Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia are deploying Nokia’s FastMile technology to provide a superior customer experience to Zain’s customers. The deployment, the first for Nokia FastMile in the Middle East and Africa region, follows a successful trial of the technology which recorded speeds of 20 Mbps, significant considering the current demands on 4G networks, and […]

Addressing business governance and compliance needs, InfoFort, an Aramex company and a leading information management solution provider in the Middle East and Africa, today announced the launch of VAT Compliance and Automation Solution for the GCC markets. The GCC-wide value-added tax, VAT implementation that comes into effect in 2018, impacts how companies manage and deal […]

Distree Events has opened distributor registration for Distree Europe, Middle East and Africa 2018, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th. Distree EMEA is a premium hosted buyer event, giving consumer technology brands access to an invited channel audience of 400 consumer technology distributors from 60-plus countries within the EMEA region. Asma Group, Acme […]

StarLink, the region’s security specialised value-added distributor, announced that it has expanded its distribution agreement with ForeScout Technologies, into Turkey. StarLink will sell ForeScout’s technology through its network of channel partners to enterprise and government customers in Turkey. “We are seeing a surge of Bring Your Own Devices and Internet of Things strategies in enterprises […]

Bahrain Telecommunications Company, Batelco, a digital services provider in Bahrain, has selected Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical Platform as the foundation for the new Batelco Gulf Network BGN. The Batelco Gulf Network runs over a state-of-the-art Optical Transfer Network OTN to meet the demand for reliable and cost effective high bandwidth connectivity and capacity for Batelco […]

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority is partnering with Dell EMC initiating a landmark project titled DAFZA Cloud. This collaboration aims to power the ambitious vision to provide transformative ICT services to all stakeholders. In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE […]

A recent study, estimates that organisations will spend around $2 trillion by 2020 on digital transformation technologies. This dramatic shift in investment is due to the growing complexity of IT related to devices and applications and rising expectations from employees who expect their IT to just work. To remain competitive in the market, IT CIOs […]

Reeman Ansari has joined SAP Ariba as Channel Director EMEA South. In her previous employment she was Regional Channel Manager MENA at VMware since 2013. Prior to that Reeman had a long stint working at Cisco from 2007 to 2013, where she held various positions including Commercial Manager, Distribution Manager, and Channel Manager. She also […]

Aaron White has joined Nutanix as Regional Director moving from his previous position at Sage, where he was Regional Director. Prior to Sage, White had a longer employment at Hitachi Data Systems where he filled the role of General Manager for the Middle East and Turkey, and was instrumental in setting up operations in Saudi […]

Maya Zakhour has joined NetApp as Head of Distribution and Alliances, Middle East and Africa. She will be responsible for managing the distribution landscape in Middle East and Africa as well as growing NetApp’s channel spread. She will be leading the regional NetApp team’s efforts in applying best practices to stabilise the channel community and […]