Mark Arman has joined Polycom as Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales. In this role, Arman will be responsible for the company’s global channel strategy with the goal of increasing customer success through partner loyalty and profitability. He will build on the vendor’s award-winning partner program by developing, overseeing and executing initiatives that focus on partnering for customer success and driving revenue for both Polycom and its partners around the world.

Everteam becomes Qlik’s authorised Middle East reseller
Everteam has announced a strategic partnership agreement with Qlik whereby Everteam Global services is now an authorised Qlik reseller in … 0 4959
FDC and Synology organise partner conference
Synology, the Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions provider, along with its Middle East distributor partner, FDC had organised a reseller conference recently to discuss sales and impart technical training to the partners.
Aptec, Ingram Micro organises Solutions Forum for resellers in Kuwait
Aptec, Ingram Micro Inc. has announced that the company concluded Solutions Forum for reseller partners in Kuwait, last week. The event saw the gathering of more than 100 people from the reseller community, representing more than 70 IT reseller companies, mostly senior executives and owners.

Kaspersky Lab shares security insights at Emerging Markets Partners Conference
The event was aimed at familiarising partners with the company’s new enterprise-level security strategy, partnership enhancements while also highlighting the latest trends in the world of cyber threats.

StorIT and Huawei organise regional channel event
StorIT and Huawei’s joint inaugural channel event, ‘Data Management Opportunities’, saw a significant number of resellers participating along with senior executives from both the organising companies.
RME crowns channel stars at Partner Excellence Awards
Amid much fanfare, Reseller Middle East (RME) celebrated its fifth annual Partner Excellence Awards, at Emirates Towers, Dubai.

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Is IaaS a reseller play?
Andrew Hug, VP, Systems Engineers EMEA, Polycom, explores if resellers are missing out on potential opportunities by not partnering with a ‘mainstream’ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider.

APC by Schneider Electric awards Logicom
Logicom, a regional distributor was awarded the ‘HBN Distributor of the Year 2013’ at this year’s APC by Schneider Electric’s EMEA Distributor Conference in Greece. In addition, Logicom also came home with APC by Schneider Electric’s ‘Product Manager of the Year 2013.’
GBM appoints Philippe Jarre as CEO
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has appointed Philippe Jarre as Chief Executive Officer post Cesare Cardone’s retirement after 14 years in the role.