VIAVI Solutions has announced that Computacentre is now an Elite System Integrator for VIAVI in the UK as an extension of a partnership agreement with SOL Distribution. VIAVI and SOL are working together with Computacentre, a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services in the UK, to deploy industry-leading integrated solutions that deliver real-world value […]

Mohammed Abu Shmais is Sales, Business Development & Alliance Director at Technology Strategies Middle East (TSME). He tells us about the importance of working with capable teams and dealing with inspirational people, and how he works in a diversified market with varied business cultures. Describe your current job role and the parts that are somewhat […]

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has announced the signing of a sponsorship agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for its ‘HPE Digital Life Garage’ innovation hub in Dubai. The agreement builds on the existing strategic collaboration between the two vendors that has provided enterprises with a ‘better together’ combination of cloud technologies to […]

Nick Adams is the Vice President of EMEA at Globalization Partners based in London, UK, where he leads the company’s international expansion into Europe. He discusses his job role and explains how the company works with channel partners. Describe your current job role and the parts that are somewhat challenging? The focus of my role […]

Yarob Sakhnini, Vice President, Emerging Market, EMEA, Juniper Networks explains what his business priorities are for the year ahead. The year, 2020, has been a challenging year by many measures. Organisations around the world had to quickly, suddenly adjust to a ‘new normal’. Many of them had to rethink their digital strategies entirely to meet […]

Shane Grennan, Channel Director- Middle East at Fortinet explains how Fortinet has continued its training programmes during the pandemic. Organisations have had to quickly adapt their network to support their workforce transitioning from their traditional on-premises work environment to remote telework. To maintain Business Continuity, IT teams are strained with ensuring everyone in their organisation […]

Kao Data, a specialist developer and operator of advanced, carrier neutral data centres for high performance colocation, has announced a new partnership with Vorboss to expand its low-latency, resilient connectivity capabilities at its Harlow campus. Vorboss, a leading London-based connectivity provider is continuing to engineer its wholly owned fibre network, which offers resilient high-capacity connectivity […]

Seidor, a multinational consultancy firm specialising in technological services and solutions, has acquired a majority stake in the consultancy, Clariba, which is headquartered in Barcelona and Dubai and specialises in analytics services. The transaction enables Seidor to strengthen its strategic commitment in this area and thus continue to optimise and improve business decision making through […]

BlueTech Holding, part of Midis Group and providing end-to-end technology advisory solutions for business partners across the Levant, Gulf and Africa, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Autodesk for North, West and Central Africa. BlueTech will be responsible for developing, creating and enabling the right partner ecosystem for Autodesk that can design, promote, sell, […]

Networks Unlimited Africa, a leading Value Added Distributor operating within sub-Saharan Africa, received two awards, namely the Technical Support Distributor of the Year: Southern Africa award and the DLB Growth Distributor of the Year: East Africa award at the recent Fortinet Africa Virtual Security Day. This was the first time that the event took place […]