Acer, SARCO sign Oman distribution deal

Acer recently signed a partnership with Al Seeb Technical Establishment (Sarco) to take over the distribution activities for Acer, enabling the company to ship products directly to the Sultanate.

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.

Five-star access

In the hospitality industry, service is everything. When the quality of Internet wasn’t up to the Amwaj Rotana’s high standards, IT Director Rabih Merhy sought a new solution that could keep business and leisure guests connected throughout the facility.

Microsoft and distributor partners stress on SMB growth

Microsoft Gulf along with its regional distributors – Aptec, Mindware and Redington Gulf; held a partner event recently focusing on the importance of using the right digital marketing tools, social media and product offerings in order to encourage growth in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) space.

Heavy metal

Enamoured with futuristic technology, Esam Hadi has a passion for innovation. Aluminium Bahrain’s Senior IT Manager has used the power of IT automation to convince the firm’s senior management of calculated tech risks, and is determined to empower a new crop of the company’s rising stars.

Reseller MEet to encourage new business relationships

For the first time in the region, Reseller Middle East is organising an enterprise channel meet – Reseller MEet, offering vendors and distributors an opportunity to meet potential partners in a setting that promotes new business relationships.

Canon, Cerebra announce VAD partnership

Canon Middle East has partnered with Cerebra Middle East, a local value-added distributor, as a forerunner to predicted growth in the UAE’s security and surveillance market, as the country gears itself up for the Expo 2020 in Dubai.

AstroLabs opens first Google-partnered MENA tech hub

AstroLabs has recently inaugurated the Middle East and North Africa’s first Google-partnered tech hub, AstroLabs Dubai, enabling startups from around the world to set up in Dubai’s DMCC Free Zone while taking advantage of Google for Entrepreneurs’ global network and resources.

Wear ME

Although a host of new players have entered the market over the last two years, wearable technology is still at a nascent stage. Reseller ME speaks to industry experts to discover how much of it is channel play and how partners can monetise the opportunities present.

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