decided to upgrade its operating system to help resolve ongoing application compatibility issues. SEC has begun upgrading to the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system and is already experiencing improved business continuity, simplified IT maintenance, and improved employee productivity. Read More…

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According to the a recent study by GfK, Toshiba cornered 24.4% of the Saudi market share of Notebooks during the period of from January 2011 to May 2011, making it the leader in the notebook segment in Saudi Arabia. During the same period, Toshiba also achieved an average rate of 78.2% making it one of the fastest growing brands in the kingdom. “Apart from the excellent GfK market study results which placed Toshiba in the lead in terms of sales unit percentage, Toshiba is also the most visible brand in the showrooms in Saudi Arabia,” said John Maliakal, Regional Manager, Toshiba Gulf Computer Systems Division for the countries of KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
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Since the beginning of this year several independent analyst and research firms reported that the Saudi Arabia for technology is going to expand with the increase in Saudi government IT spending. According to leading IT research and analyst firm IDC, Saudi government IT spending on infrastructure and security, particularly in the areas of communication and education, could push the total amount the Kingdom spends on IT hardware, software, and related services pass the USD 6.4 billion mark. Read More…

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Saudi Arabia based leading ICT solutions provider MATCO IT, recently achieved VMware’s highest partnership level to become a Premier Partner. VMware recognised MATCO IT’s proactive approach to promoting VMware solutions besides acknowledging its technical skills and experience obtained from successfully deploying virtualization technology by awarding MATCO a Premier Partner status. Toni Prince, General Manager of MATCO IT, said, “Achieving the VMware Premier Partner status is consistent with our policy in reaching the highest partnership levels with our strategic vendors’
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Avnet Technology Solutions, the leading Value Added Distributor in the region recently held a special training workshop Improving Datacenter Efficiency with Oracle for its Preferred Partners in Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. “Datacenter Efficiency” workshops were supported by Linux Plus Information LLC in Egypt, OMNIX Qatar Co in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which had two different workshops found their support from National DataServe & Turnkey Solutions and Baud Telecom Company respectively.Read More…

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Saudi Telecom Company recently launched the latest Google laptop Chromebook exclusively to its customers. The device can be obtained through STC customer service offices at the Smart and Al Ghudeer towers in Riyadh, the offices located at Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Road and Prince Sultan Road in Jeddah, and at the Muntazah branch at Dahran Road in Al Khobar, for certain amount along with a free 5GB Sawa internet card every month or three months. Chromebook is unique as it doesn’t need a hard disk, programs, or operating systems, since everything that the customer needs is available at the internet.Read More…

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APC by Schneider Electric announced the successful installation of InfraStruXure and InRow RD units to protect and cool Microsoft’s virtualized environment at the Al-Yamamah University in Riyadh. APC designed the entire data center with comprehensive and integrated solutions, facilitating Al-Yamamah to set up the state-of-the-art Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC). The new data center has been designed to respond to customer engagements. Apart from managing the power and cooling systems for the new data center, the remote management capabilities and APC’s centralized monitoring appliances has helped manage and monitor the facility. Read More…

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APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated Critical Power and Cooling Services, recently announced the installation of a Tier 3+ dark data center for Arab National Bank (ANB) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A strategic implementation, that has to support all mission critical applications and the IT infrastructure for all clients of ANB. Kumail Dehradunwala, Head of Information Technology, Arab National Bank said, “At ANB, we are a true 24/7 financial institution, offering complete financial services to both our private and business customers along with a full range of domestic and international commercial, traditional and Islamic products and services to the retail and corporate sectors.
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Canon launched its imageRunner Advance C2000 series in Saudi Arabia in presence of over 50 resellers from Riyadh that is aimed at helping Small and Medium Enterprises achieve tangible cost savings with colour printing. “The launch of these new products puts us even more firmly on the industry map as the leading brand for colour and colour capable solutions. Canon has a strong heritage in this space and we have a deep understanding of business requirements. The launch of our new office colour portfolio reflects this. With businesses now making a strong transition to colour, we now have a product to match every specific business need,” said Hendrik Verbrugghe, Marketing Director, Canon Middle East.Read More…