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القارة الإفريقية... فرص كبيرة تنادي شركات التقنية

تشهد سوق تقنية المعلومات في منطقة شمال إفريقيا تطورا ملحوظا وهي تجذب بشكل أكبر الكثير من شركات تقنية المعلومات من مصنعين وموزعين إقليميين.

مايكروسوفت توقف الحسابات المرتبطة على "OutLook" وتطلب استخدام الأسماء المستعارة

ستتوقف مايكروسوفت عن دعم ميزة الحسابات المرتبطة على خدمة البريد الإلكتروني Outlook.com بدءاً من نهاية شهر يوليو القادم و ستنقل الشركة المستخدمين إلى ميزة aliases أو الأسماء المستعارة بدلاً عنها.

ياهو تعلن عن عدد طلبات الحكومة الأمريكية للكشف عن معلومات مستخدميها

انضمت شركة ياهو هي الأخرى إلى كل من آبل ومايكروسوفت وفيسبوك وكشفت عن عدد الطلبات التي أرسلتها الحكومة الأمريكية للكشف عن معلومات خاصة بمستخدمي خدماتها.

StorIT Wins ‘Specialized Distributor of the Year’ At Reseller Partner Excellence Awards 2013

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 17, 2013: StorIT, the leading data storage specialist value added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, today announced that it has won the prestigious ‘Specialized Distributor of the year’ award at the fourth annual Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Awards held at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel recently.

Telecom

Etisalat Reduces Cost of Roaming

New voice and data packages offer more options at lower costs
Unique Traveler Package offers combining large allowances of Voice and Data usage for the first time in UAE

بلاك بيري : "تطبيقات أندرويد ستعمل على نظام "بلاك بيري 10.2"

أعلنت ببلاك بيري أمس أن نظام لتشغيل الجديد "بلاك بيري 10.2" سيدعم تشغيل تطبيقات أندرويد بالإصدار 4.2.2جيلي بين.

Zain KSA, Ericsson sign field operations agreement

ZAIN Saudi Arabia announced Sunday that it has signed a 3-year managed field-services agreement with Ericsson, who will be responsible for the field operations and maintenance of all Zain's 2, 3 and 4G radio network sites across Saudi Arabia. 

The agreement, which marks Zain's first partnership with Ericsson in Saudi Arabia, will allow Zain to focus resources toward initiatives that better serve its customers in regard to ubiquitous service delivery at the highest international standards and at a level not currently experienced in the Kingdom. 

Bharti Airtel completes 5% stake sale to Qatar Foundation Endowment

NEW DELHI--Bharti Airtel Ltd. (532454.BY), India's largest telecommunications company by number of users, said Monday it has completed a 5% stake sale worth about $1.18 billion.

The company allotted about 199.87 million shares to Doha-based Qatar Foundation Endowment.

"The equity shares, having a face value of 5-rupees each, have been issued at a price of 340-rupees each on a preferential basis for a total consideration of 67.96 billion rupees," the New Delhi-based telecom company said in a statement.

Media

United Arab Emirates profile

The UAE is a regional and international centre for TV and media, alongside Egypt and Lebanon. Dubai Media City and twofour54, Abu Dhabi's media zone, were set up to attract key players.

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.

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.

 

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

"SOCIAL MEDIA – THE CASE FOR THE CONTACT CENTRE"

“Many organizations in the region are excited about the self-promotion potential of Social Media and in particular how the medium can help to engage an audience and expand their customer base. The corporate Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and so on are in effect extensions of the main web site and as such are used to post news, run competitions and other promotions, and update customers on new products and key services.

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.

People

Tom Stewart joins Booz & Company as Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer

Global management consulting firm Booz & Company today announced that Thomas A. Stewart has been appointed Chief Marketing and Knowledge Officer (CMKO).

Asia Broadcast Satellite Hires Chief Network Officer

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced today the appointment of Henry Au-Yeung as Chief Network Officer (CNO), a new role for the company.  In this new capacity, Henry will be responsible for network and teleport operations, sale and field engineering as well as value added service operations and R&D.

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