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Final preparations for Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) 2011 are underway in Fujairah, UAE. The region’s leading event for the ICT and consumer electronics (CE) retail channel begins on May 17th, offering vendors, distributors and retailers an intensive three-day platform for one-on-one meetings and a packed conference agenda including keynote speeches from Context, GameStream11 and GfK.
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Quick Heal eyes Middle East growth
Security solutions outfit Quick Heal Technologies has big plans for the Middle East market. With a range of products targeted at everyone from consumers to large organisations, Quick Heal is looking to build up channel relationships across the region. Quick Heal’s Middle East representatives will attend next week’s Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) event to meet and evaluate potential retail partners.
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Flash memory vendor Sandisk has revealed that its unit sales in Kuwait doubled year-on-year in 2010. Sandisk works with distribution partner Future Communications in Kuwait and has developed a strong brand presence in major retailers across the country.
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Iomega strengthens MEA sales team
Storage solutions vendor Iomega, which is part of EMC, has appointed Samer Sayed as business-to-business regional sales manager for the Middle East and Africa (MEA). In his new role Sayed will lead efforts to further enhance Iomega’s SMB position across the region.
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Geekay Distribution (GKD) is participating at Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) this month to showcase its product portfolio to channel partners from across the region. GKD offers a complete range of consoles, software and accessories in the video games segment. GKD hopes to use its participation at the region’s premier retail channel event to establish new business relationships.
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Powerful Live@DCC MEA line-up revealed
Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) has unveiled a powerful speaker line-up for its Live@DCC MEA conference session. DCC MEA is the premier annual event for the region’s ICT and consumer electronics (CE) retail channel, gathering together senior vendor, distributor and retailer executives. The 2011 Live@DCC MEA session includes speakers from Belkin, Cisco, Dell, Grand Stores, HP, Intel, Kaspersky, Lenovo, Microsoft and Navteq.
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Belkin confirmed as Platinum Sponsor
Accessories and networking vendor Belkin has been confirmed as a Platinum Sponsor at this year’s Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) event, which takes place from May 17th to 19th in Fujairah, UAE. Belkin’s support for DCC MEA underlines the vendor’s continued commitment to the region’s retail channel as it looks to continue its strong sales growth in the region.
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NEC expands in North Africa with Encom
NEC Unified Solutions has expanded its channel reach in North Africa, signing Encom as a business partner in Morocco. Encom will distribute NEC’s complete range of communications solutions for small, medium and large enterprises.
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Virtual computing solutions vendor Citrix has appointed Aaron White as its regional director for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. White joins Citrix from VMware where he looked after the vendor’s channel and alliance programmes across the Eastern EMEA operation. White replaces Antoine Aguado as the regional boss for Citrix in MEA. Aguado left Citrix at the end of 2010.
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Vision adds Prodata as African VAD
Vision Solutions has strengthened its channel reach in Southern Africa signing Prodata as a VAD partner. Vision claims that the deal comes on the back of strong sales regional growth during 2010. Prodata specialises in availability software for Windows and Linux operating systems. The agreement covers South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.
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