Reseller Middle East celebrated the seventh edition of its annual Partner Excellence Awards, at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai. It featured a red carpet and VIP reception for IT channel luminaries, all in true Oscars-style.
Review: Honor 5X
The Honor 5X is one of the latest mid-range smartphone released by ICT company Huawei, we took it for a spin and here’s what we think…

Two-way street
Huawei recently hosted its Partner Summit 2016 at Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah, where it announced the latest developments in its ‘Transforming together’ strategy for its Middle East partners.

The in-thing
In a world driven by as-a-service models, telco providers stand to suffer if they do not get their fair share of the services they provide. How can they differentiate themselves in terms of delivering Internet of Things infrastructure, and what hurdles must be overcome in this process?

Safety first
Mid-March saw Huawei’s return to technology showpiece CeBit in Germany, with a booth that engulfed most of Hannover Exhibition Centre’s Hall 2. There, they put an emphasis on ‘Safe Cities’, making it clear that the Middle East is in their sights for a range of new solutions.

CNME celebrates excellence in enterprise networking
The seventh edition of the prestigious Network World Middle East Awards was held last night at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai. Gathering over 350 guests, the event which was organised and hosted by CNME honoured the best and brightest networking talent in the region.
Walk in the path of legends
Huawei Enterprise Business Group Middle East recently hosted its inaugural three-day CxO Council event organised in Abu Dhabi, offering an ideal platform for its partners to come together and acquaint themselves with the company’s strategies and ambitions for the year ahead.
Honor expects doubling growth in the Middle East in 2016
Huawei Honor has announced that its Honor 5X smartphone launched in February, sold five times more than its predecessor 4X device, further driving the brand’s 100 percent growth year-on-year which is delivering a 15 percent contribution to Huawei’s extensive progression in the Middle East.

Ericsson receives Etisalat’s ‘IT Partner of the Year’ award
Ericsson has recently received the “IT Partner of The Year” award at the Etisalat Misr I-Awards 2015, which was held in Dusit Thani Hotel, in New Cairo.
axiom opens new concept store at The Dubai Mall
axiom telecom recently opened its new concept store at The Dubai Mall offering customers a series of services tailored to meet the demands of the UAE’s tech enthusiasts.
axiom care expands services in the GCC
axiom care announced that it is continuing to expand its offering amid a growing demand for quality post-sales support among customers.
Samsung, Apple lead as top semiconductor customers in 2015
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner.

The wireless frontier
In the world of mobile broadband, LTE Advanced-Pro is on the tip of everyone’s tongues. Expected to be available this year, the world is waiting eagerly for the next step in the path to 5G. Can 4.5G deliver what most are expecting?
Middle East and Africa posts growth in tablet market
According to IDC’s latest ‘Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker,’ the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market surpassed the global trend in Q3 2015 having posted a year-on-year growth of 3.3 percent.

Mobile masses
Annie Bricker reports from Huawei’s recent Global MBB Forum in Hong Kong, where the company shared its plans to cater for the world’s huge Internet demands in the run-up to 2020.
Worldwide server shipments grew 9.2% in Q3 2015
According to a research by Gartner, during the third quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 9.2 percent from the same period in 2014, while vendor revenue increased 7.5 percent year over year.

Gartner: Worldwide server revenue grew 7.5% in Q3 2015
According to a research by Gartner, during the third quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 9.2 percent from the same period in 2014, while vendor revenue increased 7.5 percent year over year.

Global smartphone sales up 15.5% in emerging markets
According to a recent report by Gartner, continued demand for affordable smartphones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2015.
Channel leaders feted at Hot 50 Awards
Reseller ME celebrated 50 ‘Hot’ companies in the region’s channel ecosystem at Hot 50 Awards.

Rack by rack
Back once again for its third annual outing, CNME’s Data Centre Build roadshow reached Riyadh, Doha and Dubai, drawing in scores of IT decision-makers and industry figureheads to reflect on how to design and optimise the vital foundations of IT infrastructure. We report from the Dubai leg of the conferences.