Reseller ME chats with Mathew Boice, Vice President EMEA & India, Ellucian to understand how the channel plays a role in the growing market of delivering technology solutions to the education sector
Tripp Lite signs Metra for MENA region
According to the partnership, Metra will support the vendor’s portfolio of SMB and Enterprise solutions through more than 5,000 channel partners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Westcon wins ‘MEA Commercial Distributor Partner of the Year 2013’
Juniper Networks has awarded Westcon Group at its annual Middle East & Africa regional partner summit in Dubai, U.A.E. The award recognises partners who have made the most notable contribution to their customers and have expanded their business value with Juniper throughout 2013.
EMT partners with Sariya IT
Sariya IT is now the exclusive in-country distributor for Altaro products.
Logicom wins ‘EMEAR Services Distributor of the Year’
From over 120 European distributors, Logicom was presented with the award at the ceremony held at Madrid recently.
MEA hardcopy peripherals market sees first growth in 8 quarters
After eight successive quarters of decline, the Middle East and Africa hardcopy peripherals market finally returned to a state of positive growth during the third quarter of 2013, with shipments up 6.6% year on year to total 1,472,000 units, according to the IDC.
IDC announces Middle East 2014 IT predictions
IDC has released its predictions for the IT industry in 2014, and said it believes that Middle East spending will exceed $32 billion in the coming year.
Huawei, Zain, highlight customer experience as 2014 focus
Huawei has teamed up with MENA mobile telecoms provider Zain Group to identify customer experience as crucial for the coming year.
The Way Forward
When it comes to security, it seems everyone’s in a state of perpetual panic. Whether it’s mobile malware, BYOD or hacktivism, over the course of 2013 the issue of protecting valuable information and resisting attack has inspired a dizzying and persistent challenge.
When In Roam
Long term evolution (LTE), often marketed as 4G LTE, currently serves as the optimum standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile devices and data terminals.
Spectrami offers rewards for channel partners
Spectrami and Fidelis XPS to reward its channel partners on the sale of Fidelis XPS across the region
The worse for malware
Through the advent of mobility, smartphones and tablets are now more dangerous devices to enterprises than laptops and PCs.
Mobile malware continues to proliferate, and at the same time employees are insisting on bringing their personal devices to work.
R&M announces participation in DatacenterDynamics Conference in Riyadh
Reichle & De-Massari is participating in and sponsoring the DatacenterDynamics Conference and Expo taking place in Riyadh in December.
Taking the cloud public
No technology has bulldozed its way onto the global scene and promised to revolutionise enterprise IT as much as cloud computing.
Comguard held roadshow on information security in KSA
Cyber Security@Crossroads roadshow enabled enterprises to address their security challenges.
Targeted attacks pose greatest risk to Middle East, says Trend Micro
The biggest cyber-threats facing Middle Eastern businesses today come in the form of targeted attacks, Trend Micro’s Vice President for the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa regions said today.
Overseas, Twitter cites access, privacy and Kakao among its biggest challenges
Twitter doesn’t seem to have a problem attracting users in international markets, but it definitely has problems making money off them.
Middle East telecoms consortium to build new high-bandwidth cable system
A GCC-wide telecoms consortium has been formed to build a high-bandwidth regional transmission cable system for the region, it was announced on Monday.
Growth by numbers
CNME catches up with Jean-Luc Lasnier, General Manager, MEA, Orange, to see what part this region is playing in the firm’s ‘Conquests 2015’ strategy.
MEA enterprise hardware market stagnates, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market, comprising servers and external storage, continues to stagnate, with year-on-year growth of just 2.8 percent recorded for Q2 2013.