Maham Al-Khaleej Company (MATCO) has been awarded Platinum status in EMC’s Business Partner Programme for the second year in a row.

Study reveals companies see IT as a customer-focused business
EMC Corporation has recently held their fourth annual CIO Connect Summit at the Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi, on 25th – 26th May, during which the company EMC also highlighted the findings of its State of IT Transformation report.

Citrix, Microsoft align to promote digital transformation
At Citrix Synergy, Citrix and Microsoft unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership to meet the needs of the modern workforce with application and desktop virtualisation in the cloud, network delivery and enterprise mobility management.

Ericsson announces ‘Emergency Wallet’
Ericsson has committed to developing Ericsson Emergency Wallet, a mobile financial services solution, for deployment in the immediate aftermath of disaster or crises to support humanitarian organisations and affected populations.

National Paints deploys IFS solutions
IFS has announced that National Paints has chosen to implement IFS Applications 9 and IFS Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure to replace its existing enterprise systems with a single solution.

Etisalat, Huawei collaborate to deliver first MEA 10Gbps broadband service
Etisalat UAE together with Huawei have announced the successful collaboration of a new FTTH solution to provide 10Gbps broadband service.
Channel celebrities honoured at Partner Excellence Awards 2016
Reseller Middle East celebrated the seventh edition of its annual Partner Excellence Awards, at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai. It featured a red carpet and VIP reception for IT channel luminaries, all in true Oscars-style.

Bulwark, SecurEnvoy and Linoma host Partner Security Summit
Bulwark Technologies along with technology vendors, SecurEnvoy and Linoma Software, recently held the Partner Security Summit event, for IT resellers in the Middle East and GCC regions.

HPE to merge enterprise services unit with CSC
In an unexpected move on 24th May, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise said it would spin off its enterprise services business and merge it with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to create an IT services giant with $26 billion in annual revenue.

SAP CEO: ME data centre on horizon
SAP chief executive officer Bill McDermott has said that plans are underway to launch a data centre in the Middle East by “early 2017”.