Mega trends

Interesting presentation at the Frost & Sullivan’s Growth, Innovation and Leadership event in Dubai last month. Six out of ten companies will lose their market position within five to ten years, unless they can move with global mega trends. The top ten mega trends, as presented by Frost & Sullivan’s Dorman Followwill are:

Events, United Arab Emirates

صور ومعلومات عن الهاتف الجديد "جالاكسي إس 4 آكتيف" المقاوم للماء

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

سرب عدد من الصور للهاتف الجديد من سامسونج "جالاكسي إس 4 آكتيف" والذي تنوي الشركة طرحه قريباً في الأسواق.

Tags: Telecom, United Arab Emirates

"آبل" أكبر المتهربين من الضرائب في الولايات المتحدة

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

وصفت إحدى لجان مجلس الشيوخ الأمريكية شركة "آبل" بأنها أكبر المتهربين من دفع الضرائب في الولايات المتحدة واتهمتها بإدارة شبكة معقدة من مصالح الأعمال في الخارج، لتتجنب دفع الضرائب عن الدخل في الولايات المتحدة تصل لمليارات الدولارات.

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Ericsson empowers young talent through Girls in ICT Day initiative

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

Ericsson participated in ‘Girls in ICT Day’ at Prince Sultan University (PSU) in an effort to expand its engagement with future industry leaders and empower young women to consider careers in the expanding and exciting ICT – Information Communication and Technology – industry.

Tags: Telecom, United Arab Emirates

Ooredoo and Messi Team Up for Children’s Health

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

Ooredoo and the Leo Messi Foundation announced today a trailblazing new initiative to support mobile health clinics around the world to provide medical aid for children in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Tags: Saudi Arabia, Telecom

Nawras Musafir gives great savings on data roaming in GCC

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

Nawras proudly announces the launch of Musafir, the first mobile data roaming solution designed to help customers stay online for less when travelling to any GCC country. With prepaid and postpaid plans offered with a choice of daily or weekly rates, Nawras is dramatically reducing data roaming rates and making life easier for business and leisure travellers alike.

Tags: Telecom, United Arab Emirates

Huawei grasps premium smartphone segment with release of Ascend P2 & Ascend Mate

2 days ago by Waseem Akram

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has unveiled its latest series of Ascend smartphones across the Middle East as the company looks to deliver on its new “Make It Possible” consumer platform while advancing its position amongst the top five worldwide smartphone brands.

Tags: Telecom, United Arab Emirates

Sourcefire Delivers Unprecedented Visibility And Tracking Of Malware

3 days ago by nimi

Dubai, UAE – May 21, 2013 -- Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, today introduced innovative malware trajectory capabilities across its Advanced Malware Protection portfolio, giving customers detailed visibility into malware attack activity and enabling them to detect, remediate and control malware outbreaks.

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Huawei targets premium segment with Ascend range

3 days ago by Almani

Huawei Device, the consumer electronics division of China based manufacturer Huawei Technology, has unveiled its latest series of Ascend smartphones for the Middle East market at an event in Dubai, UAE.

Tags: Telecom, United Arab Emirates

ManageEngine expands NoSQL support with Redis monitoring

3 days ago by Almani

Real-time IT management company ManageEngine, today announced support for the Redis key-value store in its on-premise application performance monitoring solution, Applications Manager.

The move is aimed at providing operational intelligence to Applications Manager users who are also running Redis, helping them ensure high availability and performance for business applications that rely on Redis.

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Optus, China Mobile set for June TD-LTE push

3 days ago by Almani

Optus, Australia’s second-largest mobile operator, will next month launch a TD-LTE service in Canberra, the country’s capital city.

The operator will initially offer a data-only service in the city using frequencies in the 2.3GHz frequency band, according to various reports of a press conference featuring managing director of networks, Gunther Ottendorfer (pictured).

Tags: IT, Middle East

Featured product: Cambium Point to Multipoint 450

3 days ago by Waseem Akram

Graham Owen, regional sales director MEA explains the new PMP 450.

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Is the PC’s demise nearing?

3 days ago by Waseem Akram

The “post-PC age” talk has accelerated in recent weeks following gloomy PC shipment forecasts from both IDC and Gartner. What’s really behind the steep drop in the PC business?

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Dubai's Burj al Arab introduces gold iPads

3 days ago by Waseem Akram

Dubai's Burj al Arab, the sail-shaped iconic building often dubbed ‘a seven-star luxury hotel' has unveiled 24-carat gold iPads for use by its in-house guests.

Tags: IT, United Arab Emirates

Spectrum, customer boost for Sprint

3 days ago by Waseem Akram

Sprint acquired 20MHz of PCS spectrum (1900MHz frequency band) from regional carrier US Cellular in various Mid-West markets, including Chicago, plus a 10MHz slice of PCS spectrum in the St Louis market.

The $480 million transaction includes the transfer of around 420,000 US Cellular customers onto Sprint’s network.

The US number three operator says it’s providing special offers and incentives to reduce the cost of acquiring a new device to transition from the US Cellular network.

Tags: Middle East, Telecom

Vodacom notes mobile data potential, in face of challenges

3 days ago by Waseem Akram

African operator group Vodacom said it had delivered “a solid performance” in the year to 31 March 2013, while acknowledging “tough competition across all our markets”.

The company identified a number of “key challenges”, including the growth of OTT and instant messaging services, access to spectrum for LTE, and pressures on consumer spending in South Africa.

It also said that it is “investigating opportunities to grow our exposure to attractive markets elsewhere in Africa.”

Tags: Africa, Telecom
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Aruba Networks introduces 802.11ac solution

Mobile network access solutions specialist Aruba Networks today announced its flagship 802.11ac solution, claiming an industry first in the delivery of "gigabit Wi-Fi combined with the device density and application intelligence required by today's Wi-Fi networks".

The console wars: what they mean for the Middle East

Rumblings in the gaming community have broadcast the need for a revamp in console offerings when the next-generation of kit goes on general release. Microsoft' unveiling of the Xbox One was reminiscent of Q42012 and Q12013 releases from manufacturers of Smart TVs, smartphones and other smart devices. Voice and gesture control, Internet content hubs and multitasking came together to give the impression of a platform reborn and one ready to do battle with its forthcoming Sony-made rival the Playstation 4.

Lenovo reports strong fourth quarter and full year 2012/13 results

Lenovo Group announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year ended March 31, 2013. With record full-year sales of US$34 billion, an increase of 15 percent year-over-year, a record full-year pre-tax income of US$801 million, up 38 percent year-over-year and record earnings of US$ 635 million, up 34 percent, Lenovo had a strong showing.

المعارضة السورية : "فيسبوك تآمر مع النظام علينا"

قام موقع التواصل الاجتماعي "فيسبوك" بإغلاق عدد كبير من صفحات المعارضة السورية التي تنشط على الموقع.

Telecom

Essential job skills to look for when hiring

When looking to recruit strong-performing professional personnel, whether IT or otherwise, recruiters should look for several key traits, says Scott Steinberg, head of strategic consultancy TechSavvy Global.

HTC Desire 600 launched for EMEA markets

HTC Corp today unveiled its HTC Desire 600 dual-SIM smartphone, the company's first mid-range handset to offer its Sense 5 technologies, HTC BlinkFeed and HTC BoomSound, most recently launched as part of the HTC One.

Check out our gallery of the HTC Desire 600 dual-SIM smartphone.

Powered by Android Jelly Bean, the new handset is also said to offer "super-fast quad-core performance", while the Video Highlights feature enables "maximum creativity at a more affordable price tag".

Du lauches prepaid data bundles

UAE-based telecom operator du, has launched a daily data bundle for prepaid customers.

As an introductory offer, for every third purchase made within 30 days, customers will get 5 minutes of free international calls.

“We are pleased that the Daily Data Bundle is an accessible data package, which can be used as an introduction to data services or as a quick top-up as and when needed, allowing greater flexibility and even more control over data spend. ” said Farid Faraidooni, chief commercial officer.

Huawei’s Mideast revenue up 18pc in 2012

China’s Huawei Technologies Co’s Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks and IT outsourcing will be among its main regional growth drivers, the firm said.

The world’s second-largest telecom equipment maker also expects Middle East telecom operators to prioritise improving network efficiency, Shi Yaohong, president of Huawei Middle East, told Reuters in an email.

Media

Spiky sales patterns impact UAE retail channel

The UAE retail channel for ICT and consumer electronics (CE) products is witnessing increasingly spiky sales patterns, experiencing major peaks and troughs from one month to the next, as the impact of specific sales events exacerbates market volatility. The UAE retail channel has already experienced Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) and Abu Dhabi Electronics Shopper in 2013, and the inaugural Gitex Shopper Spring – dubbed mini-Gitex by some vendors – is currently taking place in Dubai.

Jacky’s Electronics sees Gitex Shopper Spring Edition fuelling sales across all IT categories

Jacky’s Electronics, the UAE’s leading multi-brand consumer electronics retailer, is expecting a surge of product sales, from the usual off-peak period during the month of April, brought in by the four-day event of the first Gitex Shopper Spring Edition.

7 Production and Events Provide State-of-the-Art Production Facilities and Services for Filming of MBC's Al Jalsat

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du Live! presents Kadim Al Saher and Sherine at 3rd du World Music Festival

du Live! is pleased to present two of the Arab world’s most-loved musicians, Kadim Al Saher and Sherine, live on stage as part of the 3rddu World Music Festival! They will perform on 28 March at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.

Gadgets

ZOTAC Supercharges the TITAN

Dubai, UAE, May 2, 2013 – ZOTAC International, a global innovator and manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards, mini-PCs and accessories, today supercharges the TITAN with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX TITAN AMP! Edition, the world’s fastest single GPU graphics card.

 

Sennheiser Announces Global Launch of Neumann KH 310 A Audio Monitor at CABSAT Event in UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 13

Robocops to patrol LA by 2025

In 1987, the film RoboCop debuted and featured a half-man half-robot cop patrolling the streets of Detroit, but now some car companies are planning on replacing cop cars in Los Angeles with drone cars by 2025.

Saudi prince buys $485 million ‘flying palace’

Dubai: Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal will soon take delivery of the world’s first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed “the flying palace” for its luxury.

Insight

BYOD: Keep Your ‘Eyes on the Enterprise’

Article Author: Paul Wright, manager of professional services and investigation team, Middle East, India and Africa

Comguard unveils world’s most rugged and powerful firewall in Middle East

Comguard, a Dubai based leading value added distributor for IT products and part of the Spectrum group announced the launch of world’s most rugged and powerful firewall, the Clavister X8 which can withstand harsh, industrial environments to deliver outstanding performance, offering unified security management between office environment and industry environment.

IT INSIGHT-me (ITINme) at MWC 2013.....

IT has been an enabler all along and now it is playing the same role in the mobile domain. Hence expect other verticles to be represented at the MWC 2013... in addition to the usual vendors, operators watch out for new buzz words such as big data, mobile cloud, mWallets, NFC, small cells and smart cities, as well as the role of mobile in other industries like advertising, automotive (YES cars), finance and retail.

Smartphones galore this holiday season

 

SAMSUNG GALAXY S III
Samsung Electronics flagship product – Galaxy S3 – is powered by 1.4GHz quad core Exynos processor and features 1GB of RAM.

People

Brocade Appoints Cherif Sleiman as Saudi Country Manager to Drive Business Growth in the Kingdom

RIYADH, KSA – 23rd May, 2013 --

Wataniya names new CEO

DOHA: Ooredoo subsidiary Wataniya Telecom's current Deputy CEO Abdulaziz Fakhroo has been appointed as CEO for Wataniya Telecom, replacing Dr Bassam Hannoun who has resigned for personal reasons. Ooredoo Group Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani said:

"We thank Dr Hannoun for his contribution during his tenure. We look forward to having Abdulaziz lead Wataniya Kuwait as it enters an exciting new phase in its development including the launch of 4G services this year." Source:http://www.zawya.com

Huawei appoints regional VP for ME Device group

China-based telecoms equipment maker Huawei today announced the appointment of Ashraf Fawakherji to the newly created role of regional vice president, Middle East for Huawei's consumer business group Huawei Device.

Hire a professional company to get the best landscape designs

Springs are considered as the best landscaping season. This is the time when homeowners and office bearers shape up their surroundings to refresh themselves with flowers and gardens, refill the backyard ponds and enhance their lawns. However, people who do not have experience in handing these things on their own best option to rely on the option of calling the landscape architects Raleigh NC at their places. The fact is even the seasoned DIY landscaper could also benefit from the professionals to make their places from better to the best.

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