EBM named Platinum Partner of the Year in Lenovo Gulf Channel Awards FY20/21

Emirates Business Machines (EBM) was named Platinum Partner of the Year at the recent Lenovo Gulf Channel Awards FY20/21, held virtually this year on July 7.

Charles Abboud, General Manager, Emirates Business Machines – Dubai Branch, had this to say about the achievement: “We are honored to win the Platinum Partner of the Year award during the Lenovo Gulf Channel Awards 2021. I would specially like to thank Lenovo for trusting us as their committed, loyal and strategic partner.

I am also grateful to our customers for the trust and confidence they have shown in EBM, our team and their skills on-board, which have contributed towards this great achievement. As one of the leading Lenovo Partners in UAE, EBM has come a long way and it is indeed gratifying to have our customer focus and service quality recognized by such a prestigious Summit” said Charles Abboud.

“Our collaboration with Lenovo continues to strengthen year on year, we are very thankful to Lenovo team for this recognition and for their support throughout the year. Also we would like to thank our amazing customers for always trusting EBM – and the biggest cheer goes to the rockstars in our team for all their consistent hard work” added Francois Frangieh, General Manager, Emirates Business Machines – Abu Dhabi Branch.

More about Emirates Business Machines

Emirates Business Machines (EBM) is a Systems Integrator and IT Solutions company. The company designs, sells, implements, integrates, and supports Datacenters, Servers, Storage, Software Defined, Hyper-converged, Networking, IT Security, Lenovo endpoint computing and client/server applications as well as emerging technologies such as Cloud, Big data, Analytics and IoT. EBM has sales and support Offices in Dubai and Abu-Dhabi.

MDS CS announced as an Elite Pure Storage Partner in Saudi Arabia

MDS for Computer Systems (MDS CS) recently announced it has achieved the status of Elite Pure Storage Partner in Saudi Arabia.

Pure Storage is a leading name in the Information Technology sector. Based in Mountain View, California, United States, it develops all-flash data storage hardware and software products.

On its LinkedIn profile, MDS CS commented on the achievement: “With this partnership, we strive to provide the best modern data experience in the KSA market.”

More about Pure Storage

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) gives technologists their time back. Pure delivers a modern data experience that empowers organisations to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service model seamlessly across multiple clouds.

One of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies in history, Pure helps customers put data to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure Storage was named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage.

More about MDS CS

Founded in 1982 by Sheikh Mohammed Mansour Al-Rumaih as Mideast Data Systems, today MDS CS is a well-known and highly reputable organization with a team of professional engineers and technicians, with a large base of satisfied customers including significant numbers of large turnkey projects.

MDS CS brings a highly professional approach to meet each of its customers’ unique business requirements. Its commitment in terms of financial investment and customer support is aimed at a long-term relationship with its customers.

MDS Oman wins certificate of appreciation from Ooredoo Oman for Bousher Data Center achievement

Mideast Data Systems Oman has won a certificate of appreciation for its hard work and dedication from Ooredoo Oman when implementing the major Bousher Data Center project, which officially opened in March 2021.

“Only when we dare to face the challenge, is when we excel the most,“ said Ahmad Birjawi, Managing Partner, MDS Oman. “Great job MDS Oman team – you made the whole Midis Group proud.”

On the company LinkedIn profile when the project was first implemented, MDS Oman wrote, “This was one of the largest Data Center projects undertaken in Oman and we were delighted to have been chosen to design it and implement it, adopting an innovative turn-key solution.”

To complete the project, the company had to implement world-class standards to ensure the safety of its employees working on the ground.

An MDS Oman spokesman added, “We are proud that we were able to complete the project in a record breaking 363 days while working under unprecedented conditions due to the pandemic outbreak.”

Ian Dench, Chief Executive Officer at Ooredoo, said, “As part of our contribution to Oman’s Vision 2040, we continue to invest in cutting-edge infrastructure, and our state-of-the-art data center is set up to meet the growing demands for data. We are driving Oman’s digital transformation and taking our data services to the next level.”

The 2.5mw 7,000sqm three-level facility, situated in the south of the capital city, Muscat, was designed for 300 racks and was completed in less than 12 months.

Ahmed Abdullah Al Abri, Chief Technology and Information Officer at Ooredoo, said, “The Data Center represents a major breakthrough in hosting and data processing, and will enhance our existing 5G infrastructure. We’re proud that we were not only able to complete the project within 12 months, a remarkable achievement given the constraints of the pandemic, but we did so using Omani resources and skills.”

The Ooredoo Data Center is part of the Qatari telecom company’s efforts to develop a modern infrastructure able to deal with the requirements of the rapidly-growing demand for hosting and digital data processing.

More about MDS Oman

Established in 1994 and part of the Midis Group, MDS Oman has a professional staff of 200 + specialists and covers market needs within various business fields including:

• Data Center Infrastructure and mobile Data Center Solutions
• Distribution transformers
• Power Generation and Solar Solutions
• Industrial and explosion-proof UPS and DC Systems
• Shelters and Telecommunication equipment
• Ground Power Units, Diesel Rotary UPSs
• Rental Business
• CCTV & Access Control
• BMS Solutions

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MDS Computers recognized as a 2020 Partner of the Year by Juniper Networks

CPT win major CISCO award for Technology Excellence, EN & Cloud

Computer & Power Technology (CPT) has won a major Cisco award for Technology Excellence, EN & Cloud. The award was given during the virtual Cisco Gulf Partner Summit 2021, on April 8.

“We are honored to win the ‘Technology Excellence: EN & Cloud’ Award from Cisco,” said Cesar Elferkh, Sales Director, Mideast Data Systems – Computer & Power Technology.

“This award recognizes the team’s phenomenal performance in providing IOT and Security solutions and I would particularly like to thank Cisco for their continuous trust and commitment,” said Cesar.

The Cisco Gulf Partner Summit was held over two days, featuring a variety of topics delivered by a diverse line-up of speakers. Attendees learned about the innovation that is taking place in the region as well as insights on how to be “Future Ready” as the IT sector looks beyond the pandemic.

More about CPT

Computer & Power Technology (CPT) is part of the Midis Group. Based out of Abu Dhabi, UAE, CPT is a leading technology reseller with a specialization in Endpoint, Perimeter, Datacenter Security, Analytics, Data Center, Collaboration, Cloud and IoT.

CPT is a registered Gold Cisco Partner in the UAE – in addition to having long standing relationships with several key technology vendors in the region. Their solutions portfolio is customized to meet all customer needs, with successful projects with government, semi-government and large enterprises.

MMR win CommScope DataCenter of the Year Award

Mohammed Mansour Al-Rumaih (MMR KSA) have won the CommScope Data Center of the Year Award.

Presented on Tuesday March 30, 2021 to the MMR team at their HQ in Riyadh, KSA, the Award is an important vote of confidence from their major Partner, CommScope.

“Thank you, CommScope for this recognition – we are looking forward to a brighter 2021 together” said Ashraf Al Araj, Managing Director, Site & Power, MMR. “This Award means a lot to the whole MMR team, who all worked really hard to make the Partnership succeed.”

MMR are an Elite Partner with CommScope and the company provide structured cabling solutions for Data Center applications.

More about MMR

Founded in 1983 by Sheikh Mohammed Mansour Al-Rumaih, MMR is a subsidiary of Midis Energy Group – part of the Midis Group. MMR started its activity by hiring highly qualified staff with thorough experience in the relevant and specialist fields of Power Solutions, Electro-Mechanical Installations & Support Systems, Computers and Data Communications.

Today, MMR is a well-known and reputable organization which has successfully served more than 1,000 customers including successful completion of 100 plus large turnkey projects. MMR is an organization dedicated to a professional approach in order to meet customers’ requirements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

ICT wins “Best Veeam Backup for O365 partner” Award

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has won the “Best Veeam Backup for O365 partner” award at the Veeam Partner Summit 2021 on March 16.

Tarek Hadla from ICT accepted the award:“ICT and Veeam have taken a significant leap forward in their partnership over the past two years by helping our customers modernize their data protection technologies,” said Tarek Hadla.

six people are in a group photo as a trophy is handed over.
The ICT team with the Veeam Award. Photo credit – ICT

“Today, it’s a pleasure to receive the best Veeam backup for the O365 partner award in the Middle East from Veeam; we look forward to more success in 2021, and congrats for all winners” added Tarek.

The ICT team were asked to make a short acceptance video which we show below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAsRZ0YLplo

More about ICT

In 1993, East Gulf Ltd was established in Qatar, offering two major services: IT solutions and site preparations. The IT department grew through continuous development until it was large enough to split from the main company in 2005. The spin-off is called Information and Communication Technology W.L.L. (ICT).

Today, within the evolution of the digital transformation challenge, Information and Communication Technology W.L.L. (ICT), offers modern technology solutions and services to the medium to Enterprise Qatari market. Solutions offered include Cloud, IoT, Analytics, Mobility, Cybersecurity and Social Media.

ESET rated top-selling EMEA based Security Vendor by G2

Overseas Business Machines wins “IBM Growth Driver of the Year 2020” Award

Overseas Business Machines has won the IBM “Growth Driver of the Year 2020” award given by Ingram Micro for IBM Business Partners. The award was part of the IBM Business Excellence Awards, 2020.

On their LinkedIn profile, Aptec – an Ingram Micro company, posted, “We would like to congratulate all our partners who are winners of these prestigious awards, and we are grateful for your contribution in Ingram Micro – IBM Business. We value your partnership, and we are thankful for your trust in doing business with Ingram Micro.”

According to OBM on LinkedIn, the recognition reflects OBM’s technical and thought leadership alongside their synergy with IBM. On LinkedIn, Mohammad Bolbol, General Manager, OBM, was keen to thank the organisers for the award:

“Thank you, team Ingram Micro/Aptec Distribution, for this recognition! Looking forward to a brighter 2021 together with IBM Systems and Ingram Micro.”

More about OBM

Overseas Business Machines (OBM) is an Integrated IT Solution company based in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. OBM brings value to businesses by providing Hardware, Software, Networking and Security solutions not only for sustainability and growth but also to provide much needed competitive edge. The company provides the right IT solution by thoroughly understanding the business process. They put lots of effort into clear and precise communication to ensure delivery of high-quality effective solutions with minimum cost. OBM solutions are designed considering the risks and strengths of client business.

EBM named Most Valuable Tech Partner of the Year

Emirates Business Machines (EBM) has won the ‘Most Valuable Tech Partner of the Year’ Award given by Ingram Micro for IBM Business Partners.

The award was part of the IBM Business Excellence Awards, 2020.

On their LinkedIn profile, Aptec – an Ingram Micro company, posted, “We would like to congratulate all our partners who are winners of these prestigious Awards and we are grateful for your contribution in Ingram Micro – IBM Business. We value your partnership and we are thankful for your trust in doing business with Ingram Micro.”

On LinkedIn the EBM team thanked Ingram Micro and Aptec Distribution for this excellent recognition. The LinkedIn post went on: “Looking forward to a brighter 2021 together!”

More about EBM

Emirates Business Machines (EBM) is a System Integrator and IT Solutions company. The company designs, sells, implements, integrates, and supports Datacenters, Servers, Storage, Software Defined, Hyperconverged, Networking, IT Security, Lenovo Endpoints, Computing and Client/server applications as well as emerging technologies such as Cloud, Big Data, Analytics and IoT.

Mideast Data Systems wins two awards at the HPE UAE Channel Awards 2020

Mideast Data Systems (MDS) – has won two awards at the HPE UAE Channel Awards 2020. HPE UAE Services Partner of the Year Award went to the whole MDS team, and Best Channel Pre-Sale Award went to Mohamed Amine Snadly at MDS for an exceptional sales effort during the year.

These awards are major achievements. The Services Partner of the Year prize given to MDS was awarded based on nominated partners’ overall Pointnext revenue, and those who have consistently achieved in 2020 their Pointnext Matrix, KPIs and targets.

According to the HPE UAE citation for the award, MDS achieved the highest Pointnext Services numbers in FY20. In addition to achieving their KPIs and targets, MDS managed to stay in the top performance band, with ensuring consistent contract renewals and high volume of IB attach. When it comes to Greenlake, MDS closed the biggest Greenlake expansion, which represented more than 50% of UAE Indirect GreenLake quota in FY20. They have also built a good GreenLake pipeline for FY21.

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HPE UAE Best Channel Pre-sale Award – winner in 2020 – Mohamed Amine Snadly (MDS)

Infotech Business Solutions recognized by Fortinet as Partner of the Year 2020 for Iraq

Infotech Business Solutions has been recognized by Fortinet as Partner of the Year 2020 for Iraq. The award was given during the Fortinet Virtual Partner SYNC North Gulf 2020 in November.

“This award demonstrates and recognizes InfoTech’s excellence in providing true value to our clients for security projects as they relate to Fortinet. As the market leader in Iraq in Systems Integration, we are proud to ascertain, once again, our unique dedication to our clients, premiere service and an unwavering commitment to excellence” said IBS Deputy General Manager, Ali Joseph “It’s all thanks to our engineers who can always handle any project and technical issues in a professional way.”

As well as the industry awards, the virtual event included latest updates on the Fortinet Security Fabric, the Engage Partner Program, and the opportunity to interact with the Fortinet Channel Team for North Gulf i.e. Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, and Qatar.

More about Infotech Business Systems

InfoTech Business Solutions is an OmniTech Holdings company and part of the Midis Group. OmniTech is a well-established Information Technology group operating in the Middle East region, dedicated to provide total infrastructure solutions around IBM, Cisco, Lenovo, Microsoft, Kaspersky and Diebold. It employs more than 350 professionals, with offices in Lebanon, Jordan, West Bank, Iraq, and Qatar.

JBS wins Gold Panduit Certified Installer (PCI) recognition

Dec 15, 2020 – Amman: Jordan Business Systems has achieved Gold Panduit Certified Installer status.

Mr. Nazim Alasasfeh, Deputy General Manager at JBS said: “We at JBS are proud to engage in such a relationship with Panduit. We believe that this is a perfect fit for our customers that need to deploy Panduit Network and Data Center Infrastructure solutions.”

“This partnership is a great example of the close collaboration Panduit has with its customers. We are looking forward into strengthening and developing this partnership further towards achieving common goals.”

More about Panduit

Panduit was born from innovation. In 1955, the company launched their first product: Panduct Wiring Duct, a new invention that uniquely organized control panel wiring and allowed new wires to be added quickly and neatly. Since that time Panduit has introduced thousands of problem solving new products and remained committed to providing innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions.

More about JBS

Jordan Business Systems provides business-focused, integrated IT solutions for organizations of all sizes. Clients can depend on a partner with flexible scale, a broad solution portfolio, and more than 20 years of business IT insight.

JBS’s roots come from a partnership with some of the world’s most renowned and respected names in the IT industry. As a Business Partner of IBM, Cisco, Diebold, Lenovo and Panduit in Jordan and Palestine, JBS was formed to meet the emerging demands of economies for development and to empower organizations to reach their full business potential to be able to compete in today’s technology-intensive economy.

Husni Hammoud wins Best Leadership Personality of the Year award

MDS SI wins two awards at the Dell Forum 2020

The MDS SI team in UAE is celebrating after winning two awards from Dell at the recently held Dell Forum 2020. The first award was Exceptional Partner of the Year, which is specifically given to a Strategic End-to-End Solutions Provider who have demonstrated strong commitment towards Dell. The second award bestowed upon MDS SI was for ‘Go-Big, Win-Big Growth’. This recognition is for Solutions Provider with the strongest total revenue growth year on year.

Commenting on the win, Hadi Nader, Group Managing Partner Mideast Data Systems – Systems Integration, said, “We are honored to win two awards during the Dell Forum, and I would specially like to thank Dell for trusting us as their committed, loyal and strategic partner. I am also grateful to our customers for the trust and confidence they have shown in MDS-SI, our team and their skills on-board, which has contributed towards this great achievement and recognition.”

“As one of the leading Dell Titanium Partners in the Middle East region, we are committed to providing strategic, financial and operational benefits to our customers. With the increased pace of digitization, we have been quick to make significant investments to enable next generation services and solutions required to keep our customers ahead of the curve. This, along with our focus on quality and best industry practices were key factors that contributed to our recognition for the awards.”

Award two: 'Go-Big, Win-Big Growth’. This recognition is for Solutions Provider with the strongest total revenue growth year on year. Photo credit: MDS SI
Award two: ‘Go-Big, Win-Big Growth’. This recognition is for Solutions Provider with the strongest total revenue growth year on year. Photo credit: MDS SI

Dell Forum is a destination to ask, answer and discuss all things related to Dell Products and services. The Forum takes place in various countries, and the UAE chapter was held on December 15, 2020. Given the current situation, the Forum was conducted virtually, where partners, resellers, system integrators and customers were seen interacting with each other. The 2020 Forum welcomed many new ideas and strategies, uncovering new opportunities for growth, and accelerating digital transformation across all verticals.

Nader concluded: “MDS SI has come a long way since our inception and it is indeed gratifying to have our customer focus and service quality recognised by such a prestigious industry forum.”

Qatar Site and Power win Diamond Partner of the Year award at the Vertiv Channel Summit 2020

Qatar Site and Power (QSP) was awarded the major accolade of Diamond Partner of the Year at the Vertiv Digital Channel Summit 2020 in November.

According to the Vertiv web page for the online event, the 2020 Channel Summit explored what lies ahead for the channel industry as a whole and also for Vertiv leading into 2021.

A great accolade for the QSP team - the Award certificate
A great accolade for the QSP team – the Award certificate

More about QSP

QSP is today the largest and most experienced Data Center solutions provider in the Qatari marketplace. The company has participated in, and constructed, a big part of the Data Centers in Qatar, and they are the largest UPS supplier in the region, with more than 1000 UPS installations all over Qatar. QSP have certified and specialised teams to help customers in product selection, installation and servicing of all types of power protection and IT infrastructure equipment.

VMware recognizes MDS SI as a trusted digital transformation partner in the UAE

At the VMware 2020 Partnership Leadership Summit, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger recognized MDS SI as a trusted digital transformation partner, and spoke about the company’s support in helping the American Hospital of Dubai (AHD) convert a hotel into a field hospital during the COVID-19 emergency.

The Summit in November was attended by many prominent C-level leaders and General Managers from the partner eco-system across the EMEA region. The relationship between MDS SI and American Hospital in Dubai has deep roots, stretching back over seven years. Solutions covered range from IT infrastructure systems to building a world-class private cloud system.

The recent challenge faced by AHD and their partners was significant. When the pandemic reached the UAE, AHD had to prioritize multiple factors:

  1. Transforming a hotel into an operational, 390-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients, including secure access to the main hospital IT services.
  2. Strengthening remote-working capabilities for the hospital’s administrative employees, which included call center, finance and HR functions among other areas.
  3. Launching a new tele-health service – months earlier than planned – to ensure patients can still access medical experts and treatments. This was vital to patients and hospital operations.

Infrastructure security, reliability and performance were top of the agenda as the IT team readied the new facility. The team bolstered IT security measures, too. They needed to quickly minimize the exposure of patient data at a much higher standard than guest room security requires. The task included re-configuring the network, implementing firewalls and securing the computing environment to extend the hospital’s main campus network to the field hospital.

The healthcare organization benefited from the seamless access and agility enabled by its software-defined digital foundation. Hyper-converged infrastructure is the key to faster time to market and will also assist AHD in their next phase of deployment and transformation, as VMware solutions are extremely agile and scale-able on demand.

Next steps for the project

Next steps AHD is planning include building a private cloud, and ensuing that the shared IT service platform will assist both AHD and the Mohammad Obaid Al-Mulla Group. Instead of having unhelpful silos, everything will be migrated to one single platform with Vrealize, and many infrastructure operations will be automated to roll out services more quickly.

MDS SI has been focusing on making AHD a complete Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). The facility servers and storage are virtualized using VSAN and Vsphere as core technologies, and MDS SI have already started with the deployment of their private cloud infrastructure (SDDC platform).