Need for speed

With its internal departments siloed and lacking process alignment, Saudi Diesel Equipment Company needed unity and efficiency in its technology. Ahmed Alkooheji, Department Head, IT and PMO sought an ERP solution that could provide transparency and clarity for the firm.

Alpha Data launches public cloud platform in the UAE

Alpha Data, the UAE-based systems integrator and Managed Service Provider, has launched ‘Alpha Cloud,’ a new public cloud service that features cloud functionality tailored to meet the country’s local cloud computing requirements.

Canon holds annual partner conference

Canon, a global player in imaging solutions, held its annual partner conference for the Middle East and Central and North Africa regions. A key highlight of the conference this year was Canon Europe’s announcement of the founding of new ‘Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA)’ business division, which will enhance Canon’s business within the Africa region.

Key to success

As customers’ requirements go beyond a single point product, partners are increasingly looking to scale up through solution selling. We take a look at how the regional IT channel can move towards this business model in the most effective manner.

What’s in store?

Philippe Fosse, Vice President EMEA Channels, EMC, foresees how the regional IT channel is set to evolve in 2016.

Cashing in

Reseller ME examines the opportunities for channel partners when deploying Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and how they can profit in this space.

Vintage tech: TI-99

Released in June 1981 in the United States, the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an updated version of their unpopular TI-99/4 released two years prior.

First in flight

Gulf Air, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has a history of flying high. The firm’s Director of IT, Dr. Jassim Haji, relished the opportunity to upgrade its data centre to a first-class package.

Rejuvenating retail

Jacob Chacko, Business Lead, SMB and Commercial, Middle East and Turkey at Aruba Networks, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, urges retail stores to be a step ahead of the digital customer experience revolution.

Case Studies

Airline TransSys help leading Airlines elevates its customer experience by implementing Oracle Sales, Services & Marketing Cloud. UAE’s Budget Airline …

Onto pastures new

As voice and SMS streams decline, telecom operators are increasingly looking for revenue through OTT and data services. What revenue sources will emerge in the near future, and which ones will be phased out altogether?

Oracle highlights silicon-level security

Oracle used a Dubai media roundtable to highlight security updates to its cloud offering encompassing its Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings.

SD-WAN opportunities

As CSPs face challenges to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditisation, SD-WAN solutions open up possibilities to enable them to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.

Driving demand

Haider Salloum, Small Medium Business Director, Microsoft Gulf, explains how channel partners play a crucial role for IT adoption within SMBs.

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