Value added distributor TechAccess gained Certified Service Partner status from Huawei for the UAE. TechAccess began its relationship with Huawei earlier in the year, and is the vendor’s only GCC-wide distributor. TechAccess has assigned a dedicated team to cover several countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. As […]

EMC Middle East announced a landmark project with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik USEK, a private Catholic higher education institution founded by the Lebanese Maronite Order. USEK selected EMC’s storage in addition to data protection and availability solutions to digitally preserve over 10,000 of the region’s oldest and rarest manuscripts and archives. USEK selected […]

VMware announced Kuwait National Petroleum Company will deploy VMware NSX network virtualisation and VMware vRealize Suite to deliver IT as a service through a new multisite private cloud. Through its cloud initiative, and with the help of VMware technologies, the petroleum company will accelerate service delivery, improve IT efficiency and deliver a better customer experience. […]

A10 Networks signed a distribution agreement with Shifra that will enable the distributor’s regional channel partners to offer the vendor’s technology solutions to enterprise customers across the Middle East. Under the agreement, Shifra will help A10 build on the company’s success in the region by developing a channel network and focusing on partner enablement. Shifra […]

Intel Security announced the expansion of its partner ecosystem through the Intel Security Innovation Alliance, welcoming 25 new partners and broadening its portfolio of integrated security solutions. The Intel Security Innovation Alliance has more than 150 partners around the world, across 12 global markets. New partners that have joined the Intel Security Innovation Alliance in […]

Value added distributor TechAccess announced completion of one year as a Hitachi Data Systems’ authorised training centre. In the past year TechAccess conducted numerous training at its solutions centre in Dubai for HDS partners and customers across the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, North Africa and Pakistan. TechAccess became a value-added distributor for HDS in 2008, […]

Organisations in Saudi Arabia are increasingly deploying unified communications and collaboration and enterprise mobility solutions as the government looks to boost the non-oil economy and raise efficiency and productivity levels, according to research from IDC, sponsored by Avaya. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aims to reduce economic dependence on oil revenues, with the government focusing on […]

F5 Networks announced the findings of a survey into current concerns in the security community. The survey reveals that businesses are running the risk of being exposed by cyber attacks, with over a third of respondents claiming their organisation currently has no response plan in place. In an environment where cyber attacks are increasingly common […]

Pure Storage announced new enhancements to its storage procurement and ownership model Evergreen Storage. The vendor added significant enhancements to the Evergreen Storage model, enabling customers to acquire, run and non disruptively upgrade storage now with investment protection. First launched in early 2014, the Evergreen Storage model changed the traditional vendor maintenance and upgrade programmes […]

Maham Al-Khaleej Company Matco, an information technology and integrated solutions provider in the region, announced that it has been accredited Platinum status in EMC’s Business Partner programme for the second consecutive year. The EMC Platinum Business Partner status propels Matco to a distinctive position amongst EMC Business Partners. This achievement attests to Matco’s role in […]