The regional arm of the Irish government organisation, Enterprise Ireland Middle East, which is responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets, has hosted 25 Ireland-based technology companies during a visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Interactive Intelligence signs NCBS as elite KSA partner
Interactive Intelligence Group, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience has signed National Company for Business Solutions (NCBS), as an ‘elite’ partner. Under the terms of the agreement, NCBS will sell, implement and service Interactive Intelligence’s products and services portfolio across all market segments and verticals in Saudi Arabia.
Education on demand
The Technical Vocational and Training Corporation, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, lacked a solution to allow its 150 campuses to be connected with access to critical data and information. Huawei’s Cloud OS has since linked all campuses to a central educational resource portal.
Logicom named official distributor of Cisco Meraki for UAE & KSA
Logicom, the regional distributor of technology solutions and services, has expanded its vendor portfolio with a new agreement with Cisco Meraki, where it was named as the official distributor for the vendor in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Faro signs up Omnix International as new distributor
Faro, 3D measurement, imaging and realization technology provider, has named Omnix International as its official distributor for the territory of UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The distributor will offer the vendor’s latest line of laser scanners through its vast construction distribution networks in the region, thereby serving the needs and requirements of surveyors, contractors, engineers and geospatial professionals.
Infor appoints channel executive for healthcare
Infor has appointed Giuseppe Catania as the Channel Executive for Healthcare for the Middle East. Catania will be responsible for the growth of the vendor’s sales in the healthcare industry across UAE and Saudi Arabia.
TP-LINK launches KSA partner programme
TP-LINK has launched the TP-LINK Partner Program to channel partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Allied Telesis teams up with SCD for partner roadshows
Allied Telesis has teamed up with its authorised distributor, Specialist Computer Distribution (SCD) to conduct a series of roadshows for its channel partners, starting August 19th, 2014. The countries that are covered for the roadshow are Qatar, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Pakistan.
Teradata opens Riyadh office
Teradata has announced the establishment of Teradata Saudi Arabia LLC to strengthen its commitment to current and prospective customers and channel partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Oxygen and Fortinet train SMB partners in KSA
The secure mobility value-added distributor (VAD), Oxygen and Fortinet, a high-performance network security vendor, had conducted a training for its SMB channel partners across Saudi Arabia jointly. The workshop aimed to provide hands-on sales training to channel partners on the vendor’s next generation SMB products and solutions.
Oxygen and Fortinet conduct training for partners
Oxygen and Fortinet came together to conduct training for its key channel partners across Saudi Arabia. The training covered areas such as the evolution of threats, types of attacks, defense options as well as debuted the introduction of four new distributed FortiDDoS security appliances.
APC by Schneider Electric awards Al Jammaz as best KSA distributor
APC by Schneider Electric has awarded Al Jammaz Distribution as the best distributor for Saudi Arabia in the year 2013.
Kingdom connect
Saudi Arabian Airlines have provisioned a $1 billion deal to implement the IT infrastructure for King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia. James Dartnell reports from the development to find out how the airline’s privatised IT arm aims to inspire the next generation of Saudis.
StarLink extends distribution coverage with Dell Software
The company’s channel partners in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon can now provide their customers with Dell Software’s connected security solution.
SETRA to be Eaton’s KSA systems integrator
In partnership with SETRA, Eaton will provide localized Uninterruptable Power supply (UPS) solutions to the Saudi Arabian market.
Mobily and Huawei to launch Smart Network initiative
Mobily and Huawei have signed a strategic contract to launch a new Smart Network Initiative within Saudi Arabia with an aim to enhance the overall user experience for Mobily customers.
ITS announces Smart Government agreement for GCC nations
International Turnkey Systems Group (ITS) has announced a series of agreements to implement Smart Government solutions and provide a range of e-government services for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
IDC: Leading MEA utility IT spending to top $1 billion in 2014
IT spending on utilities in Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE increased 9.2% year on year in 2013 to total just under $1 billion, according to the latest round of data released by IDC Energy Insights.
Palo Alto signs VAD with FVC for KSA
FVC has signed a distribution agreement with Palo Alto Networks, a provider in enterprise security. Under the new agreement, FVC will be distributing Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation security solutions to enterprises across Saudi Arabia.
AccessData partners with Help AG in Gulf
The partnership extends to UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are key growth markets for the company and enables Help AG to offer their market leading cyber security, digital and mobile forensics and e-discovery solutions to regional enterprises.