Speaking on the achievement, “KINGMAX has been our long-term valuable vendor partner and winning the ‘Best Contribution’ award is an honor for Golden Systems. Our team has work very hard to increase KINGMAX’s market share in the Middle East and this award is recognition of their efforts in promoting KINGMAX’s best quality memory products. It is our endeavor to work closely with our channel partners to ensure the ongoing development of their channel to market strategy. KINGMAX shares our commitment for excellence, vision, and belief in global best practices and we look forward to working closely with them to ensure even better results next year,” said Mr. Ehsan Hashemi, COO, Golden Systems Middle East.

Golden Systems has built a reputation of being one of the most trusted distributors in the region since its inception in 1996. With carefully selected high quality products, the distributor has been able to capture a respectable market share in the Middle East’s IT market. KINGMAX is a world renowned leading brand of DRAM and flash memory committed to the innovation of the best memory module solutions. As its distributor for the UAE and the GCC, Golden Systems has played an important role in the growth of KINGMAX’s business and market share in the region over the last few years for which it has won several awards from the vendor over the last few years.

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About Golden Systems Middle East FZCo.:

Golden Systems is a leading name in the IT distribution business in the Middle East. With carefully selected high quality products, GSME has been able to capture a respectable market share in the Middle East’s IT market. Some of the brand names that GSME is proudly distributing are Gigabyte, Intel, nVIDIA, CoolerMaster, ZOTAC, AMD, EPSON, Kingmax, Axtrom, Bitdefender, Choiix, , CREATIVE, , GDATA, , HITACHI, , KASPERSKY, LEADTEK, Logitech,  and ViewSonic to name a few. For further details, please visit http://www.gse.ae

For further information, please contact:

Chantelle Tavid

Golden Systems Middle East FZCo.

Tel: + 971 4 8863300 ext 121

Email: chantelle.tavid@gse.ae

Organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) in partnership with the Strategic Center for Organizational Performance Improvement (SCOPI) at King Hussein Business Park, the Conference witnessed the participation of university students, owners of start-ups and small medium-sized enterprises, as well as many entrepreneurship stakeholders and supporters in Jordan, including grants and funding institutions, incubators, and venture capitalists.

During the sessions of the Conference, existing successful entrepreneurs answered questions raised by the attendees and exposed them to factors of their success and challenges they have encountered to motivate them to move forward with their start-ups.

In addition, the EEKE Conference hosted, as a main speaker, Professor Maria do Rosário Cabrita, a specialist in strategic management, intellectual capital, knowledge management, innovation, measurement of intangibles and entrepreneurship programs, and co-author, with Prof. José Maria Viedma, of the book entitled “Entrepreneurial Excellence in the Knowledge Economy: ICBS: Intellectual Capital Benchmarking System.”

Professor Cabrita acquainted the participants with means of achieving entrepreneurial excellence in the knowledge economy and equipped them with Intellectual Capital Benchmarking System (ICBS), the only methodology relevant for successful strategy formulation, innovation, and gaining and sustaining competitive advantages.

In his comment, MenaITech’s CEO, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, said: “We are pleased to play a role in sponsoring the EEKE Conference, which aspires to promote innovation and business entrepreneurship in the Kingdom through providing youth with job opportunities and adopting a comprehensive approach whose elements enable the attainment of entrepreneurship in knowledge economy and allow initiative takers to sharpen their leadership skills and compete at an international level.”

“Our sponsorship of this event stems from our strategy whose main objective is to create an entrepreneurial work environment while highlighting the effective role that companies operating in the IT sector can play in backing talents,” Dr. Hawamdeh added.

Being one of the nation’s successful entrepreneurs, Dr. Hawamdeh participated in a panel discussion at the Conference and shared MenaITech’s success story with the audience.

It is worth mentioning that MenaITech has always been keen on sponsoring a large number of IT-related conferences and specialized symposiums at the local and regional levels, with the last event being the MENA ICT Forum 2013, which tackled in its sixth edition the future vision of the ICT sector in the Arab world.

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Mother Technologies is also a well-established organization that provides IT, telecom and connectivity services to small and medium sized companies in Europe’s Oil and Gas Capital, Aberdeen. Combined with the company’s extensive network services portfolio, which delivers anything from broadband circuits to complex multi-site MPLS solutions, Mother has recently plugged its thin-client expertise into the cloud. This allows Mother to extend its reach and provide its customers private or public access to their services from anywhere in the world.

Technological expertise still continues to be one of the most important criteria for selecting a service provider. Mother Technologies joined hands with Whitehats to provide IT support services to their clients in UAE. Whitehats has successfully completed a wide variety of IT outsourcing projects using their technical expertise and experience.

Rizwan Sabir, General Manager of Whitehats claims “We are very pleased to act as a local IT support provider for Mother Technologies. Our mission is to enable our clients to grow by managing their IT scalability. Our solution combines the use of industry best practices, corporate quality systems and highly skilled technical consultants to provide business –critical IT support services where availability and reliability are paramount.”

Steve Redhead, Managing Director of Mother Technologies said, “We have been extremely satisfied with the services and support that has been consistently provided by Whitehats. Their willingness to go that extra mile for Mother Technologies’ customers is evident from the excellent service we received from them. They have a modern approach to customer service that we trust and value highly.”

Rizwan Sabir added, “I am completely confident about our expertise and we endeavor to continue building a long lasting relationship with Mother Technologies as well as their clients to provide an unparalleled service in terms of technical expertise and customer service to their customers in the region.”

With a comprehensive range of IT services and ever growing client base, Whitehats ensures you are covered by a company you can trust and safeguard your IT with.

Shri V.P. Agarwal, Chairman, Airport Authority of India in presence of Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta – The Medicity launches Flying Doctors India, India’s foremost air ambulance & medical assistance, providing critical care on board even at the height of 30,000 feet.

Being the pioneer of bringing innovation in the medical field, Dr Trehan had a vision of ‘complete medical aid mechanism’, a service of specialized patient care & transferring ‘any patient’, ‘any time’, ‘any where’ in the world that gave way to ‘Flying Doctors India’ well equipped with an ‘In-Air’ ICU facility for the first time in India to overcome the challenges like distance, time, specialized patient care and approachable measures at the time of medical emergency.

Medanta is the first hospital in India to have hospital driven service, exclusively designed tailor-made & well equipped ICU dedicated chartered aircraft with medical assistance under the supervision of experts in medical emergencies even at a height of 30,000 feet for rescuing patients worldwide.

Flying Doctors India has a specialized team of 40 doctors from different specialties ever ready to provide on board medical care support. The team has the largest flying doctor’s experience of more than 500 evacuations in last 2 and half years.

Flying Doctors India employs a range of staff, including management, medical practitioners, women’s health doctors, registered nurses, allied health professionals, pilots and administration officers in its mission to treat the patients

“Emergencies happen without warning and they don’t always happen at places where medical emergency services are accessible. In such conditions medical air evacuation service acts like a lifesaver to save lives by making highly specialized emergency medical care accessible despite of geographical challenges.” says Dr. Trehan

He further added, “Keeping up with our legacy to provide high quality medical services to patients, we came up with the concept of ‘In-Air’ ICU for the first time in India to provide best medical aid even at the height of 30,000 feet & overcome challenges like distance, time, specialized patient care and approachable measures. Being the pioneers in the field of medical industry we take pride in launching Flying Doctors India as in any case, time saved is a life saved.”

About Medanta – The Medicity

Medanta – The Medicity is one of India’s largest multi-super specialty institutes located in Gurgaon, a bustling town in the National Capital Region. Founded by eminent cardiac surgeon, Dr. Naresh Trehan, the institution has been envisioned with the aim of bringing to India the highest standards of medical care along with clinical research, education and training. It brings together an outstanding pool of doctors, scientists and clinical researchers to foster collaborative, multidisciplinary investigation, inspiring new ideas and discoveries; and translating scientific advances more swiftly into new ways of diagnosing and treating patients and preventing diseases. Medanta through its research integrates modern and traditional forms of medicine to provide accessible and affordable healthcare. For more information visit www.medanta.org

For queries
Dr. Sunil Dubey
Medanta- The Medicity
+91 9560398910
Sunil.dubey@medanta.org

Reseller Middle East, the leading IT channel magazine conferred the award to Comguard at glittering ceremony of Reseller Middle East Partner Conference and Partner Excellence Awards recently held at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai.

The Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Awards is given to a company with the highest votes given in an online poll by its readers. And, this year Comguard emerged a clear winner in highly competitive category that saw all the leading names in the industry contesting for the coveted award.

Ajay Singh Chauhan, CEO, Comguard commented while expressing his happiness that, “We’re delighted to win this award and this is the second award in a row for us this year for the similar category. It is recognition to our strong commitment and dedication of our highly qualified staff that works closely with both channel partners and vendors.”

Comguard distributes a wide range of IT security products and over the years it has forged strong alliances with leading security vendors in the industry including Kaspersky, Clavister, gateprotect, WatchGuard, GFI Software, HP ArcSight, BlueCat Networks, Array Networks, AirTight Networks and EC Council among others.

Mohammad Mobasseri, Senior Vice President at Comguard said, “We would like to thank all our vendors and channel partners for having their faith in Comguard to help us achieve this distinction by a leading independent platform in the IT industry.”

Since established in the year 2002, Comguard has built up a considerable reputation of being one of the most trusted distributors for IT security products in Middle East. The company has carefully selected best of the breed IT security products, which has helped Comguard capture a respectable market share for IT security products in the region. Today, company has created a most apprehensive network of channel partners spread across Middle East covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, among other countries in the region.

About Comguard
Comguard FZ LLC is one of the leading Value added Distributor in the IT security space and has a reach across the Middle East and North Africa region. The company was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. Comguard is a part of Spectrum Group which is engaged in IT networking and security training, and consultancy. Hence, the biggest strength for Comguard is the skill sets which has made it one of the fastest growing Value added Distributor in the region and have been recognized by several awards from vendors and industry platforms like Top 5 Value added Distributor by Reseller Middle East magazine and the Choice of Channel Award from VAR MEA magazine. For more information see www.comguard.net.

According to CompTIA’s International Technology Adoption & Workforce Issues study, 62 percent of Middle East executives plan to hire IT staff this year – compared to a global average of 39 percent – but 85 percent believe they are faced with a gap in the regional skilled labour market that is described as an ‘extensive’ problem by 33 percent of respondents. In a positive regional business climate where planned IT expenditure is set to rise, findings highlight a challenge that is expected to impact today’s business competitiveness and corporate security, as well as future adoption of new technologies to support growth.

Executives are recruiting IT skills in the workplace to address critical business issues including low staff productivity (52 percent), poor customer service and engagement (36 percent), and speed to market of new products and services (34 percent). In terms of proven expertise, employers are mostly looking for:

• Network/infrastructure experience (68 percent)
• Helpdesk and IT support (58 percent)
• Office IT equipment maintenance (53 percent)
• Storage/data back up capabilities (51 percent)

Beyond these immediate operational requirements, the challenge of finding the right expertise is also creating a hurdle to progressing adoption of technologies such as cloud computing and mobility for 40 percent of executives in the region. Furthermore, it is cited as the primary driver behind human error, which is putting organisations at risk of critical security breaches via websites and enterprise applications.

“In many cases skills gaps are a natural feature of the IT industry because of the high speed of innovation, but in fast-growing markets such as the Middle East this issues is more prominent” said John McGlinchey, vice president, Europe and Middle East, CompTIA.

“Our research shows that regional business leaders appreciate the vital role of IT in business success and are ready to invest, but are often unable to identify the right quality and quantity of suitable candidates. Industry-led certifications, such as those provided by CompTIA, offer a common foundation for assessing skill sets across teams and candidates, and also ensure that capabilities built through training are aligned with demand in the market.”

Faced with a gap in skilled candidates, regional executives are increasingly looking for formal training and accreditation to identify potential IT recruits; in fact 81 percent of those surveyed expect to see the value of industry certification rising over the next two years. Once in employment, staff that have gained IT certification are generally perceived to perform at a higher level than non-certified staff by 78 percent of executives, and considered more valuable to the organization. The benefits of an individual’s foundation of industry knowledge gained through certification helps the whole team and regional investment in IT skills education is high, with 94 percent of IT staff in the region having engaged in some form of IT training in the last 12 months.

About the survey

CompTIA’s International Technology Adoption & Workforce Issues study is based on a survey of more than 1,250 business and IT executives in countries around the world, including Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East. The survey was conducted online in February/March 2013.

About CompTIA

CompTIA is the voice of the world’s IT industry. To learn more, visit http://www.comptia.org/global/ar/home.aspx.

The agreement will have Alcatel-Lucent upgrade and refresh Jumbo Electronics Data Centres, LAN infrastructure and add Wi-Fi services at their Dubai Headquarters. To complete this end-to-end solutions delivery, Alcatel-Lucent’s Premium business partner, Al Futtaim Technologies was chosen for deployment and maintenance of this network. The agreement is believed to be a major boost for Jumbo Electronics Data Centre, and will contribute to reduced costs, lower energy consumption and improved workflow.

Alcatel-Lucent has implemented the 9702e core switch into their Data Centre, which has all the servers available, The Omniswitch 6900 has been used as the TOR Switch (Top of Rack) to which the servers are connected. In addition there are 6450 switches in the LAN to which the users are connected and a AP105 with a 6000 series Wireless LAN controller, along with an Omnivista Network Management system.

The agreement is a major stepping-stone for Alcatel-Lucent’s presence in the region. Commenting on the announcement, Vikram Dhar, Enterprise Sales Manager of Alcatel-Lucent stated “ We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Jumbo Electronics here in the region. It gives ALUE the ideal opportunity to showcase our innovative technologies especially in the Data Center Space. ”

Adding to the importance of the announcement Mr V. Suresh, Head of the Management Services Divisionat Jumbo Electronics stated, “It has been an absolute pleasure to have been associated with Alcatel-Lucent. Their frequent customer visits to the Jumbo offices and focused commitment into training our staff easily makes them our ideal IT partners. Their support will indeed add great value to Jumbo’s IT networks and we look forward to a long standing and successful relation.”

About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost research centers, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.

Alcatel-Lucent innovations are regularly recognized by international institutions for their positive impact on society. In 2012 and for the second year running, Alcatel-Lucent was named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators, recognition for the company’s continued addition to its world-class patent portfolio, one of the largest in the telecom industry. Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for its sustainability performance.  In 2012 the company was ranked Technology Supersector Leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Through its innovations, Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission of Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.

With operations throughout the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2012 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

Shaheen Haque, Territory Manager, Middle East & Turkey at Interactive Intelligence says that to achieve the difficult task of building customer loyalty when the primary means of interaction is no longer a physical location, companies must look at new ways to engage with customers. While the initial transaction may happen through a web portal, a consumer should be able to quickly resolve any issues by contacting the call centre and receive a high level of service. The customer experience process can range from ordering a product on the website to calling for a refund.

Building Loyalty through Customer Service Excellence

The types of channels that e-commerce organizations, or for that matter all companies offer their customers have been changing over the past decade. While phone interactions remain the dominant method of issue resolution, industry research indicates that the adoption of email, chat, and web interactions are now available in some form in over 90% of contact centres. However, the level of service being offered on these other channels varies widely across the contact centre landscape.

If organizations hope to build a market differentiating multi-channel customer service model, they must bring together processes, people, technology, culture, and information. In order to build such a service ecosystem, companies need to focus their efforts in certain areas. By applying some, if not all, of the suggestions listed below, companies can optimise the customer service experience.

Have a “data filter” for all channels

Social media is one of the key marketing tools employed by online retailers. At the same time, if it is not implemented as a two-way communication platform it can adversely affect brand image. This requirement is forcing companies to provide social customer service in the call centre. The problem with this is that, in order to have a multi-channel engagement, companies need to have a “data filter” strategy. Social media noise needs to be filtered by a distinct set of criteria – from influencers to sentiment, and from trends to categorization of conversations. The increase of social conversations needs to be supplemented with workflow and business process so that conversations are managed with different channel options. However, not all Twitter or Facebook conversations need to end up in the call centre – doing so could significantly increase the cost of operation. Therefore, the “data filter” needs to happen not just with social media but also with all the other channels.

Improve website traffic and page views

Callback, co-browsing, chat, and email are key factors to increasing the number of page views on the company website and conversion rates. Companies must be mindful that the functionality needs to be interwoven with any site analytics and/or marketing automation tools being used, especially with its social media efforts.

Use mobile applications

The personal computer is no longer the king to access the Internet. Tablets and smartphones are taking over, meaning the multichannel strategy must include the integration of mobile applications. There are two types of mobile applications to consider: 1) applications that can lower the cost of customer service, such as being able to “Face Time” with the consumer to help troubleshoot the problem, and 2) applications that provide content and transactions so the consumer doesn’t need to call the call centre. One added value to both scenarios is to provide a way for the consumer to chat, call, or email directly from the application.

Use technology that is agile in the cloud or on-premise

The market is in constant change and companies should be able to adapt quickly to the market in any geography. Flexibility and agility to provide service such as collections, sales, support, and BPO via any type of call center is key. It means that organizations need to deploy any type of call centre technology quickly in the cloud or on-premise, in any geography, for any channel and for any customer segment.

Implement unified communications

Being able to combine voice, data, instant messaging, queues, emails, processes, workforce management, routing, and quality control is key to managing the customer relationship based on common analytics and reports. This gives companies the advantage of fast deployments and helps in providing one source of reporting on a single platform.

Go beyond CTI and IVR, integrate the CRM application

Typically CTI and IVR processes are the most common way to integrate CRM or ERP systems with the call centre. But companies need to be more effective in providing CRM data to the call center agent. They need to incorporate customer metrics, surveys, and a 360-degree view of the customer and business logic. The more customer data the agent has, the better equipped they are to assist the consumer.

Finally, as e-commerce outfits start evaluating the need to add other channels, they must ensure they also address the core communications platform already in place. A common mistake is trying to add other service channels into an infrastructure that was never designed to efficiently handle them. In the end, a customer experience strategy is all about the culture of the company. However, companies must lead by using technology to deliver a differentiator in the market.

About Interactive Intelligence

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of contact center, unified communications, and business process automation software and services. The company’s unified IP business communications solutions, which can be deployed on-premises or via the cloud, are ideal for industries such as financial services, insurance, outsourcers, collections and utilities. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 5,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Forbes Magazine’s 2011 Best Small Companies in America and Software Magazine’s 2012 Top 500 Global Software and Service Providers. Interactive Intelligence employs more than 1,400 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.

Product Information Contact:

Mr. Shaheen Haque

Turkey & Middle East Territory Manager

Interactive Intelligence Middle East
Dubai, UAE

Direct phone: +971(4) 4347217

Mobile: +971 (50) 4573186

Email: shaheen.haque@inin.com

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“We are delighted to win the ‘Specialized Distributor of the Year’ award from Reseller Middle East. It has added a lot of impetus to our constant strife to set new standards in refining value distribution services that not only help us innovate, adapt and succeed in a rapidly changing technology landscape but also provide consistent opportunities of growth and value for our vendors and channel,” explained Mr. Suren Vedantham, Group Managing Director, StorIT Distribution fzco.

“We would like to thank the eminent jury and Reseller Middle East for recognizing our trailblazing efforts in combining the best of solutions architecture and system integration capabilities with exceptional distribution and logistics services to create a niche business model in the region. It is a testimony to the passionate efforts of the talented and enthusiastic team of StorIT to raise the bar of customer service in an already vibrant industry. Also, we take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our customers and vendor partners for always believing in us and being a significant part of our growth,” Mr. Suren Vedantham added.

Incorporated in 2002, StorIT is the only specialist value added distributor of enterprise data storage, data protection and data management solutions in the Middle East. The company has a proven track record of successfully introducing the very best-of-breed global technology providers to the Middle East market. By establishing and enabling a robust reseller channel that has been a key factor in its rapid growth in the region, StorIT has sealed its credentials as one of the most reliable, resilient and far-sighted value distribution organizations in the region. The company’s focused approach, superior industry knowledge and advanced technical skill sets made it a recognized market leader in the region.

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About StorIT Distribution FZCO:

StorIT is the Middle East’s leading Specialist IT distributor of Enterprise Data Storage, and Information Management Solutions. Incorporated in year 2002, StorIT is based out of Dubai, with branch offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Doha, Qatar.

With active operations spanning more than 12 countries across the region, StorIT works with a wide Reseller Channel Network, comprising Value Added Resellers and Solution Providers, in offering comprehensive turnkey solutions to customers in the SMB, SME and High Enterprise Segments of the market.  StorIT’s proven track record, over a period of 10 years, of successfully introducing the very best of breed technology providers of the world to the Middle East market, by establishing and enabling a robust reseller channel that has been a key factor in their rapid growth in the region, has sealed its credentials as one of the most reliable, resilient and far-sighted value distribution organizations in the region.

Supported by enhanced distribution services right from presales consultancy, marketing support, post sales professional services, project financing options through warehousing & logistics hubs in Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, StorIT has witnessed stupendous year-on-year growth over a decade by offering great value proposition as a dependable long-term partner to both its vendors and resellers (customers).

For further information, please visit http://www.storit.ae

Seychelles currently relies on expensive diesel generators to meet its electricity demand. With fuel accounting for 25 percent of the country’s total net imports, Seychelles is committed to diversifying its energy mix and reducing its reliance on fuel imports. Being an island country, with limited options to produce electricity, wind power generation presents a viable solution to meet a national target of 15 percent energy from renewable sources by 2030.

“Access to sustainable, clean sources of energy is vital to our long-term economic development,” said James Michel, president of the Republic of Seychelles. “The addition of wind power is a major step toward meeting our clean energy targets and reducing our dependency on imported sources of power. We look forward to further opportunities to assess our wind power potential and continue to diversify our energy mix.

“We are grateful to the support from the United Arab Emirates to fund, develop and deliver this wind power project,” added President Michel. “The 6-megawatt wind farm that has been successfully delivered by Masdar and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development will help us meet our rising demand for energy and also liberates budget to invest in economic and social growth opportunities.”

With the price of renewable energy technologies falling, wind and solar power are becoming economically viable solutions to improve energy security and access. Renewable energy is also a clean and sustainable alternative, which helps developing nations insulate themselves from volatile fuel prices.

“The Seychelles wind project is an example of how access to energy can serve as a pathway for economic development and social opportunity,” said H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE minister of state and CEO of Masdar. “In particular, for remote island nations, the integration of sustainable energy can deliver an immediate economic and tangible impact. Today, Seychelles can redirect fuel savings into investments in infrastructure development, social programs and to spurring economic growth.

“This project builds on Masdar’s commitment to demonstrating the economic and environmental advantages of renewable energy,” added H.E. Dr. Al Jaber. “With prices falling and new advancements in technology, renewable energy is reaching grid parity in many parts of the world. With energy demand expected to double by 2030 – putting a further strain on our natural resources – renewable energy is a viable solution to power future growth.”

The Port Victoria Wind Farm also represents an achievement in engineering. The project required Masdar to construct eight wind turbines, on two separate islands and connect the wind farm with 3 kilometers of subsea cables. In addition, Masdar used advanced turbines that can harness energy during low-to-medium wind speeds and which are resilient to corrosion from the salt and humidity of the ocean.

For more than 40 years, the United Arab Emirates has assisted developing countries promote economic development and social opportunity. Today, the acceleration and adoption of renewable energy is a core component of the UAE’s efforts to help countries grow, alleviate poverty and deliver basic services.

“The United Arab Emirates has been actively assisting developing countries to achieve economic growth and social opportunity through strategic aid and support programs,” said H.E. Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, acting director general of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development. “ADFD aims to achieve the UAE government‘s policy by working with the international community to enhance economic growth in developing countries by financing development projects.”

“ADFD focuses on vital sectors that are the cornerstone of growth and economic development, such as the renewable energy sector,” added H.E. Al Suwaidi. “Renewable energy is one of the most efficient and effective solutions for producing clean energy, which leads to more sustainable development.”

“The Port Victoria Wind Farm is a model for how renewable energy can benefit the country. Masdar has been instrumental in delivering the project efficiently,” said the ADFD acting director general.

Masdar is developing numerous other renewable energy projects to improve energy access in the developing world. Notable projects include:

• A15-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, which accounts for 10 percent of the country’s energy capacity;
• A project in Afghanistan will supply 600 residences with off-grid solar PV systems; and
• A 500-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power plant on the island of Vava’u in the Kingdom of Tonga.

Photo Captions:

Seychelles_1_landscape: The Port Victoria Wind Farm in the Republic of Seychelles accounts for 8 percent of Mahé Island’s energy capacity – the main island of Seychelles.

Seychelles_2_front: Front Row Photo (R-L): Mr. Philippe Morin, Chief Executive Officer, Seychelles Public Utilities Corporation; H.E Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chief Executive Officer of Masdar; H.E Dr. James Alix Michel, President, Republic of Seychelles; H.E Mr. Danny Faure, Vice President, Republic of Seychelles; H.E Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development; H.E Mr. Vincent Meriton, Minister for Social Affairs, Community Development and Sports, Republic of Seychelles

Seychelles_3_group: H.E Dr. James Alix Michel, President, Republic of Seychelles, H.E Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, H.E Prof. Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, H.E Mr. Danny Faure, Vice President, Republic of Seychelles, H.E Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Mr. Adil Al Hosani, Director of Operations Department, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and other dignitaries.attend opening ceremony of the 6MW Port Victoria Wind Farm in the Republic of Seychelles.

Seychelles_4_plaque: H.E Dr. James Alix Michel, President, Republic of Seychelles, H.E Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, and H.E Prof. Rolph Payet, Minister of  Environment and Energy in front of the inauguration plaque of the 6MW Port Victoria Wind Farm  in the Republic of Seychelles.

Seychelles_5_speech: H.E Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates and CEO of Masdar speaks at the inauguration of the Port Victoria Wind Farm in the Republic of Seychelles.

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About Masdar

Masdar is Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company advancing the development, commercialisation and deployment of clean energy technologies and solutions. The company serves as a link between today’s fossil fuel economy and the energy economy of the future. Backed by the Mubadala Development Company PJSC, the strategic investment company of the government of Abu Dhabi, Masdar is dedicated to the Emirate’s long-term vision for the future of energy.

For more information about Masdar, please visit: www.masdar.ae  

Stay connected: facebook.com/masdar.ae and twitter.com/masdar

For more information contact:

Email: press@masdar.ae

Phone: +971 2 653 6032

About Abu Dhabi Fund for Development

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is a sovereign national institution formed by Abu Dhabi government. ADFD was established in 1971, to help financing development projects in developing countries by providing concessionary loans and other forms of financial assistance. Since its inception, ADFD has managed and financed more than 330 projects and benefiting sustainable economic growth in 62 countries worldwide.

For more information about Abu Dhabi Find for Development, please visit: www.adfd.ae

During an event that brought together the company’s employees, partners, and clients, MenaITech’s representatives emphasized that determined efforts and unrelenting hard work to build human resources solutions enjoying intellectual property rights will continue at the company, while keeping pace with the latest advancements in the world of technology in general, and cloud accounting technology in particular.

They also noted that while MenaITech currently operates in 16 regional marketplaces, the significant achievements and success stories that were made and added to MenaITech’s record of accomplishments over the years will always inspire the company to penetrate new markets.

In the event, a documentary film was displayed to share with the attendees the company’s story of success which has begun since its inception in 2003 with a few number of employees and a little venture capital.

In 2004, MenaITech was able to take its business to the next level and market its software solutions that have been receiving considerable attention from the region’s major companies, including the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel), MenaITech’s first client, and Al Jazeera TV channels.

In 2006, MenaITech was able to upgrade its business growth rate, increase its list of clients, and gain interest from several investors. This jump-start led MenaITech to be acquired for the first time by Al Faris National Comp for Investment and Exports in 2008, thus expanding MenaITech’s local market share and achieving wide recognition of the efficiency of its systems across the Arab word. The second acquisition of MenaITech was declared in 2010.

In 2012, the company witnessed continuous growth in its revenues which amounted to $6m at the end of the year and acquired 01Tracks, a developer of IT software applications. These and other attainments were enabled by MenaITech’s dedicated staff of 120 employees who work in six offices strategically distributed in the region and the US.

Commenting on the event, the Chairman of the board of directors at MenaITech, Habib Ghawi, said: “We are proud to be here today to celebrate our 10^th anniversary; a pioneering milestone that represents only the beginning of a long journey that paves the way for further achievements to come in the IT sector,” noting that he has invested in MenaITech for its accomplishments in developing high-quality products with intellectual property rights, making the company stand out among the competitors.

For his part, MenaITech’s founder and CEO, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, pointed out that combining intellectual property with job specialization lies at the core of successful program development and has been the source of MenaITech’s success, highlighting the significance of producing integrated solutions that satisfy the needs of the community.

In the celebration, honorary recognition awards were given to a number of MenaITech’s distinguished, highly experienced employees who have contributed to the company’s success since its launch, as well as to MenaITech’s clients, including those who were first and last added to the company’s long list of customers.

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Founded in 2003 by a group of talented and experienced HR and IT professionals, MenaITech aims to provide HR solutions that maximize the return on the human capital investment for all MenaITech customers by providing accurate and reliable management information, improving access to information, and reducing costs of operating the HR solution. MenaITech products include the human resources information management system MenaHR®, payroll & personnel solution MenaPay®, the employee & manager self service solution MenaME®, the employee 360 degree feedback evaluation software Mena360®, the comprehensive HR consolidation and analysis module MenaExplorer®, in addition to the revolutionary cell phone notification service MenaSMS®.

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Under newly opened eScan Middle East, the brand will majorly cater to UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait regions in order to ensure benefit of local distribution of eScan range of products and support to the channels partners, thus enhancing its position in the Middle East market.

On this occasion, Mr. Sunil Kripalani, Senior Vice President – Global Sales and Marketing, eScan said, “In accordance to our global expansion strategy, Middle East is one of our major focuses. We are excited with the opening of eScan Middle East. Its priority will be to continue delivering eScan range of security solutions to help protect IT users across the region. eScan Middle East will also focus on further strengthening its robust distribution and channel model.”

Talking about the eScan Middle East, Mr. Nazir Kazi, AVP – ME & Africa, eScan said, “Looking at the current scenario of cyber security threats, we are here to help IT users across the region to have secured computing environment. In context to the brands further expansion plans in Middle East, we believe that eScan Middle East will effectively enhance the availability of eScan range of products and strengthen our positing in the market.”

Mr. Rajiv Raman, GM Sales & Operations ME, eScan Middle East said, “In 2013, IT managers here will have to deal with the highest level of targeted attacks that the region has ever witnessed. Today’s attacks are financially motivated, and we are here to help our customers better protect themselves. We also believe that eScan Middle East offerings will help customers, embrace private, public, and hybrid cloud computing more holistically.”

About eScan:

eScan, one of the leading Anti-Virus & Content Security solutions for Desktops & Servers is developed and marketed by MicroWorld. It is powered by innovative and futuristic technologies, such as MWL Technology, DIRC Technology, NILP Technology, and sophisticated Anti-Virus Heuristic Algorithms that not only provides protection from current threats, but also provides proactive protection against evolving threats. eScan provides 24×7 free remote support facility, integrated in the software to help customers to get their malware related issues resolved in the fastest possible time-frame.

It has achieved several certifications and awards from some of the most prestigious testing bodies, notable among them being Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, West Coast Labs (Checkmark), ICSA, and PCSL labs. Combining the power of various technologies, eScan provides Multi-level Real-time Protection to Computers and Networks. For more information, visit www.escanav.com.

NFC, a contactless advanced tech that could already be in your Smartphone, and could soon be a regular feature of your commute. At its core, all NFC is doing is identifying us, and our bank account, to a computer. The technology is simple. It’s a short-range, low power wireless link evolved from radio-frequency identification (RFID) tech that can transfer small amounts of data between two devices held a few centimeters from each other. A source said.

As per the Pareto Principle, “80% of our sales come from 20% of our customers. This implies to keep customers loyal to our stores, so that they keep coming back to our store only.”

The above rule fits in today’s scenario where it is getting tough and tough for businesses to distinct them from rivals in the highly challenging and competing environment,  retaining the existing customers by satisfying them so that they keep coming back to you again and again is the only solution. Thankfully Customer Loyalty Programs are made for this only. It saved your money and time from undertaking expensive marketing campaigns to generate new business. So outperform your business in this highly competitive economy is the AVI Infosys’s only mission.

The lucky winner is Mr. Dennis Martineau, an American national living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Martineau, holder of coupon no. 57467 purchased a gold bracelet for his wife on Saturday 8^th June on his way back to the US after a business trip to India.

Mr. Martineau said the phone call informing him of his win was a nice surprise. “I am delighted for this win and can’t wait to come back to Dubai so I can do my shopping again at Dubai Duty Free,” he added.

Dubai Duty Free is a Strategic Partner of the ‘Summer is Dubai’ organised by Dubai Festival and Retail (DFRE). The operation supports the Dubai Summer Surprises for the 10^th consecutive year which will see shoppers win a total of Dhs100,000 over the 4-week period.

Dubai Duty Free customers spending Dhs500 and more will have the chance to win Dhs25,000 worth of Dubai Duty Free gift vouchers every week.

Today’s draw was officiated by Dubai Duty Free officials namely: Michael Schmidt – Manager, Retail Sales, Shafique Ansari, Manager – Operations Concourse C and Richelle Villarama, Duty Manager with Mr. Rashed Darwish Al Mari, Inspector of the Department of Economic Development.

In the end it was golfer Fahad Al Rajaan who was crowned champion after a superb score of 42 stableford points gave him a one shot victory.  Mr Al Rajaan was extremely delighted with his victory and after being presented the trophy went on to comment; “This is my fist win in the game of golf since I started playing 20 years ago!  Everything just went right today and I thank Dubai Duty Free and Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club for putting on such a wonderful day.”

Commenting on the Dubai Duty Free Golf Cup, George Horan, President of Dubai Duty Free said; “This annual event has been running for 21 years and the tournament has grown quite popular with a huge turnout of 107 golfers from different clubs. Thanks to our team at Dubai Duty Free and to the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club for organising this great event and look forward to seeing you all next year.”

The battle for the Men’s Division was also a closely contested affair with both Alok Pant and Rabih Sfeila finishing with 41 points.  In the end it was Alok Pant who was successful over Sfeila on a count-back over the back nine holes.  Just one shot further back, and finishing 2nd runner-up was Peter Stapleton with a solid 40 points.

The event also has a category for senior golfers (50+). Topping the division this year with a fantastic performance and a score of 40 points was J H Mun.  The best gross performance of the day came from Creek member and senior golfer, John Fellingahm. Fellingham made full advantage of his knowledge of the course and made a solid 35 points to take top prize in the division.  Winner of the junior division trophy was Dhruv Nair who matched the winning score of his younger brother last year of 38 points.

The ladies division produced some great scores also. Emirates Golf Club member, Soumaya Salem, managed 37 points to finish top of the division by two strokes.  Dubai Creek member Vanessa North collected the first runner-up prize with 35 points and it was Ji Won Bae who finished as second runner-up a further three strokes back with 32 points.

Arshad Waheed showed pin point accuracy to pick up the nearest the pin prize on the par-3 5th.  Jamal Saab did the same on the par-3 14th whilst John Fellingham and 2013 Dubai Creek Club Champion Ryan Riley picked up the longest drive prizes on the par-4 7th &12th holes.

At the awards ceremony Dubai Creek’s Head Golf Professional Stephen Hubner said; “It has been wonderful to enjoy another full field of over 100 players.  This is a clear indication of the popularity of the Dubai Duty Free events and the wonderful hospitality that comes with them.  This is a very special year for Dubai Creek to host this event for two reasons; we are celebrating our 20^th anniversary year and of course our Club Captain Mr George Horan is the President of Dubai Duty Free.  I would like to thank the Executive Chairman of Dubai Duty Free Mr Colm McLoughlin and of course the Mr George Horan for continuing to allow us to look after their wonderful events and we look forward to continuing to do so for many years to come.”

“We are pleased to launch Focus MPOS, which is another robust solution created for our customers. Engaging shoppers quickly and efficiently is crucial to providing exceptional service in today’s fast-paced retail market. Focus MPOS gives customers the best POS system experience and increases their operational performance by incorporating time-saving solutions. The software is convenient for users and can be easily integrated with our enterprise solutions – Focus RT and Focus i,” says Mr. Ali Hyder, CEO of Focus Softnet.

“The solution is powerful with multiple features, which will help businesses improve customer service and store productivity tremendously. Focus MPOS runs on any smart phone and it is simple to use with menu driven features and a customizable dashboard. We have built this solution specifically for retail chains, hypermarkets, supermarkets, restaurants and any business that is into indoor and outdoor retail sales,” Mr. Hyder added.

Focus MPOS is a customer centric mobile POS application with complete POS functionality. It can integrate with any POS, track customer history, manage favorites and promos, cross sell with bill optimization and do checklist tracking. Some of its other features include retail transactions, mobile payment processing, locate out of stock items, price look-up, and many more than enhances customer shopping experience.

Focus MPOS can perform the functions of a full POS mobile station from anywhere inside or outside the customers’ store. The software can also be used to conduct sales transactions, secure payments and print customer receipts. From the mobile device, store employees would be able to review customer information, perform item look-ups while on the sales floor, determine quantity on hand and even locate out of stock items in order to save-the-sale.

Focus MPOS engages customers with personalized interactions and allows orders to be booked on smart phone or handheld devices. The software allows businesses to increase transaction volumes, increases units per transaction with the ability to offer complimentary products, enables real time visibility of the company’s inventory across their operations, saves potential lost sales due to long queues at the billing counters and enhances customer experience. Businesses using Focus MPOS can also wirelessly manage inventory and pricing.

Focus MPOS is the latest solution to be added to Focus Softnet’s strong portfolio of enterprise, academic, accounting and management solutions. The software will be available through the company’s offices and channel network across the Middle East and Africa.

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About Focus Softnet:                                   

Focus Softnet, which commenced operations in 1992, has a strong global presence with offices that deliver a comprehensive range of products and services. With its International Headquarter in Dubai Internet City and with offices across the G.C.C, Focus has a well established infrastructure and an excellent management team. The solutions developed by Focus Softnet are business driven technologies that have been developed in constant consultation with functional and management experts from the industry. Their wide range of products and the modules within them – help seamlessly integrate a wide range of customer requirements. These solutions minimize information bottlenecks and Focus Softnet is always at the clients’ service to customise them in keeping with the organisations overall vision and strategy. Major markets of Focus are India, Middle East and Far East. In Middle East, Focus has 10 offices covering entire GCC, Iran and Yemen. Focus6 is the mid-market accounting solution with over 1500 customers in UAE and over 2500 customers in the Middle East. For further information on Focus Softnet, please visit http://www.focussoftnet.com

With more and more critical data residing at the edge of the enterprise in remote or branch offices (ROBOs) and on client systems, the ability to reliably protect and quickly recover this data has become more critical to business continuity and end-user productivity. In addition, an increasingly mobile workforce is creating and sharing more data outside the traditional control of those primarily tasked with protecting it.

If organizations are not able to efficiently and effectively address these challenges, they face significant business risk associated with losing or having to recreate unprotected edge data, not knowing what data exists in an environment and not being able to find it in association with a lawsuit or compliance requirement.

Protecting and recovering data at remote sites and at end-points using legacy technologies can consume scarce resources, require expertise that often isn’t present, and is prone to failure. In addition, these isolated systems can be expensive to deploy and manage. In the case of a site-level disaster- such as natural disasters, human error, viruses, and security breaches- organizations need to have a copy of important data stored safely, far away from the remote office that holds the original copy, but that is still easily and rapidly accessible. Without a centralized strategy, organizations are at risk for lost data, which can result in reduced operational capability and employee productivity as well as a range of other business consequences.

ROBOs and End Users Present a Range of Data Management Challenges

Data outside the data center is often just as critical to the success of your organization as that residing within it. Yet, this data is often unreliably protected due to insufficient network bandwidth, a lack of trained IT staff at remote sites and the high cost associated with managing distributed multi-platform environments.

As the volume of data created and stored at the edge of the enterprise continues to grow, legacy data protection and management tools have become less capable of easily protecting it and ensuring business continuity. The data management burden on staff members at remote sites, who often are not IT professionals, is significant and continues to grow along with the data. Expecting end users to perform their own backups puts data at risk and limits your visibility into what data is in your environment. In addition, if you don’t have an easy to use way for end users to recover their own data from a centralized protection plan, then the IT staff will easily become overburdened performing requests to find files for them.

Downtime, effort spent re-creating assets and data loss- the consequences of unprotected and/ or unrecoverable data- are costly. Whether you are taking busy production systems offline for backup or in order to recover data, downtime can significantly impact your organization’s mission or your company’s revenue, worker productivity and customer satisfaction. In the event of a temporary outage, a disaster or application data corruption, it becomes critical to access a more recent copy of your data than last night’s or last week’s backup. You must be able to quickly recover specific files or to specific points in time so you can prevent data loss or roll back from corruption. It’s time to modernize your backup approach for ROBO and end-point data with a single platform. A platform that replaces out-dated legacy backup products that have not kept pace with today’s growing data center business challenges and contributed to management complexity, skyrocketing costs and put vulnerable data at risk.

The problem with extending the traditional backup strategy used in a data center to ROBOs and end-point data is that it is not cost effective to deploy at each remote site. Traditional strategies require additional backup software and hardware that is expensive to purchase and maintain. They also require technical resources not readily available at remote sites.

Instead, many organizations use local tape to back up data at remote or branch offices. But this approach requires a significant amount of effort and administration. For example, when tapes are sent off site, security becomes an issue—reports of data tapes lost in transit or delivered to the wrong client are not uncommon. For organizations that don’t use tape and instead send large backups over the wire from remote locations to a central data center, a lack of sufficient network bandwidth becomes the issue. Finally, other methods, like using disparate, point appliances or localized disk and replication, are not ideal because they add cost and complexity if they are not part of a unified solution for managing data across the enterprise.

Finding an efficient protection solution for distributed data becomes pressing for organizations under a number of circumstances. For example, they may need to centralize and consolidate operations because they lack the resources to reliably protect and recover data locally at remote sites or across their desktops and laptops. In another case, they may want to implement a cost-effective disaster recovery strategy that leverages remote sites or virtual environments.

This can entail efficiently distributing copies of backup data on disk at another site in order to improve RTO/RPO by maintaining a current copy of data to enable fast-yet-granular recovery to specific points in time. In both cases, they want to be able to take advantage of technologies that can reduce WAN bandwidth requirements because for many organizations the ability to centrally protect data is inhibited by limited network resources.

HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year Awards recognize HP business partners’ outstanding accomplishments in the development and delivery of innovative HP-based solutions that raise the standard for business excellence and client satisfaction. Winners are chosen for delivering solutions that drive meaningful business results for shared customers. Together, HP and AccessData demonstrated the ability to help clients respond to and analyze cyber security threats, forensics and e-discovery and to provide a powerful end-to-end solution for incident response and remediation with Access Data’s CIRT solution and HP’s ArcSight SIEM Solution.

“It’s an honor to receive such a prestigious award from HP and be named a leader in the field,” said Chad Gailey, VP, Worldwide Channel Sales at AccessData. “Together with HP, we are working to raise the bar in cyber security innovation and fight the war on cyber-attacks by offering solutions that streamline the incident response process and allow for much faster responses by forensics and investigative teams.”

“AccessData is recognized as HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year in the Security category for their solutions built on HP technology that help customers respond to and analyze cyber security threats,” said Doug Oathout, vice president, Channel and Alliances, Enterprise Marketing, HP. “AccessData has demonstrated their expertise in this area by developing innovative end-to-end security solutions for its customers, paving the way for more agile business.”

Additional information on HP Discover 2013 is available at http://h30614.www3.hp.com/discover/home.

About AccessData Group

AccessData Group has pioneered digital investigations and litigation support for 25 years. Its family of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions, including FTK, SilentRunner, Locksmith, Summation and the CIRT cyber security framework, enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer & mobile forensics, incident response, remediation, e-discovery, legal review and compliance auditing. More than 130,000 users in law enforcement, government agencies, corporations and law firms worldwide rely on AccessData software solutions and its premier digital investigation and hosted review services. AccessData is also a leading provider of digital forensics and litigation support training and certification. www.accessdata.com.

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JBoss continues to enjoy a dominant position in the application server market. Meanwhile, application trends driven by mobile and cloud technologies continue to position the application server — and by extension, JBoss — at the center of most companies’ IT infrastructure. With a growing number of business-critical applications running on JBoss, IT teams need comprehensive, consolidated performance monitoring views of the JBoss servers to maximize service, minimize downtime and rapidly troubleshoot any issues.

“We enhanced Applications Manager’s JBoss performance monitoring to help IT operations teams ensure their critical apps perform optimally at all times, all the while maintaining a low overhead on the JBoss server,” said Sridhar Iyengar, vice president, product management at ManageEngine. “But we didn’t want to simply overwhelm IT teams with more data, so we also streamlined the user interface to accelerate performance tuning and troubleshooting.”

JBoss Performance Monitoring with Applications Manager

Applications Manager now monitors a new set of JBoss key performance indicators, which were previously not exposed for monitoring by JBoss. The new monitored KPIs include metrics pertaining to memory usage, class loading, thread usage, transactions, JDBC data sources, persistence, as well as details about EJBs, servlets and JMS.

Similarly, Applications Manager now monitors JBoss transaction details with metrics such as transactions committed, aborted, timeout, nested, heuristics, inflight and more. Users will be notified if there are threshold violations for any of these metrics. Together, the new KPI and transaction information help IT teams quickly get to the root cause of performance problems, accelerating their overall troubleshooting efforts.

Applications Manager supports both agentless and agent-based monitoring for JBoss. IT teams can choose the methodology that best suits their requirements, using agent-based monitoring to collect more data or agentless monitoring to reduce overhead.

The JBoss monitor in Applications Manager has been simplified as part of an overall upgrade to the web client user interface. Now, the JBoss interface uses a multi-tabbed approach to display performance stats. Each tab shows performance metrics for a specific component, so users can see a lot of charts and stats without doing a lot of vertical scrolling.

Among its many benefits, JBoss monitoring helps IT personnel:

• Quickly identify problematic code and troubleshoot memory leaks in Java runtime before they impact customers.
• Track and optimize the user experience of business-critical applications deployed on JBoss by accurately gauging database performance, tracing transaction flow and viewing method-level metrics to quickly identify a performance bottleneck.
• Fine tune the JDBC connection pool settings to avoid timeouts, reduce overhead to transaction processing and maximize throughput on hardware.
• Reduce manual work for IT operations personnel by automating repetitive tasks such as automatically restarting the JBoss server when the memory usage exceeds threshold.

Pricing and Availability

The new JBoss monitoring features are available immediately and included in the price of Applications Manager. Prices for the Applications Manager Professional Edition start at $795 for up to 25 servers or applications. A free, fully functional, 30-day trial version is available at http://ow.ly/7evOs.

For more information on ManageEngine Applications Manager, please visit http://manageengine.com/apm. For more information on ManageEngine, please visit http://www.manageengine.com/; follow the company blog at http://blogs.manageengine.com/  on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ManageEngine  and on Twitter at @ManageEngine.

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ManageEngine Applications Manager is application performance monitoring software that helps businesses ensure high availability and performance for their business applications by ensuring servers and applications have high uptime. It comes with out-of-the-box support for 50+ application servers, servers, databases and transactions spanning physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures. For more information on ManageEngine Applications Manager, please visit http://www.manageengine.com/apm.

About ManageEngine

ManageEngine delivers the real-time IT management tools that empower an IT team to meet an organization’s need for real-time services and support. Worldwide, more than 72,000 established and emerging enterprises — including more than 60 percent of the Fortune 500 — rely on ManageEngine products to ensure the optimal performance of their critical IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, applications, desktops and more. ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corp. with offices worldwide, including the United States, India, Japan and China. For more information, please visit http://www.manageengine.com/; follow the company blog at http://blogs.manageengine.com/, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ManageEngine and on Twitter at @ManageEngine.

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Jean-Pierre Labry, Executive Vice-President of R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa said, “Organizations striving to be more agile are incorporating new means to offer on-demand-services to their employees. This push for greater connectivity is resulting in an increase in the number of ports in data centers which are already stretched to their limits. Consequently, cabling has to be densified in order to ensure these demands can be accommodated. R&M has devoted considerable attention to the pressing needs of data centers, which is why we are overhauling our range to BIMMF standards.”

The company’s newly unveiled solutions for data centers consists of Type S MTP modules, MTP adapter plates, HD panels, MTP trunk cables and patch cords. R&M will deliver the Type S MTP modules pre-terminated to enable simple handling and quick assembly. All components will be subjected to stringent one-hundred percent factory testing to help eliminate installation errors.

Furthermore, in order to ensure compatibility and a solid return on investment from the new systems, they have been developed to be easily integrated with the R&MinteliPhy Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM) solution which will soon be launched in the Middle East. This will allow administration and monitoring of the numerous connections in the data center to be automated, thereby simplifying the task for network managers.

Commenting on the new product range, Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East, Turkey & Africa said, “R&M always incorporates a forward thinking approach in every product design. Features such as easy patching, colour coding and the ability to exchange modules or use the same modules and patch cords at both ends aid the installation process. Simplified installation means a much lower risk of human error and therefore lower downtime in the long run. We have also made sure that the same systems can be extended to 40GbE standards without having to rebuild the network.”

About Reichle & De-Massari (R&M)

Reichle & De-Massari AG (R&M, www.rdm.com) develops and manufactures passive cabling solutions for communication networks. With high-quality copper and fiber optic cable products, R&M has gained the reputation of a leader in quality. The company has established its own marketing organizations in 30 countries, grouped into eight sales regions. R&M achieves around two thirds of its sales abroad. Sales in 2012 totaled CHF 183.6 million; EBIT was 0.2% of sales. Every year the company invests 5% of sales in research and development. R&M is one of the 500 largest companies in Switzerland and currently has a workforce of over 700 employees. The company is wholly owned by the Reichle family and is run as an independent family-owned company.

More information is available at http://www.rdm.com

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The workshop will be held on 17th June 2013, at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Bur Dubai, Dubai, UAE, which is expected to be attended by 40 leading channel partners from all across the Emirates.

EnGenius is the industry expert in feature-rich, long-range and enhanced wireless communications technology for datacom. The company boosts a wide range of wireless products for home users and small- to medium-sized businesses in the region.

Mr. Yuhan Wang, the Managing Director of EnGenius will address the partners and also make a presentation on Cost Effective Wireless principles, Project Planning and Implementation.

Experts from both Comguard and EnGenius will give an overview about latest developments in the field of wireless technology. The workshop will include Hands on technical training on EnGenius products. The other key focus areas for the workshop will be training partners about system setup and configuration besides educating them about maintenance and troubleshooting.

Senior executives from Comguard and EnGenius will also update channel partners on their Warranty and Support Services policies.

Fayaz Ahamed, Head- Wireless Division Comguard, said, “This workshop on EnGenius products and solutions is in line with our corporate policy to educate and enable partners to drive more business and open new streams of revenue for their business. The cost effective solutions from EnGenius offers a great opportunity for channel partners to address the fast growing SOHO and SME market in the country. ”

Comguard is the authorised distributors for complete suite of EnGenius products and solutions in the Middle East and is authorised to distribute across the GCC region including UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.

About Comguard
Comguard FZ LLC is one of the leading Value added Distributor in the IT security space and has a reach across the Middle East and North Africa region. The company was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. Comguard is a part of Spectrum Group which is engaged in IT networking and security training, and consultancy. Hence, the biggest strength for Comguard is the skill sets which has made it one of the fastest growing Value added Distributor in the region and have been recognized by several awards from vendors and industry platforms like Top 5 Value added Distributor by Reseller Middle East magazine and the Choice of Channel Award from VAR MEA magazine. For more information see www.comguard.net.

As more enterprises develop technology-dependent products and services, interest in robust and reliable middleware continues to grow. These enterprises are reconsidering existing investments in middleware as they look at open hybrid clouds, yet may find themselves unable to proceed as easily as they would like with proprietary middleware solutions because of “cloud unfriendly” features and practices, including rigid architectures, prohibitive license structures, and lack of portability. In addition, the technical complexity and mission-critical nature of enterprise applications present numerous migration challenges when the time comes to change platforms.

JBoss Migration Center: To this end, Red Hat has created a new JBoss Migration Center to help enterprises ‘get unstuck’ and navigate middleware migrations. The new JBoss Migration Center includes a set of open source migration assessment tools as well as guides and documentation to accelerate the process and reduce the risk of migrating applications to Red Hat JBoss Middleware.

Windup: One of the first tools available in the JBoss Migration Center is the Windup project, which can be used to asses and accelerate the process of migrating workloads from proprietary application servers to Red Hat’s open source JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Over time, Red Hat anticipates additional open source contributions from customers and partners will augment the JBoss Migration Center, expanding its capabilities to a wider range of migration scenarios.

Partner Attraction
As organizations migrate workloads, they often look to business partners to assist through services engagements. Together with Red Hat, these business partners and customers form an ecosystem that has been effective in achieving successful migrations. Tools found in the JBoss Migration Center, such as Windup, are entirely open source, freely available, and welcoming of contributions. The Center has been carefully designed to support the needs of both customers and partners that are choosing to move workloads to Red Hat JBoss Middleware by providing tools that help facilitate many of the transition activities.

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Craig Muzilla, vice president and general manager, Middleware, Red Hat
“Open source offers a level of flexibility and transparency that is tough to match, both as an innovation model and as a development schema. It presents an attractive alternative to proprietary solutions that may be holding enterprises back from fully realizing the value of these technologies to the business. Tools in the JBoss Migration Center are meant to help these organizations ‘get unstuck’ from their proprietary systems by providing migration maps to popular enterprise open source solutions.”

John Liptak, senior lead architect, Technology and Strategy, CenturyLink
“Using the Windup tool, we were able to scan hundreds of applications and obtain objective information on our existing application base. We have leveraged that information for both planning and detailed development tasks. The tool has proved to be a tremendous asset during our migrations, and we’ve already set it up internally for continuous use by other department teams that are looking to follow our lead for their own open source migrations.”

Adam Burden, global managing director, Emerging Technology Innovation, Accenture
“We’ve seen the benefits of establishing a migration practice first hand in terms of modernizing and optimizing applications and platforms, and, in particular, making them cloud-ready. We’re pleased to see prolonged investment in this area from Red Hat, and we are prepared to continue our work with new solutions such as JBoss Migration Center in order to help clients drive enterprise agility, accelerate innovation, reduce costs and improve quality and security.”
Judith Hurwitz, president and CEO, Hurwitz & Associates, Inc.
“Red Hat has demonstrated excellent momentum around its application platform technology over the past several years, which Hurwitz & Associates documented in a recent Red Hat-sponsored research report, titled ‘Benefits of Migration to Modern Middleware Services.’ Making migration resources available to the JBoss Developer community, such as the new JBoss Migration Center and tools like Windup, can help accelerate the shift toward open source.”

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, taking a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.

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Speaking on the launch, Chantelle Tavid, Marketing Manager of Axtrom said, “Our current AXPAD range has been well received in the regional market. Customers looking for high performance quality tablets at affordable prices have been choosing our AXPADs over other models available in the market. We wanted to offer our customers a wider choice and hence we collaborated with Intel to build a whole new line of AXPADs powered by Intel’s chipset. We are happy to launch our very first AXPAD model buit with Intel’s processor, which is not only a powered packed tablet PC but is also competitively priced.”

The newly launched ultra-sleek and slim AXPAD 10P01 runs on the intuitive Android 4.0 operating system (Ice cream sandwich) and is equipped with INTEL Z2460 1.6GHz processor making this tablet a powerful and flexible internet and entertainment solution. This AXPAD is perfectly suited for users’ busy lifestyle enabling them to shop, play games, send emails, watch movies, keep in touch with friends and family via social media apps, and keep up with the news and constantly changing stock markets. The AXPAD 10P01 enhances personal productivity and offers a straight forward, no hassle way to quickly embrace tablet technology.

Some of its features include Android Application Package File (APK) format applications and pre-installed apps such as Browser, Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Clock, Downloads, Email, File Manager, Music, Google Play Store, Search and Settings. The AXPAD 10P01 pack includes free accessories such as a leather cover, 2 & 3 pins Charger, USB Cable, OTG cable and Earphone.

General Specifications of AXPAD 10P01:

• Chipset: Intel Z2460 1.6GHzX86
• Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Touch Panel: 5 point Touch panel – IPS Display
• Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
• Operating System: Android 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich)
• RAM: 1GB
• ROM: 16GB
• Bluetooth Specification: Version 2.1+EDR
• Dimensions: 258.3(L)x164(W)9.5(H)mm
• External Memory: Up to 32GB
• Battery: 5400mAh

Axtrom offer retailers a wide range of products specially designed keeping the customers’ preferences in mind at competitive prices.  Their products have special packaging with ergonomic design. The vendor offers customers RMA services at 10 service centers across the region. Currently, Axtrom has various models of AXPAD PCs and plans to expand its range by adding several new models to its portfolio.
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About Axtrom

AXTROM™ was founded in 2006 by a team of talented and industry experienced professionals who anticipated the market needs and demands and steered the company toward long-term success. Axtrom is committed to delivering innovative and superior quality products which exceeds the customer’s demands. Axtrom’s dedication to quality extends beyond manufacturing to every aspect of its operation, including service.  Operating in an ethical way is the foundation of our business and our core values are deeply rooted in every aspect of our business.  Axtrom is driven by its profound passion for excellence and commitment to develop the best products and services on the market.  We continuously create long-term value for our customers and partners by being responsive to their needs and requirements.

Axtrom’s product basket encompasses a lineup of tablet PCs, peripherals, computer and tablet PC accessories and many other devices. Axtrom is based out of Hong Kong with a subsidiary office in Dubai-UAE.

For further information, please visit http://www.axtrom.com

Media Contacts:

Chantelle Tavid

Marketing Manager

Axtrom

Tel: + 971 4 8863300 ext 121

chantelle.tavid@axtrom.com

Marketers are not only looking to acquire new customers, but also to retain them over time and turn them into loyal customers. Gamification is proving to be a strong enabler to marketers throughout those stages. Rates of engagement on social media with brands that spend Millions of Dollars on pages and apps remain unsatisfying in terms of ROI. Gamification boosts those levels of engagement and boosts loyalty to record levels.
“Our Partnership with Badgeville is based on a solid belief that they have the Best Gamification Platform and offering in this industry”, explains Sherif Dahan. “Our team of talents will join hands with Badgeville’s Behavior Scientists and top notch game/program designers to deliver state-of-the-art Gamification solutions to advertisers, enterprises and web portals across the Middle East. Badgeville cumulative experience having worked with more than 250 world leading companies, all top of their respective industries, adds great value to every new customer choosing the Platform” added Dahan.
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About “The Gamifiers”
“The Gamifiers” is the first specialized Gamification Digital Agency in the Middle East. Announced the start of its official operations from Dubai in June 2013, through an Exclusive Partnership with Badgeville in all of the region’s key markets. Badgeville is the Number One Behavior Management Platform and the Global Leader in Gamification. (To learn more follow @TheGamifiers or visit www.TheGamifiers.com )
About Badgeville
Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, enables companies in every industry to increase high-value user behavior. World-class businesses in more than 20 countries use Badgeville’s Behavior Platform to increase customer loyalty, user engagement, and employee performance across an organization’s websites, mobile apps and enterprise applications. With over 200 customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including Deloitte, EMC, Oracle, Citrix, Autodesk, Bell Media, NBC, Universal Music, VMware, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Redwood City, Calif., and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit www.badgeville.com)

Over this period, the Fund’s growth has surpassed the Shanghai Composite Index (SCI) and the Russian Trading System Cash Index (RTSI), which have increased by only 1.18% and 1.83% respectively. The Indian Sensex index (SENSEX) was the best performer growing by 24.93%. However, Brazil’s Bovespa Stock Index (IBOV) has dropped, decreasing by -8.17%.

Paul Robinson, Alquity CEO, said: “We are extremely proud of the soaring growth experienced by the fund over such a short period of time and are particularly fond of our Middle Eastern clients’ interest in Africa.” “We certainly expect more success with investment from leading UAE companies as trade ties continue to strengthen,” he posited.

The Alquity Africa Fund, an investment opportunity committed to generating attractive, long term returns for investors across the African continent, stands at the forefront as the fund chosen by 70% of UAE financial advising clients from the percentage which have selected Africa as their location of interest. The Fund invests in companies quoted on African stock exchanges as well as others outside of Africa, given that larger portions of their income or profit come from within the continent.

“There has been a strong upward trend towards investment in Africa in 2013 and the amount of investment managed on behalf of UAE-based clients has increased by more than 50%,” Robinson added.

Research has shown that approximately 40% of the 1,500 job opportunities created by Alquity came from UAE-based investments, which translated into an impact on over 7,500 lives in Africa consequentially enhancing the long-term potential for investment returns in the regions in which the Alquity Fund invests. Additionally, 82% of advisers globally said they were likely to consider recommending Africa as an investment destination for clients.

Alquity offers investors a one-stop opportunity to participate in the exciting growth potential of Africa implementing a long-term, sustainable investment approach. The firm donates a minimum of 25% of net management fee revenue from the African Fund to support local economic development, also supporting small business start-ups and helping create jobs in Africa through microfinance without any impact on investor returns.

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About Alquity Investment Management
www.alquity.com

Alquity Investment Management (Alquity) is part of the Alquity Group. It is a long-standing investment management group with approximately US$70 million of assets under management. Alquity Investment Management offers a new model for investment management built around three core principles: attractive returns, sustainable investment and transforming lives.

Unatrac is one of the largest Caterpillar dealers globally (construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, material handling equipment), with exclusive dealership rights in eight countries across Africa, the Middle East, and several regions in Russia, in addition to an export sales office in the United Kingdom. Unatrac is 100 per cent owned by the Mansour family, founders of one of the largest privately-owned conglomerates in the Middle East and North Africa. The Mansour Group employs more than 42,000 professionals, with operations that span several industry sectors including automotive, consumer goods, retail, logistics, industrial equipment, and capital markets. Unatrac currently employs more than 2,500 people.

“Unatrac is set for phenomenal growth. This financial year we have forecasted a 17% increase in revenue due to high demand across Africa, the Middle East and Russia in the construction, mining and energy sectors,” said Mohamed Mansour, Chairman of Unatrac Holding Limited and Mansour Group. “These funds will allow us to continue to expand our operations and build the business to meet the growing demand in our markets. As we build for the future, we will continue to focus on our core family values, with our key asset being our people.”

This debut syndication received strong support from both existing and new lenders.

Syndication was launched for US$600m and closed approximately two times oversubscribed allowing the facility to be upsized to US$700m with all lenders scaled back. The centralized facility achieves Unatrac’s goal of having simplified and streamlined financing arrangements by bringing together existing bilateral lenders and new lenders under one facility.

“Unatrac is a market leader with more than seventy years of experience and operations in twelve countries across three continents. Upon completing a major group restructure last year, our Shareholders have committed US$500m in funded equity for our organization, which shows the commitment of the Mansour Family to the business. The current standing of the company and its enormous potential is underlined by the upsizing and oversubscription of the syndicate,” said Loutfy Mansour, Chief Executive Officer of Unatrac Holding Limited. “We look forward to realising this potential by capitalising on the array of lucrative opportunities in our key markets.”

The final syndicate of the facility is as follows:

· Global Coordinators, Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers: Barclays Bank PLC, Citi and J.P. Morgan Limited

· Mandated Lead Arrangers: Caterpillar Financial Services (Dubai) Limited, Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, Mashreqbank PSC, Qatar National Bank Group (acting through Commercial Bank International PSC, National Société Générale Bank S.A.E), and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

· Lead Arrangers: First Gulf Bank PJSC, Standard Chartered Bank

· Arrangers: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C and Bank Audi SAL

Shaheen Haque, Territory Manager, Middle East and Turkey at Interactive Intelligence says, “In today’s competitive climate, the success of organizations will to a large extent depend on how well they understand and service their customers at every stage of their interaction. We believe that the survey will shed light on how prepared Middle East organizations are to deliver customer service excellence and what channels and technologies are being used for service delivery. Survey findings will enable us to educate regional companies as to where the gaps exist and how they can increase customer loyalty and grow their business through better service and better customer experience.”

Survey respondents stand to win an Apple iPad Mini. Results of this survey, together with the winner of the prize draw, will be published via a press release. The survey questionnaire can be found at http://ow.ly/lZg3h.

About Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of contact center, unified communications, and business process automation software and services. The company’s unified IP business communications solutions, which can be deployed on-premises or via the cloud, are ideal for industries such as financial services, insurance, outsourcers, collections and utilities. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 5,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Forbes Magazine’s 2011 Best Small Companies in America and Software Magazine’s 2012 Top 500 Global Software and Service Providers. Interactive Intelligence employs more than 1,400 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the company’s SEC filings.

Interactive Intelligence is the owner of the marks INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, its associated LOGO and numerous other marks. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Dubai, UAE
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According to a survey of more than 1,900 business and IT leaders, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit and conducted by Vanson Bourne, 84 percent of business and IT leaders worldwide agree that empowering employees drives greater efficiency in the business. Business and IT leaders at the fastest growing companies in the world also believe that providing technology choice to employees can increase revenue and profits by more than 35 percent.

Business leaders and independent-minded users are driving a shift away from IT-controlled technology to at-will consumption of the best technology, devices, applications and IT services available in the marketplace. Securing this technology while empowering the business requires a new approach to security that is not just about what IT prevents but also what it makes possible.

“Security has traditionally been steeped in fear – of the unknown, of new technology, of loss of control – and that fear has driven a rigidity that stymies growth in the business,” said Greg Clark, CEO at Blue Coat Systems. “To empower the business, the security model needs to change to one that makes it possible for employees to individually optimize on the technologies that best allow them to perform their jobs.”

Businesses are trying to harness the power of technology to deliver new products and services, improve customer experience and drive greater competitive advantage, but traditional security methods are too rigid and outdated to match the pace of innovation adoption. According to the survey, 52 percent of business leaders believe IT policies slow innovation while 53 percent believe they slow customer service.

The fastest growing companies in the world understand how to drive greater profitability, efficiency and innovation with technology. Worldwide, 68 percent of the fastest growing companies increased profitability by using new technologies compared to only 39 percent of slow growing companies. Likewise, 66 percent of the fastest growing companies in the world have used technology to empower their users, compared with only 48 percent of slow growing companies.

“CIOs need to be business enablers who can align IT with strategic corporate initiatives,” said Phil Hochmuth, program manager, security at IDC. “When the partnership between IT and business leaders is successful, the organization can innovate and deliver new products and services, reduce costs through greater efficiency and ultimately drive revenue growth.”

CIOs understand they need to embrace technology changes to realize strategic business goals, but they do not have the infrastructure or methods to empower people to safely use these new technologies. Globally, 76 percent of IT leaders believe that security is the biggest obstacle to enabling employees to choose the best technology in the world at-will.

Today, Blue Coat introduced its Business Assurance Technology vision, a new security approach that securely empowers businesses to provide employees, customers, partners and suppliers with the flexibility to choose the best applications, devices, data sources and technologies the world has to offer while assuring business continuity, agility and governance.

About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat empowers enterprises to safely and quickly choose the best, applications, services, devices, data sources, and content the world has to offer, so they can create, communicate, collaborate, innovate, execute, compete and win in their markets. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.

For more information, please contact:

Manal Abi Rafeh
Blue Coat Systems ME
Telephone: +971 4 3911620
Fax: +971 4 3911635
Email: manal.abirafeh@bluecoat.com

Media Contact:
Colin Saldanha
PR Consultant
PROCRE8
Dubai – UAE
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Email: colin@procre8.biz

“East Africa is a very important market for Nexans. With so much development taking place, there is big demand for the IT LAN infrastructure. We have been looking for a reputed and experienced value-added distributor with a strong local reseller network to help us fuel our growth and increase our market share in the region. Redington, with its extensive experience, market knowledge and strong technical expertise, was our partner of choice,” said Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf, Middle East & Africa, Nexans Cabling Solutions.

“Nexans already has customers in East Africa and this partnership will demonstrate our commitment to them by offering local support and services. We look forward to working closely with Redington’s team to support our channel with the right resources and training, which in turn will help them promote and sell Nexans LAN solutions more efficiently,” Mr. Helmy added.

Nexans offers a wide range of solutions that fit the customers’ present and future needs. In the field of LAN Cabling Systems, Nexans Cabling Solutions offer a complete range of products and value added services providing improved reliability and reduced cost of ownership for Network Managers, together with faster installation times for installers. In addition to LANmark brand cabling systems, Nexans also specialises in LANsense Intelligent Infrastructure Management (IIM) products including Environmental Monitoring and Access Control (EMAC) devices.

In 2012, Nexans LAN division celebrated 20 years of successfully enabling thousands of customers to invest in future-proof, high-bandwidth networks, lower their operational costs and look to the future with confidence. Nexans experienced significant growth in its Middle East and Africa LAN infrastructure business and this partnership with Redington Gulf is expected to help to grow business further by adding valuable support and services across Africa.

“We are looking forward to the opportunity for presenting cabling solutions from Nexans to our channel in East Africa. Nexans will complement our existing offerings within Networking, Servers, Storage and Convergence in East Africa. Redington Value will run awareness campaigns for Nexans in East Africa and also conduct enablement programs acroos East Africa to build the channel for Nexans,” adds Ramkumar B., Senior Vice-President, Redington Gulf, Value Division.

With offices and warehouses across Africa, Redington is one of the few distributors with such wide reach. The company has the ability to service customers across Africa especially in countries such as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda to name some.

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About Nexans
With energy at the basis of its development, Nexans, worldwide expert in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions. The Group is a global player in the energy transmission and distribution, industry and building markets. Nexans addresses a wide series of market segments: from energy and telecom networks to energy resources (wind turbines, photovoltaic, oil and gas, and mining) to transportation (shipbuilding, aerospace, automotive and automation, and railways). Nexans is a responsible industrial company that regards sustainable development as integral to its global and operational strategy. Continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development and commitment, customer orientation and the introduction of safe industrial processes with limited environmental impact are among the key initiatives that place Nexans at the core of a sustainable future.
With an industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 25,000 people and had sales in 2012 of nearly 7.2 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A.
For more information, please consult: www.nexans.be

About Redington Gulf-Value Division

Redington Value is the Value Added Distribution division of Redington Gulf, the largest supply chain services provider for IT products in Middle East and Africa. Redington Value helps it’s partners in the channel deliver the most optimal IT solution to their customers in Middle East and Africa. These solutions span across technology domains such as Networking, Voice, Servers, Storage, Software, Security and Infrastructure. Over 14 vendor relationships in various parts of Middle East and Africa ensure that all the requirements of the channel are met under one-roof. This is supported by in-house pre-sales expertise to support partners, regular sales/technical training and programs to benefit partners do more business. For further details, please contact:

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In their new roles, Saad and Nehme – both of whom will report to John Antoniades, Chief Executive Officer of SMG MENA and SMG Chief Digital Officer Rayan Karaky – are set to lead digital media strategies across the region as well as spearhead business development initiatives.

Working in tandem with SMG MENA’s Management Executive Board, Saad and Nehme will be implementing a holistic approach to operation integration and building cross-functional digital expertise – using highly-advanced data and analytics tools.

“Both Rami and Ali boast vast industry experience in the digital realm and strong leadership skills – making them the ideal candidates for Digital Managing Director positions.” said Antoniades. “The digital marketplace in this region is fast-growing, complex and fiercely competitive. We are confident in Rami and Ali’s abilities to not only create high impact communications solutions, but also help shape the future of digital media here in the Middle East.”

As Digital Managing Directors, Saad and Nehme are expected to launch a comprehensive entrepreneurship program that aims to bring brands and startup enterprises together as well as help nurture the wider entrepreneurship ecosystem in the region.

Today Red Hat delivers the first set of synergistic reference architectures based on its open software-defined storage platform with CommVault, HP, Intel, and Supermicro. Customers can now quickly and confidently deploy a storage solution that leverages existing storage functionality while easily accommodating future features.

The capabilities created by Red Hat and its partners are designed to accelerate and simplify the implementation of data back-up, content clouds, big data storage, and a range of industry-specific storage solutions designed to handle massive amounts of unstructured data.

Red Hat Storage with CommVault for Archive and Back-up
Enterprise data management solutions built on CommVault’s® Simpana® OnePass feature and Red Hat Storage simplify data management and significantly reduce back-up windows over legacy storage solutions. This combination provides a converged process for backup, archive and reporting with an open software-defined storage platform that enterprises can scale-out to support petabytes of data and can be deployed on on-premise hardware or in the cloud.

Red Hat Storage with HP for Big Data Storage
Big data is driving growth and innovation in organizations, but with it comes the need to efficiently and cost effectively store and managed data at petabyte-scale whether it is large files and objects, unstructured data, videos and media files, or machine-generated data. HP and Red Hat have designed a purpose-built scale-out storage solution to meet the datacenter challenges to save space, energy, and time when deploying large data workloads. Red Hat Storage open software-defined storage platform and the HP ProLiant® SL4500 server line enable enterprises to efficiently and cost-effectively store and manage big data growth.

Red Hat Storage with Intel for Content Cloud Storage
Unstructured data is the fastest growing type of data in the enterprise today, fueled to a large extent by the growth in rich media content. Content clouds are emerging to provide a range of IT and consumer services for rich media consumption and distribution, requiring unprecedented amounts of data to be continually stored and managed. To meet this growing demand cost-effectively, companies have turned to standard Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. Red Hat and Intel have created a content cloud storage reference design using Intel Xeon processor-based storage servers and Red Hat’s software-defined storage platform to speed organizations’ ability to rapidly implement content clouds.

Red Hat Storage with Supermicro for Industry-specific Storage Solutions
Red Hat and Supermicro have collaborated to develop several industry-specific solution blueprints designed to maximize the value of enterprise storage investments. The companies have outlined unique solutions using Red Hat Storage and Supermicro servers and storage hardware for targeted industry segments, including telecommunications and media providers.

Supporting Quotes
Scott Clinton, senior director, product management and marketing, Storage, Red Hat
“As Red Hat continues to expand its storage partner ecosystem, we are providing more choices and proven interoperability through solution blueprints for Red Hat Storage software-defined storage. The selection of Red Hat Storage by leading IT providers affirms open, software based storage is a fundamental core component to their enterprise infrastructure solutions, and we look forward to continuing to broaden our partner ecosystem in the future.”

Jeff Echols, senior director of product and solutions marketing, CommVault
“CommVault Simpana10 sets a new standard for data and information management that delivers a significant leap on how companies manage data for their mobile workforce, improve operational efficiency at scale and extract more value from their data for better, more timely decision making. The combination of Simpana 10 and Red Hat Storage provides a cost-effective option for scale-out storage and our joint solution enables customers to manage storage growth more effectively based on intelligent software and their choice of hardware.”

Bev Crair, general manager, Storage Division, Intel
“In the last year, Red Hat and Intel have collaborated to create a reference design that addresses the massive growth in unstructured data.  This reference design helps solve customers’ data growth challenges with Intel Xeon processor-based servers that, along with the Red Hat software, can provide the functionality and economics that customers are demanding.”

Wally Liaw, vice president of sales, International, Supermicro
“Supermicro teamed with Red Hat provides customers compelling value with high performance, cost-effective compute and storage solutions optimized to meet their exacting needs. The powerful combination of Supermicro’s hardware engineering expertise and Red Hat’s acclaimed software-defined storage enables a new class of highly scalable, high-availability enterprise storage solutions targeted for the rapidly expanding content and analytics dominated data landscape.”

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, taking a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.

Media Contact:
Colin Saldanha
PROCRE8 for Red Hat
Tel: +97150 6400762
Email: colin@procre8.biz

Tuffaha made such comments during his participation in the Cards and Payments Middle East Conference 2013, which was recently held in Dubai World Trade Centre to acquaint attendees with means of taking the mobile commerce industry in the MENA region to the next level.

At the region’s largest smart card, payment and ID event, Tuffaha also delivered a power point presentation in which he tackled the e-financial services currently used in various territories around the globe, factors of their success, and remedies to the challenges facing the implementation of mobile wallet.

“Because of modern technologies and the quickly growing world of smart device security systems, cell phones have become one of the most vital economic tools that businesses utilize to boost their services and expand their business networks,” Tuffaha said.

“However, there are challenges that are still hampering the success of regional m-commerce industry, especially among people over 50 years old, inspite of the fact that most e-payment systems encompass groundbreaking security technologies that guarantee a high standard of user data protection. Lack of trust in mobile payment technologies, fear of fraud, and desire to obtain physical receipts when making a purchase are among these challenges,” Tuffaha added.

During a panel discussion about the wallet wars and competition between operators, Tuffaha said: “All concerned government agencies and private sector institutions should realize that joining efforts towards building an integrated and secure payment system is essential for providing effective products and services as well as enforcing a smooth transition towards a digital economy,” stressing that smart device e-payment applications should continuously be developed to offer services that people need in their everyday life, such as payment and queries for banking, ticketing, money transfer, consumer loyalty programs, parking and transportation, health services and bill payment for utilities, communications, and various services.
It is worth mentioning that Cards and Payments Middle East is the region’s largest smart card, payment and ID event that brings together payments and identity leaders from across the globe to share the latest practices and techniques in this field.

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The PH1400U projector delivers ultra high brightness (13,500 ANSI lumen) and brilliant clarity thanks to its WUXGA (1920×1200) resolution, and the unique 3-Chip DLP system brings an outstanding visual experience. This, combined with the excellent 10-Bit Hollywood Quality Video signal processing, a choice of six optional bayonet lenses and single projector 3D capability makes it a highly flexible option for any high-end user.

“The launch of the PH1400U takes installation projectors to a new level for corporate and higher education users, as well as digital signage or rental and staging environments,” said said Ian Gobey, General Manager for Middle East & Africa at NEC Display Solutions. “The capabilities this product brings to the market are unrivalled, for instance stacking two can provide an astonishing 27,000 ANSI lumens of brightness. Its feature set allows the projector to be customised perfectly in each and every application. These innovations epitomise the message behind our long-lasting tradition of performance and ensure the best picture quality, ultimate flexibility and a low total cost of ownership.”

Alongside the stunning performance comes easy installation – even in challenging venues – thanks to features such as motorised lens shift, geometric correction, stacking function, built-in edge blending and lens memory. Similarly, easy connectivity is ensured thanks to a vast number of connectors, including HDMI and DisplayPort options and a host of networking, analogue and digital connection terminals. It also utilises a dual-lamp system for added redundancy and the full metal cabinet brings added reliability.

As well as delivering outstanding performance, the PH1400U provides added flexibility by being one of the world’s first projectors that can use STv2 standard level extension modules. These are based on the Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) enabling greater flexibility through a range of extension modules, including a 3G-SDI single board computer (SBC) and HDBaseT receiver.

Availability and warranty
The NEC PH1400U installation projector will be available from June 2013 onwards. The package supplied includes IR Remote Control, user’s manual on CD-ROM and quick setup guide. NEC Display Solutions Europe offers a three-year pan-European service warranty and the lamp is covered for six months or 1,000 hours, whichever comes first.
NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH has its European headquarters in Munich, Germany and is responsible for all business activities in EMEA. NEC Display Solutions benefits from the technological know-how and technologies of the NEC Corporation and, with its own Research and Development, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers offering the widest product range of display solutions in the market. The display product portfolio ranges from entry-level to professional and speciality desktop LCDs, via large-size Public Displays for Digital and Retail Signage. The Projector range offers products for all needs, from portable devices via business projectors to products for permanent operation (such as PoS applications) and digital cinema projectors. Bernd Eberhardt is President and CEO of NEC Display Solutions Europe.
Further information can be found online at: www.nec-display-solutions.com
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NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company’s experience and global resources, NEC’s advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society.
For more information, visit NEC at: www.nec.com

The FirePOWER network-based platform provides customers with a universal security architecture for Sourcefire next-generation security solutions – NGIPS, NGFW and Advanced Malware Protection. Operating from the network edge to the core, FirePOWER provides the industry’s best threat protection with proven performance and innovation that delivers enhanced contextual awareness, automated security, application control, advanced malware protection and retrospective security.

“To address today’s threats, network security platforms require advanced visibility and awareness into network interactions and applications, and even the ability to offer advanced malware protection,” said John Grady, Research Manager, Security Products, IDC. “The ability of Sourcefire’s FirePOWER platform to deliver this functionality as part of either an IPS or NGFW, while maintaining high performance and threat prevention, makes FirePOWER a very capable platform.”

Sourcefire’s 7000 and 8000 series appliances provide customers with superior performance scalability with throughput ranging from 50 Mbps to 40+ Gbps. The company’s newest 7115 and 7125 appliances extend this flexibility with modular connectivity options through Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) interface support, enabling the appliances to easily work within a customers’ existing network environment and allowing customers to address multiple network configurations with a single device. Sourcefire is also adding four new Network Modules to its 8000 series appliances, increasing connectivity options and port density.

FirePOWER’s performance and flexibility continues to be recognized for industry leadership. In its most recent IPS Security Value Map, NSS Labs ranked Sourcefire as the leader in security effectiveness, performance and total cost of ownership (TCO). The firm also highly rated Sourcefire’s NGFW in its 2013 NGFW Security Value Map.

Sourcefire has also updated features of its FirePOWER security platform, including:

• Enhanced IPv6 Product and Awareness Support – Sourcefire’s NGIPS and NGFW now have even greater support for IPv6 in network discovery policies, correlation policies, whitelists, host profiles, various event viewers and the Sourcefire Defense Center’s Context Explorer.

• Geolocation Additions to Event Analysis – To provide additional contextual awareness for events, Sourcefire enables customers to include country identification as part of its reporting capabilities. Users can see and sort contextual information such as continent, region, postal code, longitude and latitude, organization and domain names.

• Network Address Translation (NAT) Policy Management – Simplifying the NAT configuration process, Sourcefire is providing customers the ability to define NAT policies centrally rather than on a device-by-device basis. This improves the consistency and effectiveness of an organization’s NGIPS/NGFW implementation and eases the administrative process.

• Enhanced High-Availability Features for NGFW –Minimizes disruption and continues protection in the event of a firewall device failure. The enhanced features include TCP Strict State Enforcement, Unidirectional Rules, Blocking Persistence and Dynamic Network Address Translation.

• Site-to-Site IPSec VPN – Sourcefire is extending customers’ secure communications capabilities between multiple Sourcefire-protected networks through its Virtual Private Network (VPN) based on IPSec authentication and encryption. The VPN can be deployed in a point-to-point, star or mesh topology and supports the major IPSec algorithms, ciphers and hashes for encryption and authentication.

“Organizations today consistently face a growing number of sophisticated, persistent threats to their corporate data, increasing the demand for flexible and scalable security solutions that can be customized to deliver the optimal protection for customers’ environments,” said Martin Roesch, Sourcefire founder and CTO. “With these enhancements to our FirePOWER platform, Sourcefire’s customers can rest assured that they have access to a security solution delivering continuous protection – before, during and after an attack.”

Visit the FirePOWER section on Sourcefire.com for more information.

About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a world leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, is transforming the way global large- to mid-size organizations and government agencies manage and minimize security risks to their dynamic networks, endpoints, mobile devices and virtual environments. With solutions from a next-generation network security platform to advanced malware protection, Sourcefire’s threat-centric approach provides customers with Agile Security® that delivers protection before, during and after an attack. Trusted for more than 10 years, Sourcefire has earned a reputation for innovation, consistent security effectiveness and world-class research all focused on detecting, understanding and stopping threats. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit www.sourcefire.com.

Sourcefire, the Sourcefire logo, Snort, the Snort and Pig logo, Agile Security and the Agile Security logo, ClamAV, FireAMP, FirePOWER, FireSIGHT and certain other trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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In the GCC, analysts expect the retail industry to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 8.3% until 2015. With this growth, comes a competitive environment for hiring the best talent*.

Yasser Sharaf, MD of Sharaf Retail, explains, “Our customers want to talk to knowledgeable sales professionals – whether it’s in electronics, sports, automotive accessories or fashion. Hence we put a big emphasis on recruitment and are continuously looking for dynamic candidates who are passionate about what they do. This is why we have launched a comprehensive digital strategy aimed at targeting these individuals. With the addition of new brands to our portfolio, new store openings in existing markets and geographical expansion, we anticipate hiring approximately 1500 employees in the next 18 months – Tareeki.com plays a central role in it.”

Tareeki, which means ‘My path’ or ‘My journey’ in Arabic, offers candidates a unique interactive experience of the career path they can follow in each of Sharaf’s retail brands.

Robert St-Jacques, Head of HR at Sharaf Retail, adds, “We didn’t want a one size fits all career website. We have diverse businesses with different recruitment messages for each one. The new career portal is perfectly aligned with them, no design detail is accidental. It’s all very targeted.”

The website is an interactive canvas that guides candidates to their sector of interest and immerses them in that environment using custom illustrations, pictures, personalized content providing a unique experience. Job seekers can search through vacancies, apply, track their application, subscribe to email alerts for future opportunities, and so much more.

Mohammed Owais, Chief Technology Officer of Cazar, the recruitment marketing and technology solutions provider for Sharaf Retail explains, “Today’s Generation-Y expect websites to look and behave a certain way – this has been built in to www.tareeki.com’s DNA, which will appeal to this age group since they make up a large portion of Sharaf Retail’s employees. This same cutting-edge web technology processes tens of millions of candidates each year for hundreds of our blue chip clients such as Sharaf Retail across the Middle East & Asia. It’s playful and interactive but has serious business objectives.”

For more information on job opportunities for any of the brands at Sharaf Retail, please visit the career site at www.tareeki.com.

About Cazar:
Cazar (formerly The Hiring Solutions Company) allows blue-chip employers to reduce their time-to-hire cost-effectively, through a unique solutions approach by combining technology, coaching and consulting. It automates every step of the corporate recruitment process, from requisition to on boarding and processes tens of millions of candidates each year for employers.

Over the past 10 years, Cazar’s Sniperhire platform has become the leading cloud-based enterprise recruitment software in the Middle East & Asia helping companies such as Qatar Airways, DP World, Al Tayer, Al Futtaim, Jumeirah Group, Sky News Arabia, ADNOC Distribution, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Qatar National Bank, Viva, Zain Telecom, TDIC and Qatar Foundation to name a few for talent acquisition.

For more information, please visit www.cazar.com.

About Sharaf Retail:
Founded in 1975 by Sharafuddin and Ibrahim Sharaf, Sharaf Group has become one of the Gulf’s largest conglomerates with a diversified portfolio of companies and investments ranging from real estate, shipping, IT, retail, manufacturing, logistics, education and many more. Sharaf Group launched its retail business arm in the early 1980s. Since then it has grown year-on-year becoming a multi-brand franchise operator, distributor and brand creator. Today, Sharaf operates 16 of the world’s most beloved brands and five in-house brands.

For more information, please visit www.sharafretail.com

Spectrami in association with General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions organized the latest edition of TechCafe’ at Hotel Marriott in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to empower enterprises in the kingdom to secure and manage advanced threats efficiently.

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions are the pioneers in advanced threat prevention and management and has been ranked by Gartner as one of the leading Specialized Threat Detection solution provider in the world.

Enterprises hailing from Telecom, Banking, Government, Healthcare were the prime target of this TechCafe’ to update them about the emergence of new Advanced Persistence Threats. The main aim for the workshop was to highlight the disruptive nature of advanced threats for businesses and how Fidelis can secure enterprises against such threats.

The Director Technical of Spectrami, Mr. Sarfaraz Kazi made a presentation on Advanced Threat Defense, specifically tailored for the enterprises in Saudi Arabia. He also shared several examples from across the globe of recent advanced attacks. Sarfaraz also discussed how Fidelis as a solution is effective in protecting enterprises against advanced attacks.

During the workshop, live demonstration of advanced attack vectors and protection was also given which showcased real time analysis and protection. The workshop also covered newer features such as adversarial attribute identification and using threat intel in existing security system to protect against the threats.

Workshop was well received by the enterprises in Saudi Arabia and saw major names in the industry attend TechCafe’. The companies present at the event were Mobily, Arab National Bank, Samba Bank, Ministry of Finance among others representing the key segments of the economy.

Anand Choudha, Managing Director, Spectrami, said, “TechCafe’ provides an excellent platform for both technology provider and technology user to understand each other’s requirements, which helps in selecting a right technology and right solution. Fidelis offers the best of the breed technology solutions for the management and prevention of advanced threats to the enterprises in Saudi Arabia.”

About Spectrami
Spectrami is a Dubai based vibrant, value added distribution house in the Middle East region which is armed with the innovative approach to channel empowerment through knowledge sharing and skill building. Spectrami brings niche technologies and solutions in the realm of Information Security, Data Centre Infrastructure, and Data Communication Networks. Based out of Dubai, we serve the channel in Middle East and Africa. For details please visit us http://www.spectrami.com

Vitesse is a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for next-generation Carrier and Enterprise networks. Arrive uses a state of the art SparX™ Ethernet switch chipset from Vitesse to power Arrive NetPoint™.

AVnu compliant Arrive NetPoint™ bridges ensure AVB interoperability of networked A/V devices, which helps in providing the highest quality of streaming A/V experience. These new set of AVB standards are enabling interoperable platforms to offer better, faster, flexible, and cost effective solutions on the market.

Aseem Gupta, CEO and founder of Arrive stated, “InfoComm is the largest exhibition for AV buyers and sellers in the world. InfoComm13 provides us a perfect platform to showcase our latest innovation Arrive NetPoint™ an exciting AVB platform development and entry for Arrive to make jointly with our technology partner Vitesse at the AVnu Alliance Technology and Product Pavilion. We are sure Arrive NetPoint™ will make its presence felt with the Pro AV technology community during the show.”

Experts from both Vitesse and Arrive Systems will be available during the show to provide demonstration of Arrive NetPoint™ and its interoperability with other audio products. To meet the experts from Arrive, visit the AVnu Alliance technology and product Pavilion Booth # 459a, schedule an appointment through info@arrivesys.com or download the special invitation at www.arrivesys.com.

About Arrive
Arrive Systems Inc. (“ARRIVE®”) a Delaware, USA company, provides factory integrated solutions as well as innovative hardware and software platforms to offer unified communication & collaboration (UC&C)
advantages by enabling high performance environments in education, enterprise, government, healthcare and hospitality markets. The company’s innovative and green ICT solutions are used for
Interactive Room Signage, Lecture Capture, Advanced IP Networking, Cloud Media Processing and Wireless Connectivity.

Arrive’s Edgeless Media ® products are created to provide the ability for systems integrators and users to benefit from the AV and IT crossover opportunity of merging the wired world of AV with the wireless and cloud connected world of IT.

Born-for-Innovation, Arrive was built, ground up by its visionary founder Aseem Gupta, an inventor, who has created and patented transformational technology platforms using considerable entrepreneurial and product development experience with Arrive’s team of talented engineers to solve resource management conflicts and provide seamless unified AV-IT crossover green technology products.

About Vitesse
Vitesse (NASDAQ: VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Computing and SMB/SME Enterprise Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

“Spectra Logic is a leading innovator in backup and archival solutions and a market leader in tape storage. We are happy to sign this distribution agreement with Spectra as their products complement our existing portfolio and add tremendous value to our solution offerings to our resellers. With this partnership, we can now provide our channel partners with complete cost effective and high performance data archiving and protection solutions to meet the needs of every business. Our customers can also expect great performance, cost reduction and a greener environment by creating the right balance between disk and tape for all storage configurations,” says Mr. Keith Samuel, CEO Spusht Technologies.

“Spusht will help strengthen Spectra’s channel network and increase their sales and market share in this region through well-planned channel enablement activities and training initiatives. Our team will also run marketing campaigns to position Spectra Logic as a solution of choice to complement our customers’ back-up and archiving storage requirements. We will hold regular training and certifications programs to enhance our partners’ capabilities and also offer them support to address their customer requirements. We look forward to working closely with Spectra Logic to increase their visibility and market share in this region,” Mr. Samuel adds.

Spectra Logic has achieved consistent, profitable growth by maintaining a rigorous focus on automated tape library technologies innovation. Spectra Logic offers unmatched efficiency that tape delivers in data integrity, energy efficiency, space utilisation and system reliability. Its highly scalable storage systems perfectly align with the movement toward increased data retention, which is driving the need for data storage systems that exceed petabyte and exabyte capacities.

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Brian Grainger, senior vice president of world-wide sales, Spectra Logic says, “Spectra Logic has established itself as the market leader in back-up and archiving tape storage solutions across the globe. We are now focusing on emerging markets and the Middle East region is very important for us. We were looking for an experienced company with expertise in the storage and information domain. Spusht Technologies, with their domain expertise in enterprise storage solutions and market knowledge is an ideal partner, who will help us grow our business, market share and reach across this region.”

“Spusht Technologies is an established player in the enterprise storage solutions market. They have a strong presence in the region and dedicated sales and technical support teams that can ensure our customers receive prompt local support and service, which is why we chose to partner with them. Spectra’s channel and marketing teams will work closely with Spusht to ensure that we offer them the right marketing, sales and training tools and support to help them train and enable their channel network to understand the technical aspects of our products, which in turn will help them sell better. We are confident our partnership with Spusht will help us accelerate our visibility and growth in this region,” Grainger concluded on a high note.
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About Spusht Technologies
Located in Dubai, Spusht Technologies is an expert in the Information and Storage domain that has been providing top-class IT Solutions covering almost all the verticals since its inception in 2006.

The company has collaborated with market leaders in the field of e-business, business intelligence, Storage and Server Consolidation, Performance Management, Availability and Business Continuity, Application and Infrastructure Management, Information Security, Back up, Recovery and Archiving, Standardization and Automation.

For more information, please visit http://www.spusht.com

About Spectra Logic
At Spectra Logic we define, design and deliver innovative data protection through tape and disk-based backup, recovery and archive storage solutions. By igniting innovation we challenge expectations of the data protection market with intelligent, integrated, and simple to use backup and archive technologies. With over 30 years of experience in storage, our goal is to develop high-density, feature-rich storage products with unmatched service and support to customers worldwide. For more information go to http://www.spectralogic.com

The agreement was signed by Alexandre Hawari, co-CEO of Mediaquest, who said:

“The acquisition of both the AME Info and SME Info websites are in line with our growth strategy and commitment to strengthening the position of regional publications. We are delighted to have another feather in our business publications cap.”

Founded in the United Arab Emirates in 1993, AME Info offers English and Arabic information in daily news wires, editorial columns, features, reports, video and radio features, including business directory information and event listings.

Powered by AME Info, SME Info is an online English resource of valuable business advice and information, interviews featuring SME role models and business growth research articles.

AME Info and SME Info were previously owned by Top Right Group, a leading B2B media group providing information services, events and subscription content to enable customers worldwide to make better business decisions.

Duncan Painter, CEO, Top Right Group, said:

“The AME Info and SME Info websites are successful, well regarded brands with a loyal, daily following. This sale will enable us to invest back into growth initiatives as we continue to create a platform for growth, particularly internationally. We will continue our growth focus on MEED, our leading subscription content and events business in the Middle East and other fast-growing international territories.”

Mediaquest’s acquisition of the AME Info and SME Info websites follows the launch in 2010 of Dotmena.com, Mediaquest’s premium digital platform, aimed to connect luxury brands and extend their reach to key audiences across the MENA region. Dotmena.com has rapidly established itself as the portfolio of choice for a number of advertisers and publishers. It now represents more than 41 million unique visitors and 1 billion impressions across varied verticals, and includes Kippreport.com, Jeelnar.com, AMDmode.com, MarieClaireArabia.com, among others.

AME Info and SME Info will be re-designed and will re-launch in September 2013.

Mediaquest is one of the leading media groups in the MENA region and for more than 15 years has provided unique insights into the Arab world through its diverse portfolio of more than 20 consumer and trade publications covering business, marketing, communications, women’s interests, lifestyle, entertainment and automotive sectors. Titles include: Gulf Marketing Review, Communicate, Saneou Al Hadath, TRENDS, Policy, Arabies, Marie Claire Arabia and Lower Gulf, Haya, Aficionado and Autocar Middle East. The group publishes in three languages and operates an international network across Algiers, Beirut, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait, Egypt and Paris.

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Notes to the editor:

About Mediaquest: partner in media, partner in digital, partner in events… partner in success

Founded in 1997, Mediaquest provides unique insights into the Arab world through its diverse range of media. It operates in Algiers, Beirut, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh and Paris, and publishes in three languages.

partner in media

With more than 20 consumer and trade titles covering business, marketing, communications, women’s interests, lifestyle, entertainment and automotive, Mediaquest is one of the leading media companies in the Middle East and North Africa.

partner in digital

dotmena.com is fast becoming the premium portfolio of choice for advertisers and publishers to expand their reach in the region. dotmena.com represents more than 41 million unique visitors and 1 billion impressions in the fields of business, marketing, communications, sports, women’s interest, lifestyle and entertainment, allowing us to match the right ad to the right audience at the right time. www.dotmena.com

partner in events

Mediaquest events creates, project manages and delivers successful events, including the GMR Marketing to Women Conference, Effie Mena Awards, SPIA, and Insurex.

www.mediaquestcorp.com

About Top Right Group Ltd

Top Right Group is a business-to-business multiplatform media group, providing critical analysis, breaking news, fresh ideas and relevant professional opportunities to customers worldwide. It owns a portfolio of independent operating companies, including: i2i Events Group, a leading exhibitions and large-scale events business; Lions Festivals, the organiser of International Festivals of Creativity globally; 4C Group, a portfolio of world class information services brands; and EMAP, a progressive, brand-led media company delivering paid-for subscription content in print, digitally and at live events. www.topright-group.com

DUBAI, UAE June 4, 2013 – Performics, the performance marketing agency owned by ZenithOptimedia, aims to deploy nearly 1,000 employees around the world in a global community event designed to support their communities through volunteer initiatives.

In the UAE, Zenith MENA and Performics MENA employees joined hands to spend the day with special needs children at Dubai’s KidZania theme park, in collaboration with Volunteer UAE in Dubai.

“Our team at Zenith MENA has always been passionate about giving back to our communities. This is true everywhere in the world where we have a presence, including in the UAE in partnership with Performics MENA. By working with Volunteer UAE in Dubai to dedicate our time to a worthwhile cause, we are confirming our commitment towards corporate social responsibility in the UAE community,” said Firas El Zein, CEO of Zenith MENA. “We know that in one day, our employees can make a significant impact on their local neighborhoods.”

Teams in each office will participate in the global event, which provides an opportunity for employees to come together to solve community issues larger than the everyday challenges seen behind office walls. While this is the first simultaneous global community event, Performics has annually held community events across the world including Germany, New York, Vietnam and India.

More than 60 partners from all over the Middle East region attended the conference during which they discussed the opportunities and challenges they face in their markets when selling GFI products.

GFI unveiled its plans and future initiatives in the region, and partners benefited from dedicated sales and technical tracks, product presentations and live product demos.

Keynote speeches were given by Simon Azzopardi of GFI and Mohammad Mobasseri of Comguard. David Ball and Graham McIntyre from GFI, Nandini Sapru and Fawad Laiq from Comguard gave presentations on a wide range of topics and also shared their vision on how partners and GFI can work together to further grow business in the region.

GFI also presented a number of awards in recognition of its Channel partners’ efforts to increase GFI business in the Middle East region. The winners are:
• Highest Growth Partner Sales – Premier Star Technology from UAE
• Best Customer Support – Canadian ITS from KSA
• Highest Consistency Partner – Proshred Gulf from UAE
• Best Technical Implementation – Qatar Experts from Qatar
• Partner Loyalty Award – Burhantec from Kuwait
• Sales Champion of the Year -Ashraf Ziad, Deltaline IT from KSA
• Technical Champion of the Year – NawangLepcha, CANAR from Bahrain
• High Growth Partner – GulfNet Solutions from Saudi Arabia
• High Growth Partner – MHD from Oman
• High Growth Partner – Nellika Computers LLC from UAE
• Best Overall Partner – Information Dynamics from UAE

David Ball, Director of Marketing, GFI Software said, “We are very pleased with high turnout of partners at this year’s conference. In the spirit of the theme “Work Together, Succeed Together,” we are sure that with our new plans and initiatives we will be able to forge much closer relations with our channel partners and work together as a single team. We take this opportunity to thank all partners and congratulate the award winners for their help in continuing to write GFI’s success story in the region.”

About GFI
GFI Software™ develops quality IT solutions for small to mid-sized businesses with generally up to 1,000 users. GFI® offers two main technology solutions: GFI MAX™, which enables managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver superior services to their customers; and GFI Cloud™, which empowers companies with their own internal IT teams to manage and maintain their networks via the cloud. Serving an expanding customer base of more than 200,000 companies, GFI’s product line also includes collaboration, network security, anti-spam, patch management, faxing, mail archiving and web monitoring. GFI is a channel-focused company with thousands of partners throughout the world. The company has received numerous awards and industry accolades, and is a longtime Microsoft® Gold ISV Partner.

The Network Middle East Innovation Awards 2013 paid tribute to end-user companies, IT vendors and distributors for their outstanding contribution and achievements in building the most technologically advance IT Infrastructure as well as offering the Best networking product range in the Middle East. Nexans beat off strong competition from Commscope, R &M, D-link and The Siemon Company to win this prestigious ‘Best Cabling Vendor of the Year’ award. This is the second win for Nexans in 2013.
Nexans offers a wide range of solutions that fit the customers’ present and future needs. The company offers a complete range of copper and fiber network solutions to meet companies’ network requirements, including innovations such as the Data Centre solutions, the RJ-45 backward compatible Cat7A solution for the 40G application, and the LANsense – an intelligent infrastructure platform with power management and environmental monitoring tools. Nexans continues to experience significant growth in its Middle East LAN infrastructure business as the company secured many sizable projects and major references in 2012 and is expecting to grow its business further in 2013 and beyond.
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About Nexans
With energy at the basis of its development, Nexans, worldwide expert in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions. The Group is a global player in the energy transmission and distribution, industry and building markets. Nexans addresses a wide series of market segments: from energy and telecom networks to energy resources (wind turbines, photovoltaic, oil and gas, and mining) to transportation (shipbuilding, aerospace, automotive and automation, and railways). Nexans is a responsible industrial company that regards sustainable development as integral to its global and operational strategy. Continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development and commitment, customer orientation and the introduction of safe industrial processes with limited environmental impact are among the key initiatives that place Nexans at the core of a sustainable future.
With an industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 25,000 people and had sales in 2012 of nearly 7.2 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A.
For more information, please consult: www.nexans.be
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PR Consultant
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The Drinks Business Awards, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, recognize the most innovative and well-run companies within the drinks industry with the awards night itself attracting hundreds of guests from the industry.
Dubai Duty Free was recognised for defining excellence in drinks retailing in 2012 in all retail channels (both tax & tax free), with the judges praising Dubai Duty Free for its quality of service, excellent merchandising and specialist selection of wines and spirits, which accounted for sales of US$235 million in 2012.
The judges noted that “Dubai Duty Free had a thorough understanding of its customer base and demands which is matched by peerless staff training and an exciting range of exclusive product promotions”.
Commenting on winning The Drinks Business Award, Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman of Dubai Duty Free said, “This award marks a great achievement for Dubai Duty Free, which was competing against some of the UK’s biggest high street chains in the selection process. Congratulations to our Purchasing team who submitted the entry and to our shopfloor staff who are both knowledgeable and passionate about our business.”
At The Drinks Business Awards last year, the Dubai Duty Free Purchasing Team received a special commendation in the “Retail Buying Team of the Year” category.

The events co-coordinator and HR officer turned home-maker decorated weddings, birthdays, baby showers and marriage anniversaries for friends and families under tight-budgets. Her services although penny-pinching, appeared royal and classy to visitors and guests. Along with her batter-half, a Producer for a Sports channel, the duo offers high-end event planning and decorating services for less than half the market and retail price. They also offer their expertise in video productions, audio and presenters, cakes, lighting, photography, catering and seating arrangement for all guest and family members. Their plan embraces the global ideology of a frugal life style where less is always equal to more.

Communities across the globe are emphasizing the ‘Go Green’ concept. On the International scale, Forbes, has created a ‘green’ program. Whereas Dubai encourages residents and communities, even launching a ‘go green week’ for schools.

Recession has left many people pondering over how to successfully fulfill their family needs. From arranging Weddings and regular birthday parties, to announcing the arrival of a new family member, nobody can shy away from these modern etiquette’s. Yet Money is huge factor involved. Not everybody can afford high-end Event/ Party planning services and decoration needs.

Fairytale Decors helping hand offers a home improvement blog with friendly tips and advice, wedding consultation and planning advice, interior decorating and re-decorating solutions, low-cost decorating and planning of children’s birthday parties and baby showers. They also offer a free local delivery for Organic vegetables and fruits fresh form the farms of the Middle East.

Frugality serves a purpose. It educates Mankind to make the best use of the abundant, natural resources of the earth and not to be slaves to expense. Recession proof yourself and your family.

For more information on decorating and event planning within meager means, visit www.fairytaledecor.org.

The “Full Spectrum” was conceptualised when Piecco Pang presented by Catherine Gaudeau met with Tatiana Faure, Owner and Founder of Pro Art Gallery, in Dubai. The concept to present and sell the paintings and handbags of the same print together was born.

Piecco Pang first met Antoinette Wysocki at her Art opening in Hong Kong and a strong creative connection was formed. Deciding to hone in on their love for fashion, function and art, they agreed to collaborate their visions of colliding art and fashion creating limited edition handbags, designed by Pang, that feature abstract paintings created by Wysocki.

“Full Spectrum” is a brilliant platform that debuts the collaboration between the two artists who come together to show their art and to create ready to wear art pieces in the form of evening clutches, which are one of kind pieces just like the Painting they were birthed from.

“This is the first time Pro Art Gallery is showcasing such a wonderful combination of not only artists, but two diverse art forms. The collections are set to make a huge mark in the art world in the UAE and we foresee a tremendous amount of interest in this unique exhibition.” said Tatiana Faure.

From the Article of the “Financial Times” (May 10, 2013) ‘Does Art really sell product ?’ from Vanessa Friedman, the collaboration between  Piecco Pang and Antoinette Wysocki is given as an example, where there are many famous collaborations between Luxury Firms and Artists such as the corporate Vuitton / Yayoi Kusama collaboration a few months ago. Art has even inspired Art fashion: Yves Saint Laurent had that Mondrian Collection, Elsa Schiaparelli worked with Salvador Dali… Everybody remembers the Vuitton/ Takashi Murakami collaboration.

Biographies of featured Artist and Designer of “Full Spectrum”

Antoinette Wysocki

Antoinette Wysocki is an expressionistic painter who employs mixed media on organic materials. Wysocki has removed herself from the confines of only stretched canvas and turned equal attention to working on rag. Paper allows the artist to play with absorption rates and its characteristic malleable quality retains the immediacy of drawing – which has always been the touchstone for Wysocki’s painting. The artist has developed a process of combining various materials, chance, control and analysis in her pieces. In each of her works, Wysocki creates a balance between the media and absorption rate of the surface, so that the various materials interact, binding or refracting from each other and the paper/linen itself. Each work starts with gestures and washes, and then moves into controlled brush strokes with detail. When the painting reaches a comfortable finished point, it is then time to indulge in the materials. The goal is to balance raw, sometimes untouched surface in some areas with highly saturated colour in others, sometimes consciously, others by chance. One misused layer of material can alter the piece beyond repair, inspire to the next step or become the focus of the piece itself. Wysocki has shown internationally including: New York, London and Hong Kong.

Piecco Pang

As a self-proclaim perfectionist, Piecco Pang began to design & create unique, personalized clutch bags for close group of personal friends. Transcending his profession as a private banker, what began as a hobby soon established Pang’s reputation as one of Hong Kong’s top bespoke clutch bag Designer. Piecco Pang bags & accessories celebrate originality, classic Elegance through the bold use of colors, stunning textures, high quality leathers & impeccable craftsmanship. His Creation are sold at ; ‘L’Eclaireur – Paris’, ‘Delage – Paris, ‘Browns – London’, ‘Happy Shop – Berlin’, ‘No30 – Milano’, ‘Level Shoe District – Dubai Mall’.

About Pro-Art:

Founded in 2010, Pro Art gallery is the brainchild of art collector Mrs. Tatiana Faure and is one of the first places in the Middle East where collectors can acquire artworks such as masters, lithographic prints and serigraphs of over 100 artists from 15 different countries. Pro Art Gallery offers an impressive collection of fine arts, selection of styles and mediums from one-of-a-kind paintings to affordable limited edition prints, sculptures to photography. Our variety of portfolio gives collectors access to a range of artists with the highest level of quality, integrity and taste within their chosen field. From acclaimed street art, to renowned masters or the showcasing of upcoming artist, Pro Art is your one source for Art.

Showcased artists include works by Carlos Nadal, Pablo Picasso, Fernando Botero, Damien Hirst, Marc Chagall, Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza, Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alberto Giacometti, Bernard Buffet, and many more.For further details, please visit Pro Art gallery located in Palm Strip Shopping Mall, F 21, Jumeirah Beach Road, Opposite Jumeirah Mosque from 10am – 9pm Saturday to Thursday

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The findings come as social media is widely being embraced by governments in the region as a key component of open government initiatives.

By analyzing over 66,000 social media posts from 28 public sector entities in the education and employment sector in the GCC, Tahseen Consulting developed an Arab public sector social media maturity model which defines specific steps government departments can take to move from initial stages of social media adoption to more advanced stages of social media citizen engagement.

The model is detailed in Tahseen Consulting’s new study An Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement. The study challenges previous models of e-government and open government maturity based on the experiences of Western countries by offering region-specific guidance that accounts for the unique governance tradition of Arab public sector entities. The report describes organizational changes government leaders can make to help their agencies leverage social media to complement national strategies to increase citizen participation.

“Arab public sector social media use remains largely focused on providing information on low priority activities which is already available via traditional media and on institutional websites,” said Wes Schwalje, Chief Operating Officer of Tahseen Consulting and author of the study. “The insights from our model can help agency leaders more effectively use social media in their open government strategies to create deeper connections with citizens.”

Nearly all of the government agencies surveyed are at an initial stage of leveraging social media as a part of regional open government movements. Though many government agencies in the region have adopted social media, most government agencies have low levels of activity, publish duplicative content on low priority activities, and fail to interact effectively with citizens and other government institutions.

“Use of social media as part of open government strategies is not a technology mandate but a commitment to underlying governing values such as transparency, collaboration, and participation that promote public accountability,” said Walid Aradi, Chief Executive Officer of Tahseen Consulting.

Bringing Arab open government initiatives in line with the spirit of open government movements in the West will require substantial organizational changes at Arab government agencies. “Government leaders can use the Arab Public Sector Social Media Maturity Model as a roadmap to determine specific organizational changes that need to be made in order to use social media more effectively in citizen interactions and to benchmark themselves against similar entities in the region,” Aradi said.

Editors Note: To obtain a copy of the study “An Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement” please go to:

http://www.tahseen.ae/r&iopengovernment.html

About the Study

The Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement study, conducted in late 2012, involved the analysis of 66,000 social media posts gathered from the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts of 28 public sector entities in the education and employment sector in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

About Tahseen Consulting

Tahseen Consulting is a specialized advisor on strategic and organizational issues focusing on governments, social sector institutions, and corporations in the Arab World. Applying substantive industry knowledge, evidence-based insights, and analytical rigor, we work alongside our clients to help optimize strategic decision-making, solve organizational challenges, and appraise the impact of strategic initiatives. Whether it is an Arab government evaluating its education and training strategy in the face of globalization, the need for employment generation, or the emergence of knowledge-based industries; a private foundation seeking to more effectively measure the impact and value for money of their programs; or a corporation repositioning its social strategies to align with its corporate strategy, our clients rely on us to help them meet their desired results.

To learn more, please visit www.tahseen.ae

Leading the charge into the future of technology will be ADATA’s upcoming DRAM modules, the XPG Chameleon and XPG Carbon. Both series have striking new designed heat spreaders that match their top-notch performance. At a live demonstration at the ADATA booth, visitors will have a chance to check out both the impressive benchmarks and the radical new exterior of the XPG V2 DRAM modules. On June 5, one of the world’s most talented overclockers, Nick Shih, will match up XPG V2 DDR3-3000 with the ASRock Z87 motherboard at the ASRock booth, to see what new performance heights can be reached with these premium hardware components.

Also on hand will be ADATA’s M.2 (NGFF) solid state drives, designed in a variety of types including NGFF 2242, 2260, & 2280. The extremely small sizes of these SSDs allow them to be used with Haswell platform motherboards, and also provide OEMs and system integrators high capacity and more flexible design options for Ultrabook and tablets. SSDs in this configuration can be used as primary storage or as high-speed cache solution, to provide users with more speed and more flexible system builds. Visitors to the ADATA booth will have a chance to see the M.2 at work in the latest ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) motherboards in live demonstrations.

Rounding out the new product demos will be ADATA’s significant new offerings in the area of mobile computing. These include the company’s first (OTG) USB Flash drive in a hands-on display, which brings the high transfer speed and capacity of USB storage to the most popular smartphones and tablets with USB OTG function. Also, the new NAS solution will be unveiled, demonstrating first-hand a diverse array of applications for multimedia and digital home entertainment, a round-the-clock download assistant, and the utilization of peer-to-peer technology for remote access. ADATA NAS is designed for energy efficiency and quiet operation.

For more information, visit ADATA at booth number J0606 ~ J0716, in the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall 1F. Computex Taipei will run from June 4 to June 8.

About ADATA

ADATA Technology, one of the world’s largest vendors of DRAM Modules and USB Flash Drives, provides complete memory solutions, including memory cards, solid state drives, and portable hard drives. ADATA products are internationally recognized by Germany’s iF Design Award, red dot Award, CES Best of Innovations Award, Japan’s Good Design Award, Best Choice of Computex Award, and Taiwan Excellence Gold Award. The company’s slogan of Love, Life, Dreams, embodies the ADATA brand and the role of innovative memory products in the human pursuit of universally cherished ideas. For more information, please visit www.adata-group.com.

Key Facts:

1. Regional Telecom under the Fastlink brand is the first to offer large-scale wireless broadband services in Iraq.
2. Alcatel-Lucent is providing its industry-leading end-to-end 4G LTE solution, including base stations, IP mobile backhaul for 4G LTE and existing 3G CDMA traffic, Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and elements of its platforms, which will allow Regional Telecom to introduce a rich portfolio of advanced IP-based services.
3. 4G LTE technology will play a key role in helping Regional Telecom restore the region’s communication infrastructure.
4. High-speed mobile broadband network will provide significant support to ongoing efforts to revive the Iraqi economy, bringing levels of connectivity needed for business, public sector and consumer applications, particularly at a time when global demand for Internet services continues to grow.

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Kawa Junad, Chairman of Regional Telecom, said: “Industry trends as well as our own experiences make it perfectly clear that high-speed mobile broadband is the major growth opportunity for the foreseeable future, and we are excited to be able to bring this impressive capability to our customers in Iraq. With the support of our dedicated partner Alcatel-Lucent, our 4G LTE services in Northern Iraq, Kurdistan Region, promise a significant contribution to the country’s efforts in further connecting with the global digital community.”

Amr K. El-Leithy Head of Middle East Africa, Turkey and Azerbaijan in Alcatel-Lucent said: “We are very pleased to have been selected to deliver this major transformation of the network and to bring the benefits of Alcatel-Lucent’s innovative solutions and superior network performance to under-served regions to help promote economic growth and drive new business opportunities.  This new agreement is a testament to our strong partnership and part of our vision to bring the full benefits of the Networked Society, both to Regional Telecom and to Iraq.”

About Alcatel-Lucent and 4G LTE

With more than 35 LTE contracts for commercial deployments including two of the largest LTE network roll-outs, and engagement in more than 40 LTE trials worldwide, Alcatel-Lucent has established a strong global leadership position in 4G LTE. Please visit our website to learn more about our 4G LTE solution.

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1)=> Pick up from the Hotel
2)=> Dune Bashing Drive
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6)=> Tanura Show & Fire Show
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