United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Huawei targets premium segment with Ascend range

16 hours 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.

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ManageEngine expands NoSQL support with Redis monitoring

16 hours 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.

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Featured product: Cambium Point to Multipoint 450

16 hours ago by Waseem Akram

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

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Is the PC’s demise nearing?

16 hours 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?

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Dubai's Burj al Arab introduces gold iPads

16 hours 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.

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"براذر العالمية (الخليج)" تعتزم توسيع شبكة قنواتها في السوق الإماراتية

16 hours ago by Almani

تعتزم "براذر العالمية (الخليج)" توسعة حضورها في السوق الإماراتية والتركيز على زيادة إنتاج الطابعات التي تنتمي إلى فئة "المراكز متعددة الإستخدامات"، وذلك بالتوازي مع إطلاق "برنامج الشريك الأمثل 2013"، خلال حفل أقامته الشركة في فندق "جميرا كريك سايد" في دبي.

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هواوي تعلن عن الهاتفين الأسرع والأكبر في العالم

16 hours ago by Almani

كشفت شركة "هواوي، النقاب عن سبق جديد على مستوى سوق الهواتف الذكية العالمي تمثل بإطلاق أحدث هاتفين من سلسلة هواتف هواوي الذكية فئة "أسيند" في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

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"فليكر" يوفر الآن 1 تيرابايت سعة تخزين للصور

16 hours ago by Almani

أعلن "آدم كاهان" نائب الرئيس في شركة "ياهو" في مؤتمر عقدته الشركة فيد مدينة نيويورك أمس، أن الشركة أعادت تصميم موقع "فليكر" كلياً وأن الموقع أصبح يقدم سعة تخزين للصور تصل إلى 1 تيرابايت.

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آي باد 5 فقد 33% من وزنه

16 hours ago by Almani

كشفت مصادر مطلعة على أعمال شركة آبل أن الجيل الخامس من كمبيوترات آي باد اللوحية سيفقد من 25 إلى 33% من وزنه الأصلي.

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Etisalat To Showcase CSR Projects From Across Middle East, Africa and Asia at 10th CSR Summit in Dubai

16 hours ago by Almani

Etisalat’s Strategic Partnership Highlights the Power of ICT to Have High Impact on Health, Education, the Environment and Social Causes 

The heads of Corporate Social Responsibility from Etisalat’s operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Gabon, Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Togo and the UAE are travelling to Dubai to present their projects and engage with stakeholders to form new partnerships at IIR Middle East’s 10th annual CSR Summit to take place in Dubai.

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Optus, China Mobile set for June TD-LTE push

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).

هيئة الاتصالات السعودية: "الشرطة مسؤولة عن شكاوى تويتر، وقرار حجب تويتر و واتس آب قيد الدراسة"

صرح المتحدث الرسمي لهيئة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات "سلطان المالك"، أن نظام مكافحة الجرائم المعلوماتية يعالج الكثير من التجاوزات والمخالفات التي تحدث على شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي مثل "تويتر" و"فيس بوك" ونحوها.

McAfee and Al Rostamani Communications Co-host seminar on Data Protection and Security

Brings latest on Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) and tackling Advanced Threats

Interactive Intelligence to showcase the latest contact centre technologies and trends at MECC ’13

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ), a global provider of unified IP business communications software and services, today announced its participation at the upcoming Middle East Call Center ’13 (MECC ’13) conference and exhibition to be held between June 4-5, 2013 in Dubai.

Telecom

Spectrum, customer boost for Sprint

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.

Vodacom notes mobile data potential, in face of challenges

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.”

TRA Celebrates World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

TRA organized an awareness workshop titled “usage of ICTs while driving: Safety or disaster on the road” In the presence of Abu Dhabi, Dubai police forces and RTA

VIVA opens its 15th branch in Mahboula

VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing telecom operator, announced that it has opened its 15th branch located in Mahboula district. The new branch located in Marina Towers began operations as of 14 May 2013, and provides a full range of VIVA services including bill payments, and creating new customer contracts.

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

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 27

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

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.

AlcaLu names former Vodafone exec as new CEO

Troubled network vendor Alcatel-Lucent has announced that former Vodafone exec Michel Combes will become its new CEO from April 1. Combes will replace Ben Verwaayen, who announced his resignation earlier this month after failing to deliver a turnaround at the company.
Combes, 51, recently spent four years (2008-2012) as CEO of Vodafone Europe. He had been named to take over as chief executive of Vivendi’s SFR last year, France’s second-biggest mobile operator, but the appointment was aborted after a management shake-up at the parent company.

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