Interview: Marco Landi, President, Polycom, EMEA

With 25 years of history under its belt, workspace and video collaboration firm Polycom is still expanding globally and in the region. A recent change of CEO has spelled change, but creating a seamless collaboration environment is still its top priority. Marco Landi, President, Polycom, EMEA, took time out to discuss telepresence, security, and how the face of the workplace has changed.

Bring your own decision

As mobility becomes essential in business operations, enterprises need to decide how to handle their employee base when it comes to device usage in the workplace. Be it employer-provided devices or BYOD, enterprise mobility plans need to be both robust and adaptive.

Etisalat launches ‘C’Me’ mobile app

Etisalat has announced the launch of its C’Me communication application, which features high definition voice and video calling over Wi-Fi, an address book, and messaging with the new ‘C’Me wave window’ and fully integrated social networks.

MEA tablet sales up 26 percent

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded robust year-on-year growth in the final quarter of 2014, with holiday purchases and aggressive end-of-year promotions spurring a particularly strong performance in the consumer segment.

Ruckus Wireless & WestconGroup expand distribution partnership

Global wireless systems provider, Ruckus Wireless has expanded its distributor agreement with WestconGroup to cover the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) and Levant region. The agreement has assigned WestconGroup as an official distributor of all Ruckus Wireless Smart Wi-Fi solutions, to assist the company in its plans to expand further into the Middle East region.

Samsung & MDS Gulf partner to open first Samsung store

Samsung Electronics has partnered with MDS Gulf Holdings to launch an experience store at Bawabat Al Sharq Mall in Abu Dhabi today. The new location is the first Samsung Experience store in the region to focus exclusively on Samsung smartphones, tablets and cameras.

Path to success

With resellers being the key component of the channel landscape, RME profiles leading players and discusses important factors to their success.

Global PC shipments experienced a 3.6 percent decline in Q3, according to Gartner

MEA PCs grow for third straight quarter

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market posted its third successive quarter of year-on-year growth in Q4 2014, continuing its recovery from the seven consecutive quarterly declines it experienced leading up to Q2 2014.

Lighting up

Cellular networks in the Middle East will need fatter pipes to the wired Internet to keep delivering a satisfying mobile experience, and fibre is emerging as the best for mobile backhaul networks.

Apple thriving on ‘stiff competition’

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t disappoint when he spoke at this week’s Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, reiterating his company’s commitment to “great” and not “good” products.

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.

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