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			<title>Defining edge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[They might have a lot to offer large enterprises, but blade servers in the Middle East remain restricted to a small part of the market, whose budgets have been curtailed by the recession. The question is, will they be the next big thing when the economy recovers?]]></description>
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			<title>Evading efficiency</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hollywood blockbusters like to bounce around the phrase that knowledge is power, but when it comes to printing efficiency there is an alarming lack of action amongst those in the know. ACN looks into it.]]></description>
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			<title>Leading from the front</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP has been the top gun of servers for some time now, but the competition now has the encumbent in their sights. ACN talks to Christine Reischl, senior VP and GM of Industry Standard Servers at HP, to find out how other vendors are being kept in its jet-wash.]]></description>
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			<title>Colour correction</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A massive decline in shipments back in the first quarter gave members of the Middle East printer channel a firm indication of the uphill task facing them this year. Now, with the market glancing anxiously towards the final four months of the year for salvation, it is clear that the rules of engagement have changed dramatically.]]></description>
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			<title>Green impact</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Green IT is a popular term and one that lets companies beat their chests over how much they have reduced their carbon emissions. Nathan Statz investigates the real motivation behind the earth's corporate crusaders.]]></description>
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			<title>Full capacity</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[High-end storage has always been a sophisticated sell that requires channel partners to understand what it is that makes an enterprise organisation tick. But as companies seek more bang for their buck, vendors are having to ensure they are fully engaged with their channels to stay ahead of the competition.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Features</category>
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			<title>HP posts 14% drop in profit for Q3</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[PC, printing, servers and software business all slip, while Services division has record profits]]></description>
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			<title>Numbers game</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Overall demand in the region may be sluggish compared with the steep growth rates that the market is accustomed to, but that hasn't stopped HP from expanding its distribution network in recent weeks. KV Narayanan, distribution manager at HP Middle East, explains the thinking behind the vendor's latest tactical moves.]]></description>
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			<title>HP names first Professional Service Partner in KSA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP’s Technology Solutions Group has named Jeraisy Computer & Communication Services as its maiden PSP in Saudi Arabia]]></description>
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			<title>HP and UNIDO expand GET-IT training program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IT and business training program extended to twenty new centres in MEA region]]></description>
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			<title>Metra signs distribution deal with HP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metra Computer signs as distributor for HP IPG and PSG ranges in several regional markets]]></description>
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			<title>HP expands Mission Critical Partnership</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Services package to address mission critical systems includes new support and monitoring options]]></description>
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			<title>Fighting fakes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP is seemingly the most proactive vendor in the printing realm when it comes to combatting counterfeit products. The vendor is so serious about quashing fakes it has stepped outside of the remit of the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe (ICCE) — a task force tackling fake products in the EMEA region — to combat the problem head-on itself. Tina Rose, EMEA anti-counterfeit programme manager, supplies aftermarket sales at HP, says that the vendor’s hardline approach has been reaping dividends with more than 60 partner audits already undertaken in the Middle East this year. She explains how to spot fakes and what membership to HP’s anti-counterfeit programme means for the channel.]]></description>
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			<title>Store smart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the latest in technologies offer regional enterprises wide choices in storage systems and connectivity options, the underlying problem of considering information management in silos remains, and might continue to do so for sometime. Sathya Mithra Ashok investigates.]]></description>
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			<title>HP extends recycling programme to Middle East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP has announced the expansion of its Planet Partners recycling programme to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria]]></description>
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			<title>HP to thrash out data centre issues </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Senior regional executives will debate data centre challenges at the upcoming networking industry event ‘Data Centre Strategies Middle East’]]></description>
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			<title>HP to cut 6,000 jobs following poor Q2 results</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP to cut 6,000 jobs after posting earnings down 17% in second quarter]]></description>
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			<title>HP empowers 3D</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The use of HP technology to reduce render times by more than 70% on Dreamworks Animation’s new flick Monsters vs. Aliens is testimony to the increasing relevance of IT and its ability to give life to an idea on time and on budget, writes Vijaya Cherian.]]></description>
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			<title>Storage should understand applications says HP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP’s StorageWorks conference has kicked off in Dubai, with a focus on how storage could look in the future]]></description>
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			<title>Fire hazard prompts HP to recall notebook batteries</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regional GM confirms company is working with customers in the Middle East to help identify affected laptops]]></description>
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			<title>IPG ready to tone up under new stewardship</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HP's commercial category chief Amin Mortazavi becomes general manager of the vendor's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), pitching him into the hotseat in the printer channel.]]></description>
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			<title>HP gives BlackBerry the power of wireless printing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Forms alliance with RIM to provide business applications and services for BlackBerry smartphones]]></description>
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			<title>IT firms eye telecoms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A robust communications sector offers an area of continued growth for IT companies hit by falling demand for technology.]]></description>
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			<title>HP fights Middle East cartridge counterfeiters </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Enforcement actions confiscate more than 115,000 fake ink cartridges since November]]></description>
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			<title>Over riding the program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vendors are reconsidering whether channel programmes put in place before the financial crisis are sufficient to answer the needs of their channel today]]></description>
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			<title>Green machines</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Green printing is a term that is splashed across PowerPoint presentations and countless advertising campaigns, but what it means to individual organisations can look quite different to the marketing jargon. Nathan Statz investigates what printing green really means.]]></description>
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			<title>New HP Saudi boss keen to embrace channel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The new managing director of HP Saudi Arabia has told partners he will adopt an ‘open-door policy’]]></description>
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			<title>Android on netbooks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[News that emerged last week about Hewlett Packard trying out Google’s Android operating system on HP netbooks isn’t all that surprising]]></description>
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			<title>HP outlines latest PartnerONE changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Promises partners a refined product offering and improved incentive structure when the latest set of changes become effective next month]]></description>
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			<title>HP considers Android alternative to Windows</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company confirms evaluating Google’s open-source operating system for its netbooks]]></description>
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