Riverbed Technology has appointed Ramzi Itani as its Regional Channel Sales Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region. In this new role, Ramzi will focus on the development and enablement of Riverbed’s regional channel, in-line with the company’s global channel strategy. He reports to Giovanni Di Filippo, Vice President, Channels, for Europe, Middle […]

Bulwark announced that they have partnered with Mimecast, an enterprise email archiving firm, to provide one-stop shop for email archives and data security solutions in the region. Bulwark will distribute Mimecast’s full portfolio of security, continuity and archiving products. Jose Thomas Menacherry, Managing Director, Bulwark Technologies said, “We are thrilled to introduce Mimecast to complement […]

Entersekt, a mobile enabled digital banking security provider, announced a partnership with IST Networks. Systems integrator IST now offers Entersekt’s Transakt technology to banks and other enterprises operating in the region. Transakt is a patented multi-factor authentication and app security product that provides protection from phishing and other attacks targeting the online, mobile, and card-not-present […]

CMCS announced it has entered into a reseller partnership with TimeXtender, provider of Data Warehouse Automation software for Microsoft SQL Server. The agreement will enable CMCS to offer its clients in the Middle East, North Africa and India, TimeXtender’s DWA software alongside advanced solutions from Swedish business intelligence software developer Qlik. The collaboration will capitalise on […]

The International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture launched the design phase of a new major regional programme to empower young Arab women scientists and leaders in agricultural research and development. Funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the design phase will lay the groundwork for the Young Arab Women Scientists […]

Rigby Private Equity announced the formation of Nuvias Group, a holding company for the pan-EMEA high value distribution business being built to redefine specialist value distribution. Distributors Wick Hill and Zycko become part of Nuvias Group and will be known as Wick Hill, a Nuvias group company, and Zycko, a Nuvias group company With Nuvias, […]

STME launched an integrated solution from two vendors, Veritas and NetApp. The bundle, based on Veritas Enterprise Vault in conjunction with NetApp FAS storage arrays, combines solutions from both vendors to provide clients with an archival solution. According to STME, the combined Veritas and NetApp bundle is a customisable archiving solution for customers from any […]

Axiom opened its new concept store in Abu Dhabi Mall. The launch of Axiom’s new shopping concept in Abu Dhabi Mall marks the retailer’s third store renovation in the UAE after Dubai Festival City and The Dubai Mall. It is also the sixth Axiom revamp in the region, with three recent store launches in Saudi […]

Meta Byte Technologies announced that it has signed a new partnership with Planview, a company focused on work and resource management. Under the agreement, Meta Byte will leverage Planview’s solution to elevate its ability to deliver project and portfolio management and enterprise resource planning solutions throughout the region. In addition to selling Planview’s products and […]

Gulf Business Machines signed an information technology partnership for one of Dubai’s largest hospitality projects, the Jewel of the Creek Project. The AED 4 billion project by Roda Hotels, the hospitality subsidiary of Dubai International Real Estate, is expected to be ready by September 2017. The information technology value is estimated at over AED 100 […]