Path to success

With resellers being the key component of the channel landscape, RME profiles leading players and discusses important factors to their success.

FVC and Sonus sign MEA distribution deal

FVC, a value-added distributor in the Middle East & Africa (MEA), has signed an agreement with Sonus, a global player in enabling and securing real-time communications, to tap into the growing SIP-based, Unified Communications (UC) opportunities across the region.

Crayon appointed Snow KSA reseller

Software Asset Management (SAM) firm Crayon Middle East today announced its appointment as the first reseller and deployment partner in the Gulf and Saudi Arabia market for on premise and cloud-based SAM firm Snow Software.

emt launches Australian uni courses

emt Distribution today announced that its education and training arm, emt Academy, has tied up with Australia’s Charles Sturt University (CSU) to offer free online courses on virtualisation.

ManageEngine releases Office 365 licence manager

ManageEngine today announced the addition of an Office 365 bulk licence manager to its Active Directory management software, ADManager Plus, and an Exchange Online reporting module to its Microsoft Exchange server reporting solution, ExchangeReporter Plus.

Lenovo ‘Superfish’ sabotages laptops

Lenovo has admitted it “messed up badly” by pre-loading software on some consumer laptops that exposed users to possible attack, and said it will soon release a tool to remove it.

Riverbed’s Taj ElKhayat promoted to Regional VP METNA

In his new role, ElKhayat’s responsibilities include strengthening the company’s position as a key technology provider for the hybrid enterprise, expanding its penetration into new industry verticals and growing its regional footprint in emerging markets.

Apple thriving on ‘stiff competition’

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t disappoint when he spoke at this week’s Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, reiterating his company’s commitment to “great” and not “good” products.

Cyber subversives

Debating political issues, promoting free speech, and supporting human rights, the illegal cyber activities of hacktivists divide opinion. Are they criminals like any other, or are their cases of their work justifying their underhand means?

Business in motion

Alistair Wildman, Managing Director, End User Computing, Mobile and Social EMEA, VMware, thinks that business mobility will be an unstoppable force in the coming 12 months.

Forward-thinking financials

Mohammed Faisal, Chief Financial Officer, Al Mostajed Technologies Group, has a good relationship with all departments in the company – but that doesn’t mean he sugarcoats his opinion when it comes to funding projects.

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