In conjunction with Cognizant and a Gartner delegate, CNME hosted a discussion with industry experts on transformational IT.
Building the future
An event that spanned the region, with workshops in Dubai, Doha and Riyadh, CNME’s Data Centre Build allowed its partners and expert speakers to shed light on the unique challenges and opportunities for virtualisation in the Middle East.
Why Amazon should widen focus
Ashish Panjabi, CEO, Jacky’s Electronics, discusses the online retail scenario across markets.
Spectrami moves to new HQ
As part of its developmental and growth plans, the regional VAD Spectrami has moved to a new headquarter spanning across 4500 square feet. Located at Mazaya Business Avenue in Jumeirah Lake Towers, the new office can seat a workforce of 45 employees.
GCT named THECUS regional branch HQ
Digital media storage firm THECUS Technology has confirmed that Genius Computer Technology (GCT), its distributor in the Middle East, Africa and CIS countries, will be its official regional branch office across the countries it represents.
Cutting edge
With the systems integrators market evolving, IT leaders have the opportunity to tailor their skills to specific verticals and areas of SI specialisation. Which verticals offer the best opportunities for growth and what types of projects will SIs have to specialise in?
Talking shop
Reseller Middle East’s fifth annual Partner Excellence Conference rallied together the channel community to discuss emerging market trends and evolving business operations.
Work release
Employees and employers alike are embracing the move to mobile technology in the workplace. For employees, this means a greater amount a freedom when it comes to when and where they work. For employers, mobile technology can mean a boost in productivity and efficiency.
In the bank
With a range of forecasts from research firms Gartner and IDC stating that MENA IT spending will increase in 2014, will CIOs find their budgets swelling, and if so, which areas are most in need of the spend? Who stands to benefit and what can the Middle East do to catch up with more developed regions?
Brocade reports EMEA Partner Accreditation growth
Brocade has reported growth in its accreditation partner base across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the first half of its financial year.
FDC organises ZTE channel event
FDC recently launched a channel event for ZTE, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, with the aim of introducing its product and brand to the UAE channel.
Xerox Emirates appoints RAK Tech
The vendor has announced RAK Tech, an IT solution provider company based in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE as an authorised business partner. Through this partnership, Xerox Emirates will be able to provide its customers in Ras Al Khaimah with the benefits of RAK Tech’s IT solutions and services, while assisting it to grow through their channel programme.
Cyberoam partners with SNB ME
Cyberoam has appointed SNB Middle East as their distribution partner for the Middle East region. It will be the authorised distributor for the vendor in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
Spectrum of hope
With the migration to 4G LTE, a spectrum crunch is looming large over the regional telecom operators. Refarming of spectrum resources is emerging as one of the most cost effective ways to roll out mobile broadband technologies.
Tweet for B2B customer service
Manish Punjabi from Alcatel-Lucent, says Twitter could be a useful tool for the channel.
Spectrami to open South Africa office
Spectrami has announced that it is opening a new office in South Africa. The company then plans to get into East and Southern Africa along with the Indian Ocean Islands. The company has long term plans for the entire sub-Saharan Africa to be served from the South Africa office.
Sico Tech launches tablet & smartphone range
Sico Technology, an Egyptian-based company, has recently launched a line-up of tablet and smartphone products at an event held at Atlantis, Dubai. The product line-up includes Smartphone Pro with its dual active SIM card and Tab2 and Tab2Go featuring 1280×800 resolution LED display
ProCons spreads wings in Kuwait
ProCons, the accredited SAP gold partner and master VAR for SAP Business One, has signed a joint venture with Al-Awama Group of Companies– a large Kuwaiti Group involved in a spectrum of business activities such as electro-mechanical works, catering services, telecommunications, education and travel and tourism.
Hot property
Abdulsalam Al Bastaki knows exactly what he wants from his employees. An eight year stint in the USA has enabled the Senior Executive Director of Information Management at Dubai Properties Group to teach them how to operate independently, and has helped him to implement new IT infrastructure at a range of top companies.
APC by Schneider Electric awards Logicom
Logicom, a regional distributor was awarded the ‘HBN Distributor of the Year 2013’ at this year’s APC by Schneider Electric’s EMEA Distributor Conference in Greece. In addition, Logicom also came home with APC by Schneider Electric’s ‘Product Manager of the Year 2013.’