Sofocles Socratous, Vice President, EMEA Sales and Marketing, and Christian V. Assaf, Snr. Sales Manager METAG, from Seagate discuss the recent rebranding along with 2015 roadmap and channel strategy.
Ericsson signs twofour54 deal
Ericsson has strengthened its partnership with twofour54, the commercial arm of the Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority, through the acquisition of its current playout business, initially providing playout services for nine different channels.
Huawei consumer sales climb 30 percent
Huawei’s Consumer Business Group (BG) has recorded a 30% year-on-year sales revenue increase to $12.2 billion worldwide, crossing the ten billion mark for the first time.
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.
CIO 100 Award winners announced
CNME’s inaugural CIO 100 Awards ceremony took place yesterday, honouring the top 100 C-level IT talent from across the region.
Aruba expands EMEA channel programme
Aruba Networks has announced that it is expanding its EMEA Aruba PartnerEdge Programme to address the needs of small to mid-sized enterprises (SME) and the channel partners that serve them.
Axis, Solink partner for analytics solutions
Network video surveillance firm Axis Communications and Solink are partnering to deliver a fully integrated contextual analytics solution.
Intersec 2015 draws to a close
Security and Safety tradeshow Intersec 2015 is in its third and final day at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Clued in
Reseller ME speaks to industry leaders to understand how partners can leverage market trends to sell storage solutions successfully.
Action To Action to bring CES launches to META
Through the company, the regional channel can look forward to new technology unveiled at CES this year.
StarLink signs distribution deal with Palo Alto Networks
Under the terms of the agreement, it will sell and support the vendor’s enterprise security platform offering through its network of channel partners to enterprise and government customers in the GCC.
WD to highlight ‘Purple’ drives at Intersec
WD will showcase its range of Purple hard drives – which are designed for HD surveillance applications – at Intersec 2015.
CXO Corner
Information and technology is a linchpin of any 21st century business; operations can grind to a halt without cutting-edge technology infrastructure and solutions. In a brand new edition to CNME, we sit down with non-CIO executives to see how their relationship with technology and the IT department affects their bottom line.
Insular IoT
Samsung CEO Boo Keun Yoon drew attention to a do or die issue in his keynote the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 – that of interoperability among systems and vendors in Internet of Things technology.
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.
The road to 5G
Is 5G a long way away? A lack of unifying standards, complex technology and spectrum auctions, alongside a lack of necessity will only see 5G go mainstream by 2023, but there is already a lot of hype around the technology.
New connections
M2M communications are already being implemented across industries. As we move forward into creating a more connected world, early adopters are looking to streamline the adoption process.
Lessons learned
2014 has already gone down in history as the year of the data breach. As we move into the new year, what have we learned from our past that will aid us in the futures.
Excel appoints Sartawi KSA chief
Copper, optical cabling and rack solutions firm Excel Networking Solutions has appointed Bassam Sartawi as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Country Manager.