Simon Russen, EMEA Sales Director, Kensington, on the company’s plans and objectives for DISTREE Middle East 2014
Tapping into growth
Derek Tu, Sales Manager, Synology, discusses the region’s potential for storage solutions and the company’s channel strategies with Reseller ME.
Soaring threats
: In conjunction with Palo Alto Networks, CNME hosted a security roundtable for delegates from the aviation and logistics industries at the Habtoor Grand Hotel as part of its Security Strategist Conference in April, where IT leaders discussed the security issues their industry is facing.
Global Distribution signs ME agreement with Pure Storage
Global Distribution FZE has announced that it has signed a Master Distribution Agreement with Pure Storage and will distribute the Pure Storage FlashArray enterprise storage solution to its Resellers in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
MoFA calling
With the security and reputation of the UAE at stake, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ IT department knew it had to implement a secure communications channel for its delegates. A project that began in 2012 now sees 69 UAE foreign embassies connected to a secure WAN, which has made huge operational savings, and ensures sleepless nights for MoFA’s IT team.
Global Distribution extends HP product offering
Global Distribution, an authorised HP Channel Development Partner (CDP) in the United Arab Emirates since last August, has extended its HP Product Offering to foster solutions business in the local reseller community.
Counting the clicks
E-tailing is in its nascent stage in the region, Reseller ME explores challenges in the space and how e-tailers can survive in the long run.
AlienVault signs up emt Distribution for Middle East
AlienVault has partnered with emt Distribution to deliver its Unified Security Management products to resellers and customers in the Middle East region including countries such as KSA, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen.
Spectrami and Violin conduct tech workshop for partners
Spectrami together with Violin Memory organised Tech Workshop, a training workshop on enterprise flash storage solutions
DCG set to host IT Trade Fair
Shailendra Rughwani, MD, Experts Computers and President, DCG
ESET launches online antivirus and IT security store
ESET has launched an online store that will cater to both business and home customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, KSA, Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan and Yemen.
Xerox Emirates introduces Wide Format IJP 2000
Xerox Emirates, a joint venture between Xerox Corporation and Mohamed Hareb Al Otaiba, has recently launched the Wide Format IJP 2000 enabling it to keep up with the growing demand for large posters, signs, point-of-purchase graphics and banners in the UAE.
Mashreq releases Tap n Go NFC solution
Mashreq Bank has launched Tap n Go, the UAE’s first Near Field Communication Sticker solution.
IBM celebrates mainframe birthday
IBM yesterday hosted its Mainframe50 event, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the System/360 mainframe.
Global ambitions
Reseller ME finds out how Global Distribution plans to grow to the next billion in the next three to four years.
EMT and Secunia conduct training session
EMT Distribution has concluded a training programme on vulnerability intelligence and security. The training session was held in association with Secunia recently at the Microsoft Technology Centre in the Microsoft Office in Dubai Media City, UAE.
Gartner: Digitalisation unavoidable
Gartner kicked off its annual Symposium/ITxpo conference at Madinat Hotel on 1st April, and the overriding emphasis of the event was digitalisation.
Emerging vendors: Comarch Middle East
The Middle East region has grown to be an important hub for ICT solution providers over the years. Infrastructure growth and fast adoption to new technologies have changed the face of many countries in the region. Global players and entrepreneurs are finding it impossible to ignore the opportunities present here.
Women of the channel: Maya Kreidy
Reseller ME profiles women of the channel and highlights the importance of workforce diversity.
Omnix International to distribute AGA CAD’s T4R in ME
Under the terms of the agreement, Omnix International will be AGA CAD’s official distributor for the Middle East region. AGA CAD has developed an extension tool that supports Revit Autodesk software.