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Brocade Aligns Sales Leadership with Growth Opportunities

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – May 17, 2012 – Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced several changes to its sales leadership team to improve focus and organizational alignment in order to drive growth within key business areas.

Al Bilad Customers In Saudi Arabia Receive New Banking Cards Instantly with Gemalto’s Solution

Cards & Digital ID World Middle East, Abu Dhabi, May 16th, 2012, Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Al Bilad Bank,

cashU Partners with Jazeera Airways to Offer Customers Additional Secure Payment Options

The sky's the limit for cashU, as it launches a new partnership with Jazeera Airways to provide an alternative online payment method for customers

Middle East Telecom Talk: Customerization and Quality for a Growing Broadband Network

Expert Article by: Manzoor Ali, Managing director KSA at R&M Middle East & Africa

Telecom

Etisalat to showcase e-Hospitality services at The Hotel Show

Responding to the growing information and communication technology (ICT) requirements of the region’s hospitality industry, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation - Etisalat, today announced that it will showcase its latest e-Hospitality services at The Hotel Show 2012. The event takes place from May 15-17, 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Sheikh Maktoum bin Hamad Al Sharqi visits du’s stand at Fujairah Career Fair

du announces recruitment drive to fill 60 new career opportunities for Emiratis in its Customer Care Centre in Fujairah

VIVA Kuwait, achieves strong 2011 financial performance

VIVA Kuwait, one of STC Group’s subsidiary, and one of the newest and most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider, posted operating revenues of KD 94million in 2011

Batelco scraps tower lease plan in favour of infrastructure sharing

Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has abandoned a proposal to sell and lease back its cellular network transmission towers in Bahrain and Jordan,

Media

Link Development awarded “IT Partner of the Year 2011” by Saudi Post

(Riyadh, 26 April 2012) - Link Development, a leader in providing world class software solutions across the Middle East, has been named the IT Partner of year 2011 by Saudi Post. The accolade is in recognition of developing e-Mall - a bilingual e-shopping portal with a custom-built billing system enabling Saudi Post and vendors to track and audit the financial transactions and details of the e-shopping website.

IPhone 4S Hits Record High While IPads Continue To Dominate Enterprise Tablet Activations

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26th Apr 2012
A survey of corporate users in the USA by Good Technology found that Apple's iPhone 4S hit a record high, claiming the number one device spot overall, with 37 percent of all activations for the first quarter (four times that of any other device).

Company ordered to remove 'offensive' lamp pole adverts

Dubai: A media company has been asked by Dubai Municipality to remove its lamp post advertisements along Shaikh Zayed Road after receiving complaints from the public that they were offensive.

Sky News Arabia to go on air in May

ABU DHABI: Sky News Arabia, a 24-hour Arabic language news channel based in Abu Dhabi, is to go on air on May 6, following in the footsteps of Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, its management announced yesterday.

Gadgets

Supercar for Dubai cops

Dubai Police may soon have hundreds of new patrol cars fitted with the latest in hi-tech crime-busting technology

iPad to replace books at technical institute

UAE: Students at the Applied Technology Institute which has schools in most parts of the UAE will no longer need to carry the irking heaving school bag to class as all books will be substituted by I-Pad.

Internet TV on tablets, PCs soon

Dubai Etisalat will soon offer internet TV on tablets and computers, the telecom company announced Thursday.

TV Advert & iOS App Working in Sync 360 Degree Controls

A visual display of a TV commercial working in sync with an iOS app - 360 degrees view point from an iOS Device - you can also use the accelerometer to guide your away around the 360º experience

Insight

Smartphone usage in Jordan projected to rise sharply

Jordan: Jordan is one of the fastest growing markets in the Middle East in terms of smartphone usage, according to a Nokia executive.

Experts connect on future of IT, media and telecoms

UAE: London Business School has brought together an expert panel for its 'IT, Media and Telecom Insights in the Middle East' event, the latest in a series of sector-specific forums organised by the School.

E-commerce spending nearly doubled in 2011

Jordan: Jordanian Internet users spent $370 million on products, services and online bill payments in 2011, a 92 per cent increase from $192 million in 2010, according to a report by the Arab Advisers Group.

Demand for broadband services fuels Saudi mobile market: Fitch

Saudi Arabia: At nearly 200 percent mobile penetration, the Saudi mobile market should be close to maturity, but surprisingly it is still growing, despite possible slowing in H212, Fitch said in a study. The main growth engine is demand for mobile broadband services, which has offset the expected decline in voice services, mainly for the leading companies, STC and Mobily.

People

Saudi Telecom CEO Announces Resignation

Saudi Telecom has announced that its CEO, Saud AL Daweesh has resigned from the company, but will stay in the job for up to six months as the company seeks a replacement.

Al-Aama: I expect more women leaders and decision-makers to step forward

JEDDAH: With an experience of more than 19 years in IT, coupled with a strong educational background in computing, Arwa Al-Aama’s goal is to participate in Saudi Arabia’s technological advancement. As vice mayor at Jeddah municipality’s IT department, she is the first woman to hold a leadership role in IT in a Saudi governmental agency.

Senior Etisalat executive awarded prestigious honour for communications excellence

Ahmed bin Ali receives individual honour at Middle East Corporate and Media Communication Excellence Awards

Interactive Intelligence Acquires Netherlands Reseller, Brightware

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 4, 2012 -- Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ), a global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire its Netherlands-based reseller, Brightware B.V.

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