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			<title>EMEA server market to continue to decline until mid-2010</title>
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			<title>Storage software market declines for first time in five years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Storage software market drops by 5.2%, IDC reports]]></description>
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			<title>MEA server revenue falls 23.9% in first quarter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC has announced that EMEA server revenue has fallen 34.3%, with the MEA portion slipping 23.9%]]></description>
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			<title>MENA software channel poised for upheaval</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Belt-tightening among large corporates results in fewer market opportunities for vendors and partners]]></description>
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			<title>Through the looking glass</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Everyone’s heard that old saw about the glass of water being either half full or half empty, depending on which side of the optimist/pessimist debate you fall on.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Information technology spend in Middle East set to see 7% boost from companies]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East IT spend higher despite credit crunch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Information technology spend in Middle East set to see 7% boost from companies.]]></description>
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			<title>Global PC sales slump after six year high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC report states market growth in Europe, Middle East and Africa slowed to 'single-digits']]></description>
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			<title>Infrastructure boom swells server sales</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Despite predictions that IT spend in the Middle East should swing increasingly towards the direction of software and services, the ever-resilient hardware segment refuses to implode...as those in the server channel will testify.]]></description>
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			<title>IDC identifies IT marketing leaders</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marketing Matrix Index from IDC identifies three leadership qualities that play a role in achieving market leadership]]></description>
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			<title>IT spending in GCC to exceed $9bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia is biggest information technology market in the region, according to new research.]]></description>
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			<title>IM expected to overtake email in business communication</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Research sponsored by Nortel reports that Instant Messaging (IM) will surpass email as the preferred form of business communication by second half of 2010]]></description>
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			<title>Hyperconnectivity to hit 40% in five years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Growing number of workers connecting through multiple devices to communication and collaboration applications  ]]></description>
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			<title>Software piracy rates on the rise worldwide</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC and Business Software Alliance report shows global software piracy up 3% in 2007  ]]></description>
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			<title>Oracle grows lead in database market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Worldwide database market grows to $18.6 billion in 2007, Oracle builds share to 44.1%  ]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile phone shipments drop in first quarter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Worldwide mobile phone sales slipped 11.6% in Q108 says IDC  ]]></description>
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			<title>Regional PC sales growth hits 19% in Q108</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quarterly sales growth in the Middle East remains strong while Europe trails at 12.6%]]></description>
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			<title>IDC aims to educate regional SMBs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC is bringing its SMB roadshow to the region, to help small to medium companies make better use of IT  ]]></description>
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			<title>The summit experience</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The IDC CIO summit provided an effective networking platform but it could have done with a well-defined agenda.]]></description>
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			<title>The infinite monkey theorem</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The explosion of data will soon become a horror story unless regional enterprises wise up to data loss, says Eliot Beer.  ]]></description>
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			<title>East African PC sector 'inconsequential' compared to mature markets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC predicts PC shipments to double in three years, but says East African market is currently in early adoption phase  ]]></description>
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			<title>Users' digital shadows lengthen as global data use explodes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Volumes of digital data increasing through growth of content about individuals created by third parties]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East IT spending to grow 15%  this year says IDC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IT expenditure in the Middle East will grow three times faster than global average analyst company says  ]]></description>
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			<title>The road to Morocco</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Morocco's IT association aims to attract foreign investors from the UAE, based on its reputation as an innovator - and its ability to act as a gateway to the larger African market.]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft 'ecosystem' worth $7.9 billion in Middle East says IDC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDC report shows strength of software sector in driving IT industry job creation and partner revenues  ]]></description>
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			<title>Boom or bust</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Whichever link in the channel chain that you talk to, from vendors to resellers, they all sing the same tune when it comes to the UAE IT market: business is good. UAE-based IT companies are even making waves on the global stage, reflecting the country's strength - much like Singapore to the east - as a regional hub. But is the growth sustainable or are there cracks under the surface?]]></description>
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			<title> Regional IT spend set to reach $35bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Amount of money companies spend on technology will increase 12.9% this year, research firm says.]]></description>
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			<title>Who needs information?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last week I had a call from some MBA students in Dubai, asking for some help with a project on the Gulf IT market.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The road to recovery</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's easy to forget that not every Mideast market has been afforded the privilege of unremitting expansion.]]></description>
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			<title>Motorola falls to fourth spot in EMEA ranking</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Competitors gain ground as Motorola slips two places on EMEA handset market.]]></description>
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