FVC hosts Annual Partner Awards during Gitex 2009

Annual partner awards acknowledge contribution towards company growth and innovative use of technology

FVC, a leading networking and security value added distributor in the Middle East & North Africa, today hosted its annual partner awards dinner during Gitex Technology Week. A total of 31 awards were handed out to partners in two key business areas – rich media and networking & security.

KS Parag, MD at FVC, said, “FVC’s success is its partner relationships and this annual dinner allows us the opportunity to acknowledge the contributions they have made towards the growth of our company. Some of these partners have show great initiative in the innovative use of our technology to help their customers optimise their IT budgets and deliver a higher level of ROI.”

The rich media partner awards included:

Alkan CIT, Egypt: Polycom Partner of the Year – East Africa
Saudi Business Machines: Polycom Partner of the Year for VSG Solutions in KSA
Alpha Data, UAE: Polycom Partner of the Year – GCC
Baud Telecom Company: Polycom Partner of the Year for Voice Solutions in KSA
DataBox, Tunisia: Polycom Partner of the Year for Voice solutions in Levant
Zahra Technology LLC, UAE: Vaddio Partner of the Year
Sight & Sound, Kenya: Special Recognition for Polycom Business Performance
Zahra Technology LLC, UAE: Best Polycom Services Partner (GCC)
Saudi Business Machines: Best Polycom Services Partner (KSA)
Microhit Technologies, UAE: Best Emerging Polycom Voice Partner in GCC
Bits Arabia, KSA: Best Emerging Polycom Voice Partner in KSA
Perax, Algeria: Special Recognition for Polycom Business Performance
Symbol Technologies, Ethiopia: Special Recognition for Polycom Business Performance
RANA Technologies, Afghanistan: Special Recognition for Polycom Telepresence Business
E-Pillars, UAE: Special Recognition Award for Digium business in GCC

Networking and security partner awards acknowledge contributions from 16 partners across MENA. The full award list included:

Emircom, UAE: TippingPoint Partner of the Year, GCC
Paramount Computer Systems: TippingPoint Partner of the Year, KSA
Summit, Egypt: TippingPoint Special Recognition for Business Performance
IB Maroc, Morocco: TippingPoint Special Recognition for Business Performance
Tetracom, Lebanon: TippingPoint Special Recognition for Business Performance
Unicorp Technology LLC, UAE: TippingPoint Fast Track Partner
IN2SOL: Google Project of the Year
SquareOne Technologies, UAE: Google Innovation Partner
Emtech, UAE: Barracuda GCC Partner of the Year
Saudi Paramount Computer Systems: Barracuda KSA Partner of the Year
Paramount Computer Systems LLC, UAE: Barracuda – Special Recognition Award for Business Performance
TechSource LLC, UAE: Citrix Innovation Partner
Qatar Datamation Systems, Qatar: VASCO Special Recognition Award for Business Performance
Security Matterz, KSA: VASCO Best Emerging Security Partner in KSA
TekSalah, UAE: Riverbed Fast Track Partner
Afriz, UAE: Packet Design Partner of the Year

About FVC
Founded in 2000, FVC is one of the leading Value Added Distributors across the Middle East and North Africa with dedicated offices in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco, working through its growing network of more than 130 channel partners in over 44 countries across the region.

With new technologies and solutions driving the pace of change of businesses in the region, FVC has built a successful business by drawing on the best of global solutions. Uniquely in the region, its combination of full support for its channel partners and market-leading solutions from emerging technologies provides both FVC’s partners and their customers with the full confidence to invest in integrated next-generation IT and networking solutions from rich media communications to security to bandwidth management that will benefit their businesses. For more information, visit www.fvc.com.