Port authority

Yousif Almutawa, CIO, DP World, has seen some ups and downs. From a start-up in California during the Internet boom and subsequent crash, to the surge in construction in Dubai in the mid-2000s, Almutawa has learned a few things about success and failure.

Flying high

SNB IT Distribution is broadening its portfolio and market strategies to ensure steady growth all around.

Innovation centre

Reseller ME catches up with Marwan Khoury, Marketing Manager, Middle East & Africa, Axis Communication, at Intersec 2015, to discuss trends in the market.

Profitable connections

Internet of Things unlocks huge opportunities for the regional channel partners. Reseller ME finds out how they can optimise this technology to remain profitable.

FVC to distribute Unify solutions across Gulf

Value added distributor FVC has signed an agreement with Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications) to distribute its range of unified communications (UC) and contact centre solutions across UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Pakistan.

Where there’s a will…

Nader Henein is all too aware of the ever-present IT security risks that envelope our day-to-day lives. BlackBerry’s Regional Director for the Advanced Security Division describes the ease at which the everyday user can be compromised, and what the company is doing to secure defences.

Strategising future goals

Partners need to prepare for new opportunities created by Internet of Everything era, as organisations look for strategic support, says Meghan McCarthy, Regional Sales Manager, Partner Organisation and Commercial Segment, Cisco UAE.

Etisalat launches mobile data bonus

Etisalat has launched a service allowing customers to gift mobile data packages to family and friends and receive 10 percent bonus data as a reward for every package they gift.

SNB IT Distribution, Fluke team up

Data storage and backup firm SNB IT Distribution has signed authorised distributorship with Fluke Networks to promote its entire network testing equipment portfolio in Saudi Arabia.

Al Mansouri appointed TRA Director General

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates has appointed H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri as Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

TP-LINK in midst of DSF drive

TP-LINK has announced that it is supporting all its power retail partners during the month-long Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) with promotions aimed at stimulating sales for the new wireless and networking products the company recently launched in the Middle East.

Fuelling up

It takes more than just full tanks to keep the UAE up and running. Ali Abdul Aziz Al Ali, Vice President, Information Technology Division, ADNOC Distribution, lets us in on the company’s many projects, and what filling up will look like in the future.

High-speed hospitality

Citymax Hotels, the hospitality division of the UAE’s Landmark Group, has leveraged Aruba Networks’ wireless infrastructure to establish ubiquitous Wi-Fi networks in its Al Barsha and Bur Dubai properties.

Cisco Meraki launched in ME

Cisco Systems along with official distributor, Logicom Distribution held the Cisco Meraki launch event yesterday for partners and end-users at Burj Al Arab, Dubai.

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