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Microsoft today held a roundtable on Cloud Computing for the key CIO’s hailing from various prominent organizations in Qatar in association with its partners HP and Citrix. The roundtable offered CIO’s a different angle to approach technology utilisation in their organisations while moving their IT infrastructure into the Cloud. The roundtable also provided the CIOs with insights into how they could make the shift to cloud computing with a private cloud architecture which can dynamically allocate IT resources across business units, so that services can be deployed quickly and scaled out to meet business needs whenever they occur.Read More…

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Jordan based leading e-government services and software solutions provider SSS Process, was recently recognized for their efforts and achievements and were awarded the Microsoft (MS) Gold Partner status, which can only be achieved high standards of technical capabilities, high level of expertise and experience on Microsoft platform, in addition to offering technical support to their clients. SSS Process has several successful implementations deployed in various enterprises, banks and government spread across the middle east region. Now, SSS Process intends to expand its reach aggressively not just in the region but also beyond the region.Read More…

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Microsoft is celebrating Women in Technology by hosting a special forum called “Geek Girls” with five female IT professionals at Tech-Ed Middle East this year. At this forum, the selected girls will be available for interaction and also Microsoft executives will share insights into Successful Career Development Strategies for Women in IT and how to maintain a Healthy and Sustainable Work/Life Balance. IT is an industry that is perceived as male dominated. As more and more women join the IT workforce, Microsoft is helping to erode this misconception through influencing business policy and making IT an attractive choice, paving the way for more women to join the industry. The event is will be held at Dubai Rooms, World Trade Centre, Level 1, on March 9th, 2011 between 12:45 to 14:00.
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HP Saudi Arabia is hosting its biggest technology event in the Kingdom, “HP Instant On Conference” to address the growing IT needs of Saudi enterprises. The 2 days event will be held in Riyadh on 5 and 6 of March 2011 in association with Microsoft, SAP and Avaya among others. According to research conducted on behalf of HP Saudi Arabia, three quarters of business leaders say that their technology department is a fundamental enabler of their business’ success while 84% of business leaders say that innovation is critical to their business success in this new world.

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Microsoft today got one step closer to a final launch of IE 9, with unveiling of the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) after it successfully launched the IE9 Beta version in September 2010. Microsoft claims IE9 to be “reinvention of the browser,” with features like updated compatibility with web standards like HTML5, an overhaul of the user interface and hardware acceleration for apps running within the browser.

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Protocol Systems, a specialist in unified communication, server platform and midmarket solution provider earned its gold certified partner status. Gold partner certification is one of the highest levels of Microsoft partner certification which requires companies to meet a wide range of parameter which includes Technical Qualification, Sales Specialization, Systems Management Specialization, networking and customer references. As a Gold Certified Partners Protocol systems can avail many advantages including special access to adapt the latest in the field of information technology to allow Protocol systems to get first hand exposure which will in return enable them to enhance the overall customer satisfaction.

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