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Genius Computer Technology picked up the Retail Vendor of the Year Award for Accessories at the inaugural Middle East Retail Academy Awards held in conjunction with Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East and Africa (MEA). More than 100 senior retail executives took part in a live electronic voting process during the awards ceremony to determine the winner in each category.
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South African technology solutions provider Lorge has picked up gold partner status for SAP Business One. The new partner status was confirmed at the recent SAP PartnerEdge Awards ceremony for 2007 where Lorge was also voted a top three partner in the reseller of the year and achievement of excellence categories.
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McAfee names Coetzee as Africa channel manager
Security software outfit McAfee has named Trevor Coetzee as channel manager for Africa. Coetzee joins McAfee from a role in the security channel space where he spent six years in a number of commercial roles. McAfee reckons that Coetzee’s background will prove valuable in his new role.
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Networking vendor has appointed a new country manager in Egypt. Yasser Ali has taken on the Cairo-based role with immediate effect and will assume responsibility for delivering high quality service to 3Com’s partners and customers in Egypt. Ali will also attemot to develop strategies to support partners and increase awareness of 3Com’s secure converged networking solutions portfolio.
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Track Distribution Middle East (TDME) – the new incarnation of global giant Tech Data’s discarded Middle East enterprise and components business – has finalised a distribution deal for Qimonda’s Aeneon memory products covering the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Track is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Middle East distribution powerhouse Aptec Holdings.
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Emirates Computers picks up Citrix prize
Citrix has named UAE-based IT solutions provider Emirates Computers as its Middle East enterprise partner of the year. The award recognised Emirates Computers’ role in promoting Citrix solutions and also its involvement in the largest Citrix deployment in the region. The award was presented at the Citrix partner exchange summit held in Dubai.
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QlikView makes Middle East move
Business intelligence vendor QlikView has expanded its Middle East presence, striking a reseller partnership with ICS ME. QlikView reckons that its new channel partner will help accelerate the adoption of its business analysis solution in the region, and also provide a local support service.
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Q1 Labs names Nunney as EMEA boss
Network security management outfit Q1 Labs’ global expansion drive has arrived in the EMEA region. Cisco and Juniper veteran Matthew Nunney has been appointed as EMEA theatre director, tasked with accelerating the adoption of Q1 Labs flagship product, QRadar in the region.
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Tumbleweed ramps up Russian channel
Tumbleweed has appointed Rainbow Technologies as a premier distributor in Russia. Tumbleweed, which specialises in managed file transfer and e-mail security solutions, reckons that its latest channel recruit will help it tap into Russia’s technology boom. Rainbow will look to sell secure content delivery solutions to private companies and government agencies throughout Russia.
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Almasa appoints new components boss
John David has rejoined Middle East distribution giant Almasa as general manager of the company’s components business. David was formerly Almasa product and territory manager during his previous stint at Almasa. David has a wealth of eexperience in the hard disk drive (HDD) channel. Almasa hopes that its latest recruit will help to cement the company’s reputation as a leading distributor of IT hardware and networking kit in the Middle East and North Africa.
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