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Middle East key area for growth, says Oracle chief

GITEX: President of world's largest software firm upbeat about future in the region.




Network traffic boss upbeat on Middle East growth

GITEX: F5 Networks says expansion in region will continue but at slower rate.




Buffalo in JV with Mideast distributor

GITEX: Japanese wireless networking and storage firm sets up new company with Advantec.




Orange wins Saudi economic city consulting deal

GITEX: France Telecom arm to advise on design of KAEC's telecoms infrastructure.




Hyperlink to deploy Oracle apps at Kuwait uni

GITEX: Kuwait University to use US software maker's HR management system.




Palm Utilities deploys Oracle app

GITEX: Dubai utilities provider implements application to manage billing and payment processes.




Wipro to resell Sun products in Gulf

GITEX: Indian IT services firm signs deal with tech giant covering UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar.




Nortel eyeing Mideast to offset Europe slowdown

GITEX: Telecoms equipment maker sees wary attitude to IT investment in Europe.




Gulf IT spend to grow 12% annually

GITEX: Massive gov't spending fuelled by record oil revenues will drive growth over next five years.




Kingston regional sales hit $70mn in 2008

GITEX: US computer memory products maker sees sales jump 20% on whole of 2007.




Etisalat 'under-valued' - chairman

GITEX: Omran says firm unaffected by credit crunch, crisis 'creating opportunities'.




TDIC inks $210mn tech deal for Saadiyat Island

GITEX: Abu Dhabi awards Aecom programme management contract.




RIM 'aggressively' expanding in Mideast

GITEX: Blackberry maker boosting presence across GCC and Jordan, regional sales manager says.




Etisalat to launch branded mobile devices

GITEX: UAE telecom in talks with vendors and OEMs, move will provide customers 'great value'.




Sharp launches world's largest LCD in Dubai

GITEX: Japanese firm shows off 108-inch TV, equal to four 52-inch displays.




NBAD bags top honours at ACN awards

GITEX: Tech chief at Abu Dhabi bank wins coveted CIO of the Year award at annual event.




Mobily posts 73% increase in Q3 profit

GITEX: Saudi's second mobile phone company beats analysts' forecasts with net income of $143mn.




Etisalat 'on course' for world top 10 by 2010

Company chairman upbeat as subscriber base exceeds 74mn, expansion in pipeline.




Trend Micro to launch iPhone 3G web browser

GITEX: Internet security giant plans 'safe web browser' for new iPhone criticised over security.




Tech chief slams UAE banking security

GITEX: Trend Micro CTO says bank security in Gulf state can only protect against 'school kids'.




Firms turning to IT to weather financial storm

GITEX: CIOs' budgets growing to help firms boost competitiveness, efficiency - Gartner.




Mideast CIOs 'up to five years behind West'

GITEX: IT professionals still seen as 'plumbing role' and not critical part of business - Gartner.




Financial crisis to slow IT spend in region

GITEX: Crisis likely to slow growth, but growth still expected to remain strong - eSolutions.




70% of net users under attack daily

GITEX: Survey by security specialist Trend Micro finds 'alarming levels of internet threats affecting GCC'.




RTA launches mobile phone Salik top-up service

GITEX: Motorists able to top-up road toll accounts via their mobile phones.




Google to boost Arabic portfolio

GITEX: Search engine giant to strengthen regional offering in line with investments in staff, infrastructure.




Al-Futtaim installs comms networks at Dubai hotels

GITEX: Systems integrator completes implementation at Al Manzil and Qamardeen.




E-Saudi to spend $8mn on expansion

GITEX: Saudi wireless network firm looking to boost presense in Middle East in 2009/10, exec says.




World's largest plasma unveiled in Dubai

GITEX: Panasonic unveils 150-inch plasma screen for first time in Middle East.




UAE healthcare gets major high-tech shake-up

14 hospitals, 60 clinics in northern emirates sign up to new paperless system.