ZOTAC International has signed a distribution agreement with Al-Falak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, an IT and communications solution provider in the GCC countries.

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.

SD-WAN opportunities
As CSPs face challenges to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditisation, SD-WAN solutions open up possibilities to enable them to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.
Driving demand
Haider Salloum, Small Medium Business Director, Microsoft Gulf, explains how channel partners play a crucial role for IT adoption within SMBs.

Information investment
With its companies siloed and speaking different IT languages, Khalifa Butti Bin Omeir Group needed a fresh solution that could unite its finance and HR operations. Samir Mayani, IT Director, KBBO, opted for a Cloud-based ERP solution to drive the change.

Holding the fort
A company’s day-to-day operations rely on its IT function to run smoothly – maintaining a healthy network infrastructure and keeping downtime to a minimum is critical. To date, more and more organisations are turning over certain IT functions to managed service providers, freeing internal IT staff to focus on strategic IT projects.
Setting the pace
Ajay Singh Chauhan, CEO, ComGuard, on exploring newer avenues of growth and how partners can develop their capabilities to capitalise on the prospects.
Beta IT partners with F5
Beta Information Technology has recently announced a partnership with F5 Networks.
The convergence era
The regional market is seeing an uptake for converged infrastructure solutions. Reseller ME examines how channel partners can effectively sell these solutions.
TP-LINK to expand product array in Egypt
TP-LINK revealed that it plans to broaden its products range in the Egyptian IT market.
Ixia, StarLink to speed up delivery of network security solutions
Ixia has announced that StarLink, has begun taking steps to speed up the delivery of Ixia’s security and network visibility solutions to enterprise customers and value added resellers (VARs) across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa regions.

Visa, FireEye launch cyber intelligence service
Visa and FireEye have announced the launch of Visa Threat Intelligence, powered by FireEye.
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.

Google reports strong profit and explores machine learning potentials
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported its quarterly financial results on 22nd October, with revenue and profit both up from a year earlier.
Transys eyes transformation opportunities
Dubai-based IT services providers Transys Solutions is aiming to capitalise on the digital transformation trend in the region.

EMC showcases Smart City platforms
EMC puts emphasis on its unique Smart City platforms that deliver the speed, performance and scalability needed to build hyper-connected and data-driven cities at GITEX
GSMA announces Telco survey results
Mobile broadband networks will support more than two-thirds of all mobile connections across the Arab states of the Middle East and North Africa by 2020, according to a new GSMA study published at the GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Middle East conference being held in Dubai this week.

Channelnomics
Dun & Bradstreet joins us as one of the knowledge partners for the Annual Industry Survey 2015. The company’s MD, Manjeet Singh Chhabra, gives an in-depth overview of the challenges and growth drivers within the regional IT channel industry.

Visa and FireEye launch new cyber intelligence service
Visa Inc. and FireEye, Inc. today announced the launch of Visa Threat Intelligence, Powered by FireEye.