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Intel is planning to give visitors to Gitex today a taste of the wireless lifestyle it has been so keen to promote since the introduction of its Centrino platform earlier this year.

Dell is aggressively building its business at today’s show. The hardware player, which is present with two of its strategic local partners plans to use the exhibition to fuel its rapid growth in the local market.

FIC is bringing its full arsenal of computing hardware to the show floor today. The Taiwanese vendor is offering visitors a comprehensive view of its components business and its full line of PC and notebook systems.

Three new graphics cards are on display at the FIC stand, boasting a range of memory capabilities and support for graphics technologies. The cards are designed to keep pace with the next generation of power-hungry games.

Palm has expanded on its Tungsten family of business handhelds with the introduction of two new models that are debuting at Gitex. While both models promise to deliver premium power and performance, the Tungsten T3 is targeted at lifestyle professionals while the more modest Palm Tungsten E is designed for budget-conscious executives.

Storage Software vendor, Veritas is breaking with its previous Gitex policy and exhibiting in the DIC pavilion.

Sophos antivirus is using Gitex 2003 to raise awareness of computer viruses and educate users about computer security issues.

Storage Software vendor, Veritas is breaking with its previous Gitex policy and exhibiting in the DIC pavilion.

Laserbit wireless Cables is exhibiting a range of wireless communications equipment on the stand of its value-added distributor, Anixter International.

Emirates Internet & Multimeda (EIM), HP and Intel have teamed up to provide Gitex visitors with wireless internet access. The Intel Mobile Experience Zone (IMEZ) is showcasing HP products built with Intel’s Centrino processors.

Finnish Security company, Nixu Information Security is highlighting its Systematic Information Security Profiler (SISP) at Gitex.

The British Power Conversion Company is hoping to cause a surge in the Middle East power protection market this week with its range of power protection products and services.

eHosting DataFort (EHDF) is showcasing the recent consolidation of the eHosting Centre and DataFort subsidiaries into a single company.

SurfControl has signed a new partnership agreement with Online Distribution to bring its range of content security products to the Middle East.

Korean-based mp3 manufacturer Nextway is hoping to capitalise on the new world of legal music downloading with its mp3 technology at Gitex.

Navaho Technologies, the UK based internet appliance manufacturer will be demonstrating its wide range of internet management solutions this week, which the company says can fit into any office environment.

Acer is looking to accelerate its position in the mobile computing market with the launch of the Acer Ferrari 3000, a rich red notebook, aimed at business users who want a combination of good technology and sleek design.

Toshiba has expanded on its vision of a wireless mobile world with the launch of a range of new multimedia applications that bring together home entertainment systems with mobile PCs, television sets, DVD players, gaming consoles, and sound systems.

The launch of Panasonic’s latest DVD player, the DMR-E100, coincides with a surge in demand for recordable DVD: insiders predict the market will hit 24 million sets by 2005.

A troupe of performance artists from the UK, walking on stilts, are carrying LG’s message of “standing tall” to the Gitex crowds. LG is aiming for 20% share of the PC and notebook market by the end of 2004.

Arab Business Machine (ABM), Apple’s independent marketing company for the Middle East, will share its floor space with Dubai’s International Training Institute (ITI) during the show.

IT distributor Logicom plans to use Gitex to help realise aggressive expansion plans for the Middle East.

NEC Computer International (NEC CI) is set to launch a new range of notebooks this week.

Matin Computers is showcasing the latest products from Snazzi and SnaZio, including the latest Snazi DV Avio product for digital video editing.

Sony is showcasing its CliT range of handhelds at the forthcoming Gitex exhibition.

E-Pos, maker of retail technology products, is concentrating on its homegrown line of retail hardware products of the same name at Gitex 2003.

IBM is promoting its ‘on demand’ computing strategy at this year’s show. Big Blue’s stand is broken into four areas – consulting, solutions, hardware and middleware – all pulled together under the utility computing message.

GulfSources.Com is targeting dealers, resellers and system integrators at today’s Gitex as it introduces Wipro’s range of dot matrix printers and UPS systems to the Middle East.

Redwood Technologies, is using Gitex to build on its recent success securing a contract with the Nigerian telecommunications company Nitel. Redwood will provide RedRouter, its prepaid communications solution. Nitel’s new service will see residential subscriber landlines converted to prepaid dial tone.

Fargo Electronics and ImageWare Systems have entered into an agreement that will establish Fargo as a master distributor of ImageWare’s off-the-shelf photo ID badge design and management software.

Digimate is to offer a wide variety of computers and peripherals at factory-direct prices today. The company, which has bases in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and China, prides itself on its competitive prices.

If you’ve recently been hit by that nasty blaster worm of one of its equally nasty variants then you’ll want to visit ITSec’s stand at this year’s exhibition.

Patton Electronics is showcasing its range of network access and connectivity products. Theses include dial-up (V.90) and dedicated (xDSL) access servers, as well as network termination units (NTUs).

Acorp Electronics Corporation hopes that ShowShifter will help it to be a show stealer at this year’s Gitex. Acorp, a manufacturer of motherboards and other PC components, is bundling ShowShifter software with its motherboards, mini-barebone systems, tuner cards and graphics cards.

CallDialler’s magicphone is one of the hottest products at Gitex 2003. The internet protocol (IP) desktop phone incorporates ergonomic design, ease-of-use functionality and the power of IP telephony on the desktop.

3M Gulf is at Gitex this week as it seeks to cash in on the booming IT market in the region.

Sky Electronics is campaigning at Gitex 2003 to educate its reseller community on its collection of AMD processors, AOpen components and locally assembled systems.

Oracle Open World is once more dominating hall five. The enterprise software giant has brought its business partners together to offer visitors a range of different solutions all based on the Oracle platform.

Grand Stores, distributor for FujiFilm in the Middle East, is showcasing a range of new digital cameras from the Japanese giant at Gitex 2003.

AsusTek, best known for its motherboards and graphics cards, is showcasing a whole range of products including desktops, notebooks, servers and networking solutions.

Samir Digital Technology, distributor of Kodak digital imaging equipment in the UAE, has unveiled the latest range of Kodak EasyShare photography products.

BenQ Middle East is showcasing its newest lifestyle products at Gitex today. The company is also offering promotions at both the exhibition and computer shopper fair.

Missing home already? Phoneserve, the regional division of global internet telephony provider Callserve is showcasing live demos of its solutions for enterprises, internet cafTs, call shops and individuals, showing how the company can save international callers money.

Peribit Networks, the instant WAN capacity and application acceleration company, has announced plans to showcase its latest technology at Gitex 2003.

The US mobile handset maker unleashes a new product offensive and pledges to make massive market share gains.

Quark will use the GITEX 2003 event to launch the latest versions of QuarkXPress and ArabicXT for the new Apple operating system, Mac OS X.

Swiss WorldCargo, the cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines, and Polar Air Cargo have signed an Appointed Sales Agent (ASA) agreement covering all sales activities in the UAE for Polar Air flights into and out of Dubai.

Coinciding with the announcement of its new training facility, Veritas is set to launch the company’s first end-user certification programme in the region.

As a pre Gitex warm up, IBM is hosting over 100 of the leading players in corporate technology deployment in Dubai as part of a CIO forum, held in conjunction with its partners Gulf Business Machines and Saudi Business Machines.

Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA) is taking part in Gitex for the fourth year running next week. The focus of the organisation’s participation will be building brand awareness of Dubai Silicon Oasis.

Veritas Software Corporation Middle East the regional software provider, has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art training facility at its regional headquarters in Dubai Internet City (DIC).

D-Link has shipped its first shipping USB 2.0 wireless IEEE 802.11g standards-compliant adapter. Called the D-Link Xtreme G USB Adapter, the solution is targeted at the digital home and SMB segments.

Fairs & Exhibitions, the organiser of the Dubai air show, is to run a six-country roadshow to stir up more interest in the event. F&E will visit Jeddah, Kuwait, Amman, Manama, Doha and Muscat to promote the 7-11th December event.

Tibco is upgrading a number of its integration offerings and packaging them into one customer friendly solution to facilitate its move beyond realtime information delivery and into the predictive enterprise.