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Arabian Adventures operations controller Mediya Mohd Suroor Bin Hadi wants more young Emiratis to promote their culture and country by joining the tourism industry.

Document management solutions heavyweight strengthens its bid to tackle the need for speed with its CEO and senior VP onboard this year.

Retail technology solutions provider Torex Retail Holdings, exhibiting alongside regional partner Headstart, is announcing its ambitious strategy for expansion in the Middle East.

Oman’s Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) is expanding to provide more facilities for high-tech companies.

Affno’s concentration on winning e-Government deals at GITEX Technology Week has been accelerated by its recent string of investments in its expansion into Middle East and Africa.

The Kingdom of Bahrain is showcasing both public and private information technology companies in an effort to promote Bahrain e-Government Agency’s services and provide opportunities for Bahraini companies overseas.

“Seventy-five percent of e-government code created in this region is redundant,” says McNealy. “Collaborating around these kinds of architectures would be hugely advantageous, much more secure and provide some regional interoperability.”

The Australian contingency is out in force at GITEX Technology Week with 27 Aussie companies participating in total – the country’s largest delegation at the event yet.

More than 120 Chinese ICT companies are out in force at GITEX Technology Week, making the country the largest single contributor of exhibitors this year.

More than 100 Taiwan IT manufacturers are exhibiting at GITEX Technology Week, most exhibiting IT hardware and consumer electronics products, with another 20% manufacturers of telecom and networking products.

KSA-Datastar International is keen to raise awareness of its product range and the potential benefits that tracking technology can bring to companies in the region.

Sun Microsystems chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy has urged Middle East IT industry decision-makers to embrace the benefits of open source software, or risk falling behind other global markets that are rapidly making use of its benefits.

The ‘Mecca of Architecture’ that is Dubai seems to be at the forefront in terms of the development of new, fascinating glass boxes. Saddled with one third of the world’s construction cranes, the building frenzy has engulfed the entire region.