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Cybersecurity and compliance solution supplier ArcSight has now signed up more than 100 channel partners in EMEA to its connections channel programme. ArcSight has also announced that UK security integrator Cipher has joined the programme as a silver partner.
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Imaging and printing vendor Canon met with VARs and integrators in Egypt to underline its commitment to the market. With Business Monitor International (BMI) predicting that Egyptian IT spend will grow from US$1.3 billion in 2010 to US$2.1 billion by 2014, Canon reckons that the SMB channel offers strong in-country growth potential.
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Cisco’s Stanimira Koleva focuses on the evolution of the small business channel partner as the emphasis shifts from box shifter to service provider.
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CNS adds ArcSight to portfolio
UAE-based reseller CNS has added security and compliance management solutions from ArcSight to its vendor portfolio. ArcSight claims that its solutions help companies by providing complete visibility and insight into their ICT infrastructure across all users, networks, datacentres and applications.
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Netgear signs NIT as Middle East VAR
Networking vendor Netgear has signed up Network Information Technology (NIT) as its newest VAR partner in the Middle East. NIT will resell Netgear’s product portfolio across the region, helping the vendor to expand its channel reach.
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Odyssey launches Interact partner programme
Odyssey Interactive has launched a global partner programme for its Interact intranet solution. The company reckons that the new programme will provide partners with an opportunity to enhance their revenue and current product offering through reselling, integrating or generating sales leads for Interact.
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Resolutions MSP chooses channel route
Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Resolutions MSP will pursue a pure channel model to spearhead its expansion in the EMEA market, according to company director Helen Wood. UK-based Resolutions MSP offers anti-virus, backup and recovery solutions to SMBs, using web-based administration to allow centralised management.
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eFileCabinet boosts VAR network
Enterprise content management solutions supplier eFileCabinet has boosted its reseller network, adding channel partners in the UK and South Africa. The addition of new VARs is designed to boost the company’s international reach and offer its management products and services to a worldwide user community.
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Computer 2000 launches financing offer
Computer 2000, the UK arm of distribution giant Tech Data, has launched a financial services solution that resellers can utilise to help end-user customers complete technology purchases. The Computer 2000 end user finance scheme offer spans more than 30,000 hardware and software products plus related services and is available for purchases of between US$4,750 and US$1.59m.
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Canon teams with Sharaf DG for DSLR zone
Canon Middle East has teamed up with Sharaf DG to open what it claims is the Middle East’s largest digital SLR (DSLR) product zone at the retailer’s flagship Times Square Mall outlet in Dubai. The permanent stand is aimed at the growing number of consumers looking to upgrade from digital still cameras (DSCs) to (DSLR) products.
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