STC, the national telecommunications provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Motive, a leading provider of customer experience management solutions for fixed and mobile broadband services and an Alcatel-Lucent company, to deliver its Network Analyzer – Fiber (NA-F) solution. Motive’s Network Analyzer – Fiber (NA-F) will help STC reduce the complexity and cost of delivering and managing new fiber services such as high-speed Internet and IPTV. The solution also will help improve customer service while reducing customer support handling times and generate new revenue by simplifying processes needed to increase line speeds.
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Mobiserve Holdings today announced the roll out of Saudi Arabia’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE)-WiMAX forth generation 4G network for Saudi operator Mobily in association with Samsung and Huawei. Mobiserve’s scope will cover the project implementation including survey, design hardware and Radio Frequency (RF) installation and commissioning. 4G network will significantly increase data speeds for Mobily’s estimated 5 million customers. The LTE-WiMAX 4G network will be the highest speed data network in the country with speed estimated to be 2 times faster than current 3G networks.
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Avaya as part of a strategic global agreement with HP is adding elements of Avaya’s Unified Communications and Contact Center products to the HP Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) services portfolio for enterprises. Thereby, offering customers an increase in the agility of their existing communication architectures and realize the aspiration of unified communications for multi-vendor interoperability and ultimately save organizational costs.Read More…

Fujitsu is taking its maintenance and support services to a new level with the launch of high availability services for enterprises in Saudi Arabia. With the high availability service, Fujitsu aims to increase its footprint in the enterprise sector in the Kingdom. Fujitsu has created an dedicated in-country spares hub in Saudi Arabia to ensure the fulfillment of high availability service commitments with the delivery of spares around the clock and also provide hardware maintenance with pre-defined response or recovery time.

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Novell targeting the fast growing Saudi Arabian IT market with various marketing activities in the kingdom such as seminars and road shows to educate target audiences about its next-generation enterprise solutions. Novell provided exclusive demonstrations of the strategic advantages of its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, an interoperable platform for mission-critical computing that was held today in Riyadh. According to an recent report from Springboard Research Saudi IT spending in Public Sector only is projected to reach USD 2.4 billion in 2013.Read More…

Value added Distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions recently held a special training program on server technology in association with HP and Microsoft called “ISS Academy” in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The event attracted large number of channel partners including Systems Integrators, Resellers and ISVs from all across the kingdom.

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HANCO (Al Tala’a International Transportation Co Limited), one of the major car rentals, leasing and fleet management companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) recently deployed SonicWALL’s Next Generation Firewall solutions in order to boost business performance, secure its network and increase network bandwidth. From its headquarters in Jeddah, the solution was deployed across HANCO’s extensive network connecting its four remote branch office locations together to ensure and secure critical data transfer at all times.Read More…

Interactive Intelligence a unified IP business communications solutions provider expanded its business in the Middle East by appointmenting Abdul Nasser Bangcola as the Country Manager for Saudi Arabia. Abdul Nasser brings a formidable background in services, channel account management, sales and technical expertise to his new position. As country head for KSA, he will be responsible for executing sales and marketing strategies, business development and developing channel development strategies along with building strong customer relationships.

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