At GITEX 2015, GBM’s participation is around the theme of digitisation and Internet of Things.

Although this has been the focus for the company over the last two years, this year, there are tangible scenarios and proof of concepts, which customers can experience.

“Today we can better demonstrate how customers can benefit from these technologies,” says Hani Nofal, Vice President, Intelligent Network Solutions, GBM. “We have partnered with Cisco to support their digital

portfolio of products and solutions that can help drive in more productivity and enhanced efficiencies for local businesses.

GITEX is an ideal avenue for the company to showcase its capabilities in the market, says Rana Nassar, Director of Sales, MEA, Vocalcom. “It gives great exposure for our company to showcase our

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As part of its participation at the on-going GITEX Technology Week, Vocalcom is featuring its latest cloud solutions.

According to the company, they are developing solutions that supports the UAE’s Smart City vision and its initiatives of having everything connected. In line with this, during the technology event Vocalcom is exhibiting its

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Among the highlights of Vocalcom’s participation at this year’s event include its Cloud Contact Centre solution, which according to the company is an all-in-one software product that is highly secure, scalable and easy-to-use. In addition, the new solution can give users the ability to efficiently manage all calls in one place – phone, web, email, text message or social media.

Nassar further explains that the event is also very instrumental for them in terms of further enhancing their relationships with their

customers and partners, as well as in attaining new prospects for business growth. “We also get to show them the latest solutions and technology that we have developed in the cloud space. Moreover, it gives us a chance to show our roadmap for growth to our partners and give them a better understanding on the new things that we can offer,” she says.

“As the Internet of Things is one of the biggest trends that this market aiming to capitalise on,” says Nassar. “Our main goal is ensuring that customers in leveraging the IoT era can achieve the best experience out of their interaction across various verticals.”

acceleration strategy at GITEX 2015. For us, this is a transformational announcement. Also, it is an important highlight for GBM as it is demonstrating to our customers that they can rely on the combination of Cisco and GBM to take them to the future.”

Nofal says that the Middle East region is unique in the sense that it is not hesitant to experiment with new technologies and concepts. Over the last few months, the systems integrator has been busy building the foundation of the smart wireless infrastructure for the country.

“But what is also important is to enable services on top of that. Today the key aspect in

the region is to find the right talent. We have to transform ourselves and evolve the skillset we have and acquire new talent.”

However, this is not always easy in the region as it is mostly population, which comes and goes. Therefore, it is difficult to keep long-term commitments from individuals.

“These new wave technologies will require different tactics. We are going to continue to invest in the region and have multiple programmes in place. We are looking to acquire resources from outside and potentially thinking about new innovative ways and global partnerships, which will further allow us to attract new talent,” he adds.

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What are you doing for this year’s GITEX and what are you showcasing?We are showcasing and presenting technology solutions from our leading vendors, including Nexsan (by Imation), Pelco, Fluke Networks, AT&T, Allied Telesis, Infortrend, Digifort, Securicorp, Tripplite, Proxim Wireless, AxxonSoft, Infosec,

Seagate, and Toshiba. We are doing a live demo

from our CCTV Surveillance, data storage and networking technology partners at our stand (D2-50).

Our primary goal is to showcase the entire product portfolio and the value-added services we offer to our partners and customers. Our focused

SNB unleashes partner initiative

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consultants - CCTV, storage and networking - can recommend innovative end-to-end infrastructure solutions to ensure ROI for customers in SMB and enterprise segments.

We will also be launching our ‘Partner Loyalty Program’ for resellers and channel partners.

If you have participated at GITEX before, what is the relevance of this show to your business in the region? Does GITEX help you connect with your customers and partners?It’s the biggest technology trade show in the region. Corporate customers from across various verticals in the Middle East and Africa get an opportunity to meet and network with partners and vendors under one roof.

GITEX 2014 was a great success for SNB and our partners. It gave us unique opportunity of promoting our diverse line of products, solutions and services. We will continue to focus on technologies driving the regional channel growth - CCTV surveillance, wireless security solutions, data protection and virtualisation, data centre network and application performance monitoring solutions.

What kind of IT trends do you expect to have an impact on the regional ICT industry over

the next 12-18 months? The regional IT sector in the Middle East and North Africa is emerging as one of the most dynamic, thriving IT environments on the globe. The IT industry in this region is growing as industries such as financial services, telecoms, real estate, hospitality and process industries strive to improve their capabilities and introduce innovative solutions to a growing market.

The market also has invested heavily in hardware, infrastructure and packaged software in previous years, and while investment in these segments will continue at around 12-15 percent percent growth, attention is increasingly turning to the provision of services.

The biggest concern in the Middle East is physical and infrastructure security. Hence, IT security and surveillance is a key factor for most organisations to invest. The IP surveillance market is witnessing buoyant growth today, and more importantly, the demand for CCTV and surveillance products and solutions is going to be sustained with consistent and high growth rates over the next 5-6 years. SNB provides complete solutions for security surveillance; including IP cameras, storage, VMS, UPS, wired and wireless networking solutions and cabling.

French firm Avenir Telecom has signed a licence agreement for the development and exclusive distribution of the Energizer Hard Case brand.

The agreement includes plans to market this new line of high-tech rugged telephones throughout the world, with the exception of North America. “We are responding to the demands of some of our clients who are looking for sturdiness and performance in a mobile phone”, explained Robert Schiano, Deputy Managing Director, Avenir Telecom. “That is why we are proud to be

working alongside Energizer and our goal is to be the leader on the rugged telephone market in two years.”

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The line will be marketed in around thirty countries in Africa and the Middle East by the end of the year.

The Energy 200 features IP 67 certification, and is waterproof at a depth of 1 metre.

The Energy 500 meets IP 68 certification standards, and is both dustproof and waterproof at a depth of 2 metres for 30 minutes.

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battery that provides them with 20 hours of communication freedom.

The line includes four models. Two mobile phones, the Energy 200 and the

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CITY UPDATES:

#DSO installs the first smart street lights in the UAE in collaboration with “du”: https://twitter.com/dsoftz/status/656429379061489664

LAUNCHED APPLICATIONS:

Civil Defense app and portal on https://es.adcd.gov.ae/  - Sharjah General Directorate of Civil Defense: https://twitter.com/ShjatGitex/status/656452974911184896

#Sharjah eGovernment launched Go Sharjah app which helps locate Government offices: https://twitter.com/ShjatGitex/status/656357988093984769

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Sharjah Head of Civil Defence Abdulla Al Suwaidi  visits @sewa_sharjah at GITEX 2015: https://twitter.com/ShjatGitex/status/656449239967383552

H.E Yousuf Al Shaiba Director of Smart Services Development Department in Ajman visits #DubaiPolice stand at #GITEX: https://twitter.com/DubaiPoliceHQ/status/656445524887937024

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Meet Sam, the shopping cart that follows you wherever you go in the store: https://twitter.com/etisalat/status/656452722913210368

As the third day of GITEX kicked off yesterday, several announcements were made. Highlighting this year’s theme ‘The Internet Future of Everything”, which revolves around the pillars of innovation, connected cloud, Big Data, mobility and security, along with the return of the Google CSI Lab.; the major announcements on Twitter were:

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