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National Bank of Abu Dhabi has signed up with InfoSys, via Alpha Data, to provide Internet banking services to its customers.

ARAMEX has introduced a service called ‘Shop ‘n Ship’ that is intended to make Internet shopping easier for consumers in the region.

Dubai Municipality has launched an online information resource that makes it easier to do the one thing every business would rather avoid: pay tax.

Advanced wireless Internet services are on their way — Etisalat will trial WAP applications in Q3 this year on a test GPRS network built by Alcatel.

As more B2B marketplaces, like Tejari.com and Commerce One’s MarketSites, spring up, US government regulators are becoming concerned.

Napster says sharing isn’t stealing. In a brief filed in a California federal court, the online music file-sharing community disputed charges that its service violates copyright laws.

The enterprise storage market has been heating up of late, with major vendors precisely pinpointing each others’ customers as targets for their own sales pitch.

Are you one of the 30,000 Microsoft Certified Solution Providers out there? If so, prepare to change your business cards.

If you thought 3Com is slowing, you’re wrong. 3Com is throwing out its net once more, for a set of resellers skilled in 3Com’s new focus areas.

Intel Middle East kicked its networking business into a higher gear when it announced it was ready to start selling to high-end enterprise customers.

Microsoft Windows and Novell NetWare will share space with Linux as a primary operating system offered by PC and server hardware vendor Dell.

Invensys Power Systems has clarified the position of the two UPS brands it bought during the course of last year.

Microsoft released Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) to manufacture this month, and expects it to hit the consumer channel in September.

The fifth Reseller Channel Forum will take place at Gitex 2000 this coming October and is full of new opportunities.

Apple slashed prices on its new-look iMacs and by so doing, massively simplified stocking options for the channel last month, when it rolled out its new product line.

The Application Service Provider (ASP) model hit the Middle East when two separate services announced their readiness to do business.

Arabia.com has introduced a 20 Mbyte mailbox to its free Internet e-mail service. The Amman-based portal operator claims that the inbox is now the largest free one available in the Middle East.

TNT plans to introduce a secure electronic document service that it hopes will help calm fears over the security of online business.

Maktoob.com is adding value to its free e-mail service with the introduction of voice mail services for its Arabic speaking users.

Al Rostamani Information Services (ARIS) and WebNet Inc. are making it easier for smaller businesses to have a presence on the Web.

The Middle East Handicrafts Centre has openend a retail outlet in the 14m.com virtual mall to offer online shoppers a taste of tradition.

Japanese Electronics giant are leading a new wave of online traders by becoming the first company from Japan to endorse Tejari.com B-2-B exchange.

Amazon.com posted another hefty loss in its most recent quarter on a large year on year increase in turnover.

United Bank of Kuwait (UBK) and Al-Ahli Commercial Bank BSC (ACB) have formally completed their proposed merger.

The initial winners in the fierce bidding war that has surrounded Dubai Internet City since it’s inception in late October 1999 have been named.

Dubai-based Interactive Technologies is pushing the issue of e-security into the public eye following a report by Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Reuters has launched the Reuters Arabic Online Report, a comprehensive multimedia news publication for Arabic language publishers around the world.

Cisco has hosted the first ever technology show in the Levant to focus exclusively on networking technology.

Gateway has enhanced the specifications of it’s GP series professional desktop PCs to improve performance and flexibility.

B2C e-commerce in crisis? Amazon continues to lose money, debt rises to $2 billion and the stock is down.

Professional desktop range enhanced with Intel 815E chipset.

First Cisco Expo promotes the benefits of the Internet to businesses in the Levant.

Landmark regional banking merger complete. New entity plots way forward.

Intershop targest regional telcos and ISP with e-commerce platform.

TurboLinux has released its new DataServer featuring IBM’s DB2 Universal Database.

Intel changes direction over Pentium 4 support for SDRAM/DDR SDRAM.

Symantec’s acquisition of Axent Technologies could create a winning combination in the information security market, solution providers and analysts said.