The UAE Ministry of Economy’s IT Department has recently won the Open Group Arabia Award for its continuous adoption of the latest technologies in institutional planning. The Ministry had recently launched a cross-section of high quality and efficient online services at the www.madeintheuae.com website, which will help manufacturers to promote their factories, products, and services. It enables UAE manufacturers to reach and connect with a global audience of buyers. Made in the UAE is supported by the Ministry of Economy, Dubai eGovernment and Tejari.Read More…

Fujitsu is taking its maintenance and support services to a new level with the launch of high availability services for enterprises in Saudi Arabia. With the high availability service, Fujitsu aims to increase its footprint in the enterprise sector in the Kingdom. Fujitsu has created an dedicated in-country spares hub in Saudi Arabia to ensure the fulfillment of high availability service commitments with the delivery of spares around the clock and also provide hardware maintenance with pre-defined response or recovery time.

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Jordan based leading e-government services and software solutions provider SSS Process, was recently recognized for their efforts and achievements and were awarded the Microsoft (MS) Gold Partner status, which can only be achieved high standards of technical capabilities, high level of expertise and experience on Microsoft platform, in addition to offering technical support to their clients. SSS Process has several successful implementations deployed in various enterprises, banks and government spread across the middle east region. Now, SSS Process intends to expand its reach aggressively not just in the region but also beyond the region.Read More…

Jordan-based Intracom has signed an agreement with Yemen to provide an application software solution for the management of procurement and tendering procedures of the Yemeni High Authority for Tendering and Procurement Monitoring. Intracom IT Services has succeeded in achieving tangible customer success and growth in its multi-program IT solutions, system integration and professional services delivery in 26 countries; starting from Jordan and reaching as far as Pakistan, Senegal and Mali. Read More…

HP Saudi Arabia today unveiled various innovations across its print portfolio, including industry-first technologies that is expected to significantly improve how customers interact with their digital content. The new solutions are designed to help enable all customers – from consumers to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) to enterprise organisations – to better manage and access digital content, convert information from paper to digital with one touch, and quickly unlock content repositories in the enterprise.Read More…

Avaya announced the launch of new cloud-based, on-demand purchasing options and features for Avaya web.alive, the most innovative, secure, immersive collaboration platform that uses personalized avatars and rich, spatial audio and visuals to expand on current modes of conferencing and collaboration. Using high-quality voice, visuals and content sharing capabilities, Avaya web.alive helps solve a number challenges to business collaboration with an easy and fun to use environment.Read More…

DragonSoft leading Vulnerability scanner software provider from Taiwan entered the Egyptian market with the appointment of , MOVE-IT as its authorised distribution partner for its products in the Egyptian market. DragonSoft expects its tie-up with MOVE-IT will help to corner a large marketshare in the fast growing computer audit software market. With DragonSoft onboard its portfolio, MOVE-IT plans to expand agressively its services in the data and network security to include not only consultancy but also a security assessment and vulnerability management service.

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Regi Tom Antony, Finance & Operations Director, WestconME Group

With the spotlight on credit amid tough trading conditions in the Dubai IT channel, WestconME Group, a value add distributor (VAD) of convergence, infrastructure, mobility and security solutions has launched “Credit as a Service” (CaaS) to facilitate channel financing across the MENA region.

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Gartner, Inc. has identified 10 major forces that are actively reshaping the future of IT services and the outsourcing market. “Buyers, providers and investors in the IT services market confront the same confluence of market and technological forces, even though their approaches and core concerns may differ,” said Benjamin Pring,Read More…

Chip giant Intel has revealed it will acquire security security mainstay McAfee in a epic deal valued at US$7.68 billion in cash. In terms of the deal, in which Intel will buy all of McAfee’s common stock for $48 per share in cash with McAfee operating as a wholly-owned Intel subsidiary and report into Intel’s Software and Services Group.Read More…