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Sage celebrates the achievement of its Partners in Africa and Middle East
Sage, the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, today announced the winners of its Sage CEO circle for the Africa and Middle East region. An award program designed to reward and recognise outstanding performance of the top partners that serve our customers, recommend and advocate for Sage. Partners competed against each other […]

Deveo streamlines software development with free private repositories
Code hosting and collaboration platform, Deveo, has launched free private repositories, with support for Git, Mercurial, and Subversion version control systems, as well as the Dropbox alternative, WebDAV, for storing binary files. Unlike other free code hosting platforms, Deveo allows users to choose their preferred version control system, with unlimited private repositories, and team members. […]

Amazon Prime Video Announces Dubai as the final destination for series one of The Grand Tour
Amazon has today announced that after a year-long journey around the world, Dubai will be the final destination for the studio filming aspect of the new Amazon Original Series The Grand Tour, bringing the first series of the Prime exclusive show to a close. Having travelled around the globe, the show’s mobile studio – a […]

HungerStation and hellofood Lead the Online Food Ordering Market in Saudi Arabia
In line with their expansion plans, leading online food ordering platforms, hellofood and HungerStation strengthened their operations and footprint in Saudi Arabia through a newborn strategic partnership. The merger was recently announced by foodpanda, the global group that originally started the brand hellofood in March 2013, and aims at consolidating the company’s market leadership in […]

Sage Announces Distribution Partnership with Josor in Saudi Arabia
Sage, the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, has appointed Josor as its business development and distribution partner for Sage X3, Sage X3 People, Sage 300, and Sage CRM business management solutions in Saudi Arabia. Josor, founded in 2011, helps Small & Medium Businesses in Saudi Arabia to develop and flourish by […]

SDS To Unveil Subscription-Based BI Platform at GITEX
Sàvant Data System (SDS), a leading retail solutions and services company providing business intelligence (BI) to the retail sector, banks, museums, airports and casinos, and serving more than 400 retailers in over 38 countries, is unveiling its subscription-based platform for business intelligence at the 36th GITEX Technology Week, being held between October 16 and October […]

Centra to Promote its cutting-edge CRM, XCM and HCM solutions at GITEX Technology Week 2016
Centra Technologies, a subsidiary company of Focus Softnet, announced that it is making its debut at GITEX Technology Week 2016 to be held from October 16-20, 2016 in Dubai. The company plans to promote its cutting-edge Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions at the Middle East’s largest technology exhibition. Senior executives, […]

Buzinessware throws the spotlight on next generation cloud solutions at GITEX 2016
Buzinessware, a leading Middle East Hosting Specialist, has announced its participation at the 36th edition of GITEX Technology Week, which will be held from October 16 to October 20, 2016, at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). The company is set to spotlight the latest range of next-generation cloud solutions—including its broad portfolio of cloud […]

Focus Softnet To Promote All New ERP On Cloud At GITEX Technology Week 2016
Focus Softnet, the leading software development company, announced that it will be showcasing its next generation ERP-in-cloud product – Focus 8 Ready for Cloud, at Gitex Technology Week 2016, to be held at the Dubai International Convention Center, from October 16-20, 2016. The company will also be presenting its latest versions of Focus 8 incorporating […]

Four UAE entries shortlisted for final stage of 2nd ALECSO Arab Mobile Apps Award
Four innovative mobile applications have successfully entered the final stage of the second ALECSO Arab Mobile Applications Award, which is being hosted by the UAE this year and organized by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), in collaboration with ALECSO. These four applications, which covers education, culture, science and educational games, made it to the final […]
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Canon launches renewed global website using new ‘.canon’ top-level domain name
Canon, world leader in imaging solutions, announced that the company has gone live with a renewed global website employing a web address that departs from the traditional location-specific “www.canon.com” to the new “global.canon” proprietary domain name. The launch marks Canon’s first use of the “.canon” top-level domain¹ (TLD) since acquiring it in February 2015. Canon’s […]

Empower activates easy digital payments through mPay app of Dubai Smart Government
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, enabled the bill payment service through mPay app of Dubai smart Government which provides easy and safe digital payment service using credit or debit cards. This move is expected to enhance the pace of payments as it will improve the quality of […]

GCC FinTech Startups ‘Cash In’ on Millennial Banking Needs
GCC Financial Technology (FinTech) startups are cashing in on the always-connected banking habits of Millennials, industry experts announced today in the build-up to GITEX 2016. There is a surge in growth of “moneyhawks” – the high-income, and under-35-year-old customers who want constant mobile access to their banking and finance accounts. Banks often struggle to profit […]

CrossinG®, MediaCentric® and Media Speech® software by BERTIN IT Introduced at Gitex 2016 in Dubai from16th to 20th
BERTIN IT has developed MediaCentric® and MediaSpeech® software for protecting people as well as Enterprises and State interests. That software will be introduced at the Gitex in Dubai on October 16-20 at the French Tech Pavilion. The dynamism currently being witnessed in the Middle East has encouraged the company to lead a growth strategy with […]

How Google’s Duo is ‘knock knocking’ at the door of the video calling market
Google’s challenge to FaceTime with its launch of Duo, is set to rock the foundations of the video calling market when it launches today. Overnight it will become the nemesis to Facebook Messenger, Skype and Snapchat among others, with its attempts to topple the dominate players with its fuss-free claims of being devoid of complicated […]

BORDERLESS SHOPPING WITH MYUS.COM ACROSS THE GCC
Catering to the Middle East’s growing demand for US goods, MyUS.com, America’s leading package forwarding, and consolidation company, shipping more than 10,000 parcels daily around the world, has announced the expansion of its services in the GCC. As a result, customers residing in the GCC can now use MyUS.com in Arabic (MyUS.com/ar/) to sign-up for […]

BLACKBERRY LAUNCHES SOFTWARE LICENSING PROGRAM FOR ITS MOBILITY SOLUTIONS BUSINESS
BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, announced the launch of a software licensing program for its Mobility Solutions business by introducing the BlackBerry® Hub+ for Android. A suite of BlackBerry applications, BlackBerry Hub+ makes productivity and communication on Android 6.0 Marshmallow smartphones effortless. BlackBerry’s Mobility Solutions unit manages […]

Sabre’s new mobile platform will support business travelers’ needs, drive compliance and lower costs for corporations
A smarter business travel experience is coming soon as Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) announce it is developing an integrated product platform to power itinerary management, policy compliant booking mid-trip, and payment and expense management, all on the traveler’s mobile device. Sabre is integrating several best-in-class products into one intuitive mobile platform: the leading online booking […]

Sage makes business ‘as simple as sending a text’ with first-of-its-kind accounting bot
Sage, a market leader in cloud accounting software, today announced at Sage Summit 2016, the world’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs and business builders, its new messaging bot, Pegg TM. Revealed during CEO Stephen Kelly’s keynote speech at Sage Summit, Pegg acts as a smart assistant that allows users to track expenses and manage finances through […]

MBLM launches ‘I Drink Local’ mobile App
MBLM, the Brand Intimacy Agency focused on strategy, design, creative and technology, announced today the launch of its ‘I Drink Local’ mobile app for the iPhone and Android. I Drink Local is an MBLM initiative created to promote the consumption of local water for a more sustainable environment and reduction of our carbon footprint. The […]

Ideagen release Q-Pulse 6.2 with significant enhancements to performance, security & mobile capability
Governance, risk and compliance software vendor, Ideagen, has launched the latest version of its flagship quality management product, Q-Pulse. Q-Pulse 6.2 comes with enhanced performance and security functionality as well as an increased emphasis on the harnessing of mobile technology. Performance improvements include an enhanced security calculation model to quicken the sourcing of records while […]

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announces 1,300 participations at ALECSO Apps Award
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has received a total of 1,300 mobile applications participating this year at the second edition of the ALECSO Apps Award, a mobile app development competition launched by the Arab League of Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). The TRA said its efforts to promote the event incorporation with ALECSO, have […]
