How cloud computing will impact the channel

The channel and reseller community will need to enhance existing skillsets and service offerings to master the cloud FULL STORY

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Derek Singleton, ERP Analyst, Software Advice

News

Westcon Group strengthens relationship with Juniper Networks

Westcon Group, a value-added distributor of unified communications, network infrastructure, data centre, and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers, recently announced the significant extension of its security portfolio in EMEA.  The company [...]

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In Depth

Out of the box

Storage is a continuing story as vendors consistently innovate to help businesses cope with increasing amounts of data. Pallavi Sharma speaks to the regional community to discover how this story can unfold to benefit the [...]

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In Focus

End to end: The security story

The security landscape is rapidly evolving. We speak to distributors and vendors in the region to learn how they are leveraging this evolution and the transition in security investment patterns in the Middle East. “Ten years [...]

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SI Watch

Itqan’s second wave

Growing competition and increasing regional demand for its services are making it bullish to cross over When Feras Al-Jabi, General Manager of Itqan received the Feigenbaum Leadership Excellence Award in early 2011, recognizing him as an [...]

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Distributor Scan

The snowball effect

Faisal Jamal, COO at Despec MERA Despec Mera has been working hard on strategic expansion plans and has successfully signed one of the first agreements with an African government to set up a regional export hub. Despec [...]

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Speak Out

A Look behind the Cloud – uncovering hidden costs

Dave Paulding, regional sales director for UK, Middle East and Africa, Interactive Intelligence Analysts forecast that over the next three to five years the market for cloud-based contact centre solutions will grow at a rate of [...]

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Blogs

What happens to Samsung, LG, HTC after Google’s acquisition of Motorola?

Ashish Panjabi, Chief Operating Officer, Jacky's Electronics While Google’s acquistion of Motorola Mobility is huge news, it draws the bigger question as to what it means for the other brands that have championed Android as their [...]

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Hot Products

Acer launches Aspire S5 in the the UAE

Acer today launched what it claims to be the world’s thinnest Ultrabook, measuring 15mm at the maximal point and weighing less than 3lbs. The Aspire S5, which is the latest in Acer’s S Series of Ultrabooks, [...]

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Test Bench

Quad Enterprise Social Software

Cisco’s thin client application allows a user to work across business and social media feeds through one interface Global enterprise application vendors have worked for the last two decades to build productive and effective collaboration software [...]

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