The enhanced XCHANGE programme, according to the company, now offers greater discounts across all Cisco architectures, comprising routing, switching, wireless, security, collaboration and data centre.
Zebra appoints new SVP and CMO
Zebra Technologies has announced that it has appointed Jeff Schmitz as its Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

IDC announces Internet of Things Forum
Set to take place on May 23 in Doha and May 25 in Dubai, the forum aims to provide a platform for the region’s industry decision makers to discuss the latest IoT innovations, explore common IoT challenges, and share strategies for driving increased adoption.

Sharp demonstrates education offering at GESS 2016
Sharp Middle East and Africa has announced it will be showcasing a full range of education products and solutions at Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions 2016 (GESS), set to take place in 1st to 3rd March, 2016 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Red Hat inks distribution agreement with Spectrami
Red Hat and Spectrami DMCC have recently sign a distributions agreement for the Red Hat JBoss Middleware portfolio and Red Hat Mobile Application Platform.
Zebra introduces new products for retailers
Zebra Technologies is introducing new products and solutions that can help retailers in the Middle East optimise profitability and increase employee productivity while improving the omnichannel shopping experience.

Ooredoo, Cisco expand strategic partnership
Ooredoo is building its long-term strategic relationship with Cisco, announcing two new significant agreements at the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Cisco launches new NFVI solution
Cisco recently introduced its new NFV Infrastructure Solution (NFVI), which according to the company, combines both virtual and physical environments, and provides all the necessary compute, storage, and networking infrastructure to run NFV network services.
axiom opens new concept store at The Dubai Mall
axiom telecom recently opened its new concept store at The Dubai Mall offering customers a series of services tailored to meet the demands of the UAE’s tech enthusiasts.
Al-Futtaim Technologies receives partner award from ALE
Al-Futtaim Technologies has won the award for Converged Partner of the Year at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise’s (ALE) annual Partner Day held recently in Dubai.

Red Hat, Amdocs collaborate for new CSP solution
Red Hat has announced that Amdocs has integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform with the Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator – an open, vendor-agnostic, catalogue-driven solution designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) transition from physical networks to cloud service environments.

Gemalto releases Breach Level Index
Gemalto has released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 1,673 data breaches led to 707 million data records being compromised worldwide during 2015.

Advantech unveils new M2.COM IoT sensor platform
Advantech, along with ARM, Bosch Sensortec, Sensirion and Texas Instruments (TI), has announced the collaboration of a new Internet of Things (IoT) sensor platform called M2.COM, which will be unveiled during the upcoming Embedded World 2016.
Criteo: Smartphones the preferred Middle East m-Commerce device
Criteo has released its Q4 2015 State of Mobile Commerce Report, which examines mCommerce trends on a quarterly basis and provides insight into online shopping behaviour as consumers’ path to purchase continues to evolve.