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			<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing is often touted as the answer to IT costs spiraling out of control - but does it really work? Imthishan Giado investigates.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE's IT spending to grow by 12% to 2013 - research</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New study says sector spending in emirates will exceed $1.828bn in four years time.]]></description>
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			<title>Causing collaboration</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Teaming up looks tantilising on paper but when it comes to executing the strategy the reality can be somewhat murkier and that's where collaborative systems come in.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile phone market to drop 13% in 2009 says IDC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Worldwide shipments of mobile phones to decline by 13% this year says research company]]></description>
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			<title>Netbook demand keeps Middle East PC market afloat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Research shows uptake of netbooks is responsible for 4% growth in PC market this quarter]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Making the leap towards a mobile workforce is a bold one, though there are some organisations making the move without abandoning the traditional office.]]></description>
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			<title>Changing gears</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The state of play in the economy has caused many CIOs to shift into a different gear when it comes to infrastructure projects.]]></description>
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			<title>Days of soaring growth over for MEA PC market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MEA PC sales down 6% year-on-year in first quarter, growth flat from final quarter of 2008]]></description>
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			<title>IDC cuts growth prediction for EMEA IT spending</title>
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			<title>MFP growth to provide relief to printer channel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Multi-function devices' growing popularity helps channel preserve hardware margins]]></description>
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			<title>UAE services market hits $791 million</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The IT services market in the UAE grew 41% last year, to reach $791 million says IDC]]></description>
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			<title>Middle East and Africa server market continues to grow</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Revenue in EMEA region grows to $4.4 billion]]></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>MEA server revenue up 16%</title>
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			<title>Virtualisation boosts EMEA server market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EMEA server market up 4.8% in first quarter of 2008 says IDC  ]]></description>
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			<title>Hyperconnectivity to hit 40% in five years</title>
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			<title>Software piracy rates on the rise worldwide</title>
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			<title>Oracle grows lead in database market</title>
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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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			<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>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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