Golden Systems Wins "Best Sales" Award from KINGMAX
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 4, 2009: Golden Systems Middle East, a leading distributor of IT products in the Middle East, announced that it has won the 'Best Sales' award from its vendor-partner, KINGMAX. On behalf of the company, Mr. Sina Dadras accepted the award from Mr. Joe Liu, Chairman of KINGMAX Group. The award recognises the company’s commitment and outstanding performance in promoting KINGMAX's best-in-class products, and for its role in increasing the vendor’s market share across the Middle East region.
Speaking on the achievement, Mr. Sina Dadras, Manager – Marketing Communications at Golden Systems Middle East said, “KINGMAX is our valuable vendor partner and we are honoured to receive this award, which is a recognition of our commitment to offering the best products on the market, the best service, the best support and the best quality, when it comes to memory products. This award is a clear indication of the faith bestowed by our valued partners, who share in our commitment for excellence, vision and belief in global best practices. It is our constant endeavor to work closely with our regional distributors and retailers and to persistently ensure the ongoing development of KINGMAX's channel-to-market. Winning this award is indeed yet another feather in our cap."
Kanoo Machinery Wins Major Contract For Re-export
Kanoo Machinery’s Export Department signs 4.2 million dirhams deal with Pexi Gulf to supply 12 units of Bobcat telehandlers.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 1, 2009: Kanoo Machinery, one of the leading materials handling solutions providers in the Gulf, today announced that its export department has won a major contract from Pexi Gulf to supply 12 Bobcat telehandlers for Re-export. This 4.2 million dirhams deal is a result of the export department’s expanded foray into the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
“Our export department is expanding its wings and has started developing new business in Asia and Africa as well. The deal for Bobcat telehandlers with Pexi Gulf is a result of our team’s hard work to make inroads into newer markets,” says Mr. Mohammed Al Hashimi Regional Manager - Export of Kanoo Machinery.
Pexi Gulf is leading supplier of vehicles, equipment and parts to government agencies as well as private contractors across the globe. Their portfolio ranges from supplying heavy machinery, trucks and equipment to mining and construction projects from places like the sub-Saharan Africa to the Caribbean.
“We are happy Pexi Gulf chose to go with Bobcat for their requirements. Bobcat telehandlers are truly flexible machines that can be equipped with a wide range of attachments for applications in construction, rental, public works, agriculture, landscaping, industry and many other activities. We are confident Pexi Gulf’s customers in Asia will be satisfied with the speed and efficiency of these world-class machines,” adds Mr. Al Hashimi
Bobcat telehandler, a multi-purpose utility machine that combines the speed, agility and strength of a skid-steer loader with the extended reach of a forklift, is designed to handle the customer’s toughest jobs effortlessly and efficiently. Bobcat telehandlers use advanced technology providing optimum performance and manoeuvrability and a host of other advantages. Bobcat telehandlers offer excellent visibility, which is especially beneficial when operating forwards for picking up equipment, upwards for positioning at maximum height, all-round for manoeuvring and backwards for safety. Kanoo Machinery will be offering the customer after-sales support, maintenance and training on operating the new Bobcat telehandlers.
Kanoo Machinery’s export department operates through its reseller partner network in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan and in major African countries such as Libya, Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya and Niger. As part of its strategic plan 2015, Kanoo Machinery’s export department aims to develop further business from CIS countries as well.
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About Kanoo Machinery:
Since its inception over 40 years ago, Kanoo Machinery has grown to become one of the foremost materials handling equipment distributors in the Gulf, offering a cross-border seamless service.
Kanoo Machinery provides its services to all sectors of the industry, offering a wide range of equipment and consumables from the world's leading manufacturers of welding, grinding, materials handling and maintenance products. In addition, Kanoo Machinery offers a full after-sales service through a network of workshops, parts and mobile service facilities throughout the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
Kanoo Machinery represents leading manufacturers such as Grove, Hyster, Perkins, Bobcat, Hiab, Massey Ferguson, Lincoln Electric, etc. Kanoo Machinery offers the following equipment and services:
• Mobile cranes
• Forklift trucks
• Warehouse equipment
• Welding machines and consumables
• Road sweepers and scrubbers
• Compressors
• Engines and marine gensets
• Repair and maintenance
• Rental of lifting equipment
• Parts and after-sales service
Kanoo Machinery has been involved in Quality Systems since 1997. It was first certified to ISO 9002:1994 and then was upgraded to ISO 9001-2000 across the region in 2001. Kanoo Machinery has won the Dubai Quality Appreciation Program Award 2001, the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award 2002, the prestigious Dubai Quality Award 2004 and has recently won Shaikh Khalifa Excellence Gold Award.
For further information, please visit
htt://www.kanoocom.com
Company Contact:
Mohammed AL Hashimi
Regional Manager - Export
The Kanoo Group
Machinery Division, Dubai, U.A.E
Tel : (+971) 4 3378400
Fax : (+971) 4 3373660
E-mail : salesmgr-exp@kanoo.ae
Digital Print and Imaging Summit Middle East 2009 Opens Tomorrow
Industry leaders to address topics ranging from eco-friendly green printing technologies to saving costs on printing; CIOs and IT Managers from government organisations and large companies register for the event.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 10, 2009: Aspire Events today announced that prominent industry leaders from the print and imaging industry such as Lexmark, EMC, OKI, Brother and Profiman have signed up as sponsors for the Digital Print and Imaging Summit Middle East 2009, which opens on May 11th, 2009 at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. The event has also witnessed confirmations from many decision makers, CIOs and IT managers from government organisations, Oil & Gas companies, Travel management companies and large enterprises as delegates of the event.
Speaking on the event, Dojo Jose, Director of Aspire Events says, “We are quite pleased with the response we have received for the DPI Summit ME 2009 so far. We have tried to bring in a spectrum of vendors together who offer complete range of print and imaging solutions. We are happy to have Lexmark, EMC, OKI, Profiman, Kyocera and Brother on board for this event. The delegate registration has also been great with senior people from major companies in the region attending. We are certain that delegates will get immense value from the event and will be able to take back with them tips on how to improve the print and imaging workflow in their organisations and save costs.”
DPI Summit ME 2009 will feature keynote sessions, presentations and case studies by experts in the industry followed by one-on-one meetings and discussions between vendors and buyers. The event is a convenient platform for the print and imaging companies to interface with as many decision makers from large organisations. The summit will be a crucial opportunity for serious professionals to experience innovative approaches to reducing organizational expenditure in various domains. The print vendors will be seeking to address these delegates with unique propositions that deliver and support services that help customer trim costs while enhancing performance.
Lexmark has confirmed its participation as the Platinum Sponsor of the event. OKI, EMC and Profiman have confirmed Gold sponsorship while Brother has signed up as a Silver sponsor. The official media partners for the DPI Summit ME 2009 are Arabian Business, Arabian Computer News, Network Middle East, CommsMEA, Windows Middle East and Windows Arabic.
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About Aspire Events:
Founded in January 2006, Dubai-based ASPIRE Events is managed by a group of professionals who bring with them years of expertise in event management, corporate meetings and conferences, PR, media, printing and advertising, exhibitions, IT, business and lifestyle publishing. Aspire organises and executes its own events (Aspire Forum Events) as well as customised events for corporate either regionally or overseas.
Aspire Forum Events are events for different industry verticals, which are organised onboard luxury cruise lines worldwide and also in Dubai at exotic land resorts. Balancing the serious demands of business with well-deserved pleasure, Aspire offers perfect solutions with a combination of options that allow flexibility and variety at affordable costs. These customised events are designed to put buyers and sellers together at senior level and to offer them an opportunity to network with peers, find the right business partner and to catch up on the latest developments.
For further details, please visit http://www.aspirevents.com/ and http://www.dpisummitme.com
Media Contact:
Dojo Jose
Director
Digital Print & Imaging Summit ME 2009
Tel: +9714-2115278
Fax: +9714-2115101
Mob: +97150-5517689
Email: info@dpisummitme.com
Golden Systems Inaugurates Its New State-of-the-art Headquarters in JAFZA
The new office, which features a service centre, logistics facilities, a warehouse and recreational facilities for employees, will aid the company’s ongoing expansion and growth plans.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 3, 2009: Golden Systems Middle East (GSME), the leading distributor of IT products in the Middle East, today announced that it has relocated its regional headquarters and operational facilities to its new state-of-the-art office in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to aid its ongoing expansion in the region. The new office building measuring 7,000 square metres on three floors, houses its head office, service center, production line and a huge warehouse, which will promote efficient operations of the company. The company has also added recreational facilities such as prayer rooms, gymnasiums and indoor games for its employees.
“Following our recent restructuring and expansion, we needed a state-of-the-art office to match our growth plans, enhance our distribution business in the Middle East and Africa and allow us to scale up our operations. Jafza, with it world-class infrastructure and facilities, was a perfect location to open our regional headquarters,” says Mr. Ali Sharifi, CEO of Golden Systems. “Our new office will aid our plans to consolidate our business, streamline our operations, increase our support capabilities, strengthen our partner network and help enhance our team’s skills with regular training programs and workshops. It will also act as a central point for all our regional activities. We have built a facility where our partners can potentially hold conferences or training sessions for our reseller network and employees.”
Golden Systems has built a strong network of channel partners and resellers across the Middle East and Africa. The company boasts of a strong portfolio of best-in-class products from leading global vendors such as Logitech, Leadtek, Gigabyte Technology, Kaspersky, Kingmax, nVidia and AMD to name a few.
Lexmark Named Gold Sponsor Of Digital Print & Imaging Summit Middle East 2009
To highlight its print innovations and technologies and share TCO benefits with customers at the event.
Dubai, UAE, April 21, 2009: Aspire Events today announced that Lexmark, a leading provider of printing solutions and services, has confirmed its participation as the Gold Sponsor of the Digital Print and Imaging (DPI) Summit Middle East 2009 to be held from May 11-12, 2009 at the Madinat Jumeriah in Dubai. Lexmark plans to highlight and demonstrate the features and benefits of its broad portfolio of print solutions at the event, where key decision makers, CIOs and IT managers from major industry segments are expected to attend. Senior Executives from Lexmark will be attending the two day event as keynote speakers as well as hold one-on-one meetings with interested delegates.
Speaking on their participation, Francois Feuillet, General Manager of Lexmark Middle East, said, “We are delighted to participate in this niche print and imaging event as a gold sponsor. DPI Summit ME is the perfect forum for us to showcase our latest solutions as well as highlight our unique “Print less, save more” value proposition to a much focused audience of customers.”
Lexmark has, since the beginning of the year, unveiled refreshes across their product lines. It recently launched the new Lexmark T650 and X650 family of monochrome laser printers and multifunction products (MFPs), designed with advanced features to help optimise workflow, save money and reduce impact on the environment. These products will be among the solutions on display at the two day event.
“All of the Lexmark X650 Series MFPs come equipped with built-in two-sided printing and can utilize Lexmark's Embedded Solutions Framework, which enables customizable or industry-specific solutions to streamline paper-based processes, increasing productivity and reducing page volumes. The Lexmark X650 Series also features Lexmark's award-winning e-Task color touch screen, which makes it easy to complete complicated, multi-step processes at the touch of an icon. Individual users can even personalize their own e-Task touch screen with Lexmark's new MyMFP,” explained Sandrine Guillemoteau, Marketing Manager at Lexmark Middle East.
Optimus Appoints Senior Vice President For MENA Region
Manu Koshy, the new Senior Vice President – Channel & Marketing, will look to forge new business alliances with vendors and develop Optimus’ channel in the MENA region.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 10, 2009: Optimus Technology & Telecommunications, a leading valued added distributor of technology products and IT services in the region, announced the appointment of Manu Koshy as the company’s new Senior Vice President – Channel & Marketing. This appointment comes as part of the company’s enhanced customer and partnership focused strategy. In this position, Koshy will be directly responsible for forging alliances with leading global vendors, understanding new technologies, and developing Optimus’ channel network in the MENA region. Koshy will also head the Optimus team in business development activities that will lead to identifying and bringing in the best-in-class solutions and technology to meet and exceed customer expectations.
“Over the last year, Optimus has made great progress in delivering value to our customers, channel partners and vendor partners. As we continue to grow our business regionally, it is necessary to have the right talent in place to help us achieve our goals. Koshy’s proven track record in channel and vendor management will play a pivotal role in helping us drive business growth in the MENA region,” said Meera Kaul Sawhney, Managing Director at Optimus Technology & Telecommunications.
Having worked with large business houses and delivering cutting edge IT products and services to their clients, Koshy brings with him over sixteen years of international experience in channel and vendor management particularly in the Middle East region. He has also worked with leading Indian and APAC based IT Value added distributors and vendors. As the Senior Vice President of the company, Koshy’s immediate focus will be to translate his expertise into achieving the organizational vision of Optimus, through the strengthening of its product portfolios and channel strategy. He will also focus on strengthening end-customer and channel partner relationships.
Speaking about his appointment with Optimus, Koshy said that he was extremely impressed with the dedication of the team and the vision of the company leadership, and looked forward to being able to deliver strategically focused results within short turnaround periods. “I look forward to this opportunity and am confident that our customers can definitely expect various unique product offerings and continued high quality services in the near future too” he added.
Optimus offers its customers an ‘Integrated Solution Offering’ Model and a Vendor Extension Model (VEM) through total business process outsourcing. The key strengths of the company are in local terrain knowledge and end-customer & channel relationships. Their strengths also include proactive end customer engagement with focus on technology enablement, maximization of reach through channel development and management, end-to-end support offering, efficient and customized Supply Chain Management (SCM), and effective channel motivational programs.
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Editor’s note:
About Optimus Technology & Telecommunication
Optimus is a channel development and distribution company that helps leading technology and telecom vendors to develop and create business revenue streams in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia Regions. Headquartered in the strategic business hub of Jebel Ali Freezone, Dubai, Optimus is able to provide its vendors and channel partners the most efficient presales, sales, marketing, channel acquisition, channel management, implementation services and support services bundled with its core operation of supply chain and inventory management of technology and telecommunication products.
Optimus, through its dedicated sales teams for the enterprise and SME businesses, provides design and sales assistance to all its partners and resellers across the EMEA region. Through its automated and centralized CRM, Optimus has created seamless processes for pipeline and opportunity mapping. Optimus believes in providing value added services to its reseller base by offering support for its resellers on pre-sales, solution design, sales, implementation and 24*7 after sales support services.
For further information, please visit http://www.i-optimus.com
Hyperlink And StepStone Enter Into A Strategic Partnership For A joint Go-to-Market in Middle East
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2009: Hyperlink, the Middle East’s largest Oracle implementation, consultancy and Integration Company and an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Stepstone, a leading international provider of software and services for the Human Capital Management (“HCM”) sector.
Over 16,000 organisations, including many of the world’s leading businesses, use StepStone’s technology products and services to attract, retain and develop talent. These products and services are hosted by StepStone and delivered on-demand through the internet so they are easy and cost effective to utilise, maintain and upgrade.
Under this partnership, StepStone and Hyperlink will promote the Human Capital Management (“HCM”) also known as Talent Management, which is the ongoing process that organisations use to attract appropriately skilled and motivated employees (“talent”); integrate them into their organisations, assess and develop their competences and retain their commitment throughout the Middle East region.
This affiliation has come at the right time when companies feel the real need for analysing and retaining the right talent, which is facing the pressure from the Global Economic Slowdown.
With this partnership, StepStone will leverage Hyperlink’s deep domain expertise in the Middle East that encompasses 100+ Oracle Application installations for public sector organizations, utilities, process manufacturing, financial services companies and offer the Talent Management Solutions to these customers; access to business consultants who are conversant in the local language and a strong sales force spread across the Middle-East and the Gulf area.
Matthew Parker, Group Managing Director, StepStone Solutions said, “This is a great opportunity for Hyperlink and an added advantage for the users of HCM. We are thrilled to announce this partnership as it brings two pioneers in the field of information technology together, making StepStone solutions accessible to Middle East customers. This is just the beginning of a long business relationship, and we look forward to working on other major initiatives with Hyperlink."
Dani Diab - Vice President, Hyperlink, said, "Hyperlink has always foreseen and understood the need of the customer in the Middle East market. This special relationship helps our Company to position more value offering solutions to its customers and StepStone is one good offering in that direction. We are confident that with advanced capabilities and services from StepStone in the area of Human Capital Management, coupled with Hyperlink’s strong customer relationships, we would be able to further consolidate a unique value proposition to all customers."
Note to the Editor
About Hyperlink
Hyperlink is a pre-IPO technology consulting company with expertise in Oracle E-Business Suite, E-Commerce solutions, and IT Business Strategy. The company is considered as one of the fastest growing consulting companies with presence in the Middle East, the Gulf Area and Africa with major plans underway to expand geographically in Europe. Key service offerings include Business Consultancy & Audits, Package Implementation, Upgrade & Migration, Maintenance & Support, e-Planning and Implementation of Internet Strategy and Vertical Solutions for Public Sector Organizations and companies in Automotive, Retail, Distribution, e-Construction and Travel & Tourism. For more information please visit www.hyperlink-me.com
About StepStone
StepStone is a leading international provider of software and services for the Human Capital Management (“HCM”) sector. Over 16,000 organisations, including many of the world’s leading businesses, use StepStone’s technology products and services to attract, retain and develop talent. These products and services are hosted by StepStone and delivered on-demand through the internet so they are easy and cost effective to utilise, maintain and upgrade.Our expertise in establishing specialist online talent networks ensures that customers using its software and services are in the vanguard of today’s competitive marketplace for talent.
For more information, please visit www.stepstone.com
For details, contact
Ansar Sulaiman
Sales manager
Tel: +971-24018340
Mob: +971504513557
ansar.sulaiman@stepstone-me.com
MindTree Announces Major Organizational Restructure
Company CEO, IT Services, Anjan Lahiri, visits Middle East to boost growth and expansion of the company in the region
Dubai, UAE, April 14, 2009 - MindTree Ltd., a global IT Solutions Company, announced a major organization-wide restructure as part of its growth plans and objective of becoming a $1 billion organization. The restructuring includes entering new market segments, setting up new business units, and new roles for senior management. Following this announcement, Anjan Lahiri, CEO of IT Services at MindTree, is visiting Dubai from April 14-17, 2009 to meet current and potential customers and partners and to boost the growth and expansion of the company in the Middle East region.
“The Middle East has become a very important region for MindTree over the last few years. We have seen a significant increase in the demand for our proven and reliable solutions since we opened our local office in DAFZA last year. We have signed a number of clients in major financial centers in the region. A strong team of industry experts who understand the local market has been a key factor in winning new business and developing strong relationships in the region,” said Anjan Lahiri, CEO of IT Services at MindTree.