As part of Abu Sheikha’s future visions, the application aims at providing comprehensive infrastructure solutions that serve the company’s employees working in its branches across the kingdom. It also seeks to develop and enhance the management of the company’s operations to keep up with its expansion schemes.

Commenting on the event, Mr. Tareq Abu Sheikha, Abu Sheikha’s CM, said: “As a leading provider of foreign exchange and money transfer services, our company will benefit from MenaITech’s application as it will help us automate our HR department and link it to the company’s sections, including the financial and employee relations departments, to speed internal operations. Such techniques will inevitably have a direct role in reinforcing our competitive capabilities and set the stage for both the administration and employees to keep up with the accelerating growth in our businesses and investments,”

For his part, Mr. Ziad Abu Sheikha, Abu Sheikha’s HR Manager “Our administration is keen on empowering its human resources and employing modern techniques to improve its infrastructure and foster its operational efficiency and effectiveness, specifically because it has a wide network of branches across the kingdom.”

On the other hand, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, MenaITech’s CEO, said, “We are glad to service a pioneering provider of foreign exchange and money transfer services like Abu Sheikha for Exchange, which is one of the leading companies in this field, and support its management with the necessary solutions and specialized applications that would help its growth and employ its resources optimally.”

“The services provided by MenaITech’s application are not limited to the administrative departments; they extend to cover all the employees who can use the self service application and take advantage of a wide range of features, such as managing leaves of absence, payments and liabilities. Accessing these features through the internet will increase the employees’ level of satisfaction as they will no longer have to show up at the human resources department for such matters,” Hawamdeh added.

It is worth mentioning that Abu Sheikha for Exchange is one of the leading banking and financial services institutions in Jordan and has recently been transformed into a limited liability company. The corporation has a network of branches that have been distributed carefully in strategic locations throughout the capital and are connected through a modern telecom network that enables clients to perform their banking operations easily.

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For Editors:

Founded in 2003 by a group of talented and experienced HR and IT professionals, MenaITech aims to provide HR solutions that maximize the return on the human capital investment for all MenaITech customers by providing accurate and reliable management information, improving access to information, and reducing costs of operating the HR solution. MenaITech products include the human resources information management system MenaHR®, payroll & personnel solution MenaPay®, the employee & manager self service solution MenaME®, the employee 360 degree feedback evaluation software Mena360®, the comprehensive HR consolidation and analysis module MenaExplorer®, in addition to the revolutionary cell phone notification service MenaSMS®.

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Signed by Talal Awamleh, ATG’s CEO and MCC’s Business Development and Marketing Manager Mr. Anas Hijjawi, the agreement authorizes MCC to distribute and broadcast the group’s productions such as Ras Ghlais, Nimer Bin Odwan, Ors al Saqer, Al Ijtiah, Wadha and Bin Ajlan, among other drama productions.

“This agreement aims at providing the most popular drama clips which are still in high demand by a large Arab audience, even after being re-broadcasted by the most prominent satellite channels. We expect that they will receive the same demand on mobile devices,” said Talal Awamleh, noting ATG’s dedication to developing the media and broadcasting industry regionally and internationally.

“We welcome ATG to our list of clients in the content manufacturing industry, and we value their trust in us; allowing this partnership to broadcast more than 5000 hours of drama via all Arab telecommunication companies,” said Salem Al Enzi, CEO of MCC.

“Arab Telemedia’s productions and drama series will add exceptional value to our targeted and diversified mobile channels. It will also contribute to the enrichment of Arabic e-content in new ways which meet the aspirations and expectations of users,” he added.

As per the agreement, MCC will provide content via portals including: WAP, IVR, RBT, and WEB to the audience. In addition, MCC will provide the audience with the possibility of downloading and installing a mobile application which will include all categories and services that end-users can view or download on their mobile devices.

Notably, the Arab Telemedia Group has won numerous international and regional awards for its outstanding productions, namely an Emmy in 2008 for the series “Al Ijtiah”.

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Mobile Channels Company (MCC)

Mobile Channels is a leading mobile solutions and services company specializing in mobile applications development, content distribution, mobile value-added services and mobile advertising. With experience dating back to the inception of the mobile industry in theMiddle East, the Saudi-Jordanian team of specialists finally joined forces in 2008 to found Mobile Channels Company (MCC).

MCC’s competitive edge lies in its extensive experience customizing branded applications for smart phones and in providing mobile solutions tailored to meet the needs and surpass the expectations of the growing Arab market demand.

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Mobile Channels Company (MCC), the leading company specialized in mobile applications development and content distribution, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Arab Telemedia Group (ATG) for the distribution of its drama series via all mobile operators in the Arab region.

Signed by Talal Awamleh, ATG’s CEO and MCC’s Business Development and Marketing Manager Mr. Anas Hijjawi, the agreement authorizes MCC to distribute and broadcast the group’s productions such as Ras Ghlais, Nimer Bin Odwan, Ors al Saqer, Al Ijtiah, Wadha and Bin Ajlan, among other drama productions.

“This agreement aims at providing the most popular drama clips which are still in high demand by a large Arab audience, even after being re-broadcasted by the most prominent satellite channels. We expect that they will receive the same demand on mobile devices,” said Talal Awamleh, noting ATG’s dedication to developing the media and broadcasting industry regionally and internationally.

“We welcome ATG to our list of clients in the content manufacturing industry, and we value their trust in us; allowing this partnership to broadcast more than 5000 hours of drama via all Arab telecommunication companies,” said Salem Al Enzi, CEO of MCC.

“Arab Telemedia’s productions and drama series will add exceptional value to our targeted and diversified mobile channels. It will also contribute to the enrichment of Arabic e-content in new ways which meet the aspirations and expectations of users,” he added.

As per the agreement, MCC will provide content via portals including: WAP, IVR, RBT, and WEB to the audience. In addition, MCC will provide the audience with the possibility of downloading and installing a mobile application which will include all categories and services that end-users can view or download on their mobile devices.

Notably, the Arab Telemedia Group has won numerous international and regional awards for its outstanding productions, namely an Emmy in 2008 for the series “Al Ijtiah”.

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Mobile Channels Company (MCC)

Mobile Channels is a leading mobile solutions and services company specializing in mobile applications development, content distribution, mobile value-added services and mobile advertising. With experience dating back to the inception of the mobile industry in theMiddle East, the Saudi-Jordanian team of specialists finally joined forces in 2008 to found Mobile Channels Company (MCC).

MCC’s competitive edge lies in its extensive experience customizing branded applications for smart phones and in providing mobile solutions tailored to meet the needs and surpass the expectations of the growing Arab market demand.

www.mccarabia.com

Signed by Talal Awamleh, ATG’s CEO and MCC’s Business Development and Marketing Manager Mr. Anas Hijjawi, the agreement authorizes MCC to distribute and broadcast the group’s productions such as Ras Ghlais, Nimer Bin Odwan, Ors al Saqer, Al Ijtiah, Wadha and Bin Ajlan, among other drama productions.

“This agreement aims at providing the most popular drama clips which are still in high demand by a large Arab audience, even after being re-broadcasted by the most prominent satellite channels. We expect that they will receive the same demand on mobile devices,” said Talal Awamleh, noting ATG’s dedication to developing the media and broadcasting industry regionally and internationally.

“We welcome ATG to our list of clients in the content manufacturing industry, and we value their trust in us; allowing this partnership to broadcast more than 5000 hours of drama via all Arab telecommunication companies,” said Salem Al Enzi, CEO of MCC.

“Arab Telemedia’s productions and drama series will add exceptional value to our targeted and diversified mobile channels. It will also contribute to the enrichment of Arabic e-content in new ways which meet the aspirations and expectations of users,” he added.

As per the agreement, MCC will provide content via portals including: WAP, IVR, RBT, and WEB to the audience. In addition, MCC will provide the audience with the possibility of downloading and installing a mobile application which will include all categories and services that end-users can view or download on their mobile devices.

Notably, the Arab Telemedia Group has won numerous international and regional awards for its outstanding productions, namely an Emmy in 2008 for the series “Al Ijtiah”.

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Mobile Channels Company (MCC)

Mobile Channels is a leading mobile solutions and services company specializing in mobile applications development, content distribution, mobile value-added services and mobile advertising. With experience dating back to the inception of the mobile industry in theMiddle East, the Saudi-Jordanian team of specialists finally joined forces in 2008 to found Mobile Channels Company (MCC).

MCC’s competitive edge lies in its extensive experience customizing branded applications for smart phones and in providing mobile solutions tailored to meet the needs and surpass the expectations of the growing Arab market demand.

www.mccarabia.com

Signed by MenaITech’s CEO, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh and Dr. Yousef Fanous, Pharmacy1’s Deputy CEO, the agreement included the implementation of MenaHR, MenaME, and MenaExplorer, in addition to MenaPay which was deployed in all Pharmacy1’s branches three years ago.

Dr.Fanous said, “Our administration is keen on keeping up with the best and most efficient technologies to meet our growing needs and orientations, that are designed to increase work efficiency and improve the quality of the expected results from such systems”.

From his side, Dr. Hawamdeh welcomed Pharmacy1’s trust in MenaITech’s applications, saying: “We are glad to service the group and support its management with the necessary solutions and needed techniques that would help its growth and employ its resources optimally.”

“Globalization and open international markets necessitate us to enhance our competitiveness and, as such, require our partnering companies, whether industrial or services based, private or public, to invest in human resources, which is one of the main pillars of success,” he added.

It is worth mentioning that MenaITech has recently deployed new editions of its applications compatible with cloud computing, in addition to its diversified applications including; MenaHR, MenaPay, MenaME, MenaExplorer, MenaSMS, Mena360, and MenaOSS, all registered trademarks of MenaITech.

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Founded in 2003 by a group of talented and experienced HR and IT professionals, MenaITech aims to provide HR solutions that maximize the return on the human capital investment for all MenaITech customers by providing accurate and reliable management information, improving access to information, and reducing costs of operating the HR solution. MenaITech products include the human resources information management system MenaHR®, payroll & personnel solution MenaPay®, the employee & manager self service solution MenaME®, the employee 360 degree feedback evaluation software Mena360®, the comprehensive HR consolidation and analysis module MenaExplorer®, in addition to the revolutionary cell phone notification service MenaSMS®.

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Held under the patronage of His Excellence Samih Darwazah at the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS), the inauguration ceremony included a session outlining the scientific research development methods in Jordan, highlighting the necessity of utilizing from the experience of the advanced countries and involving the private and public organizations in scientific research development programs.

Darwazah honored the students of the Hashemite University who came first and second, The German Jordanian University came third, while the fourth and fifth awards were secured by Jordan University of Science and Technology, and Yarmouk University respectively.

In spite of the extravagant variety of domains of expertise within the participants, who came from Technology and Engineering backgrounds, they invariably were characterized by their viability and strength in identifying solutions to many issues and problems.

It is worth mentioning that the project’s idea for the first award was a design and execution of a modern transportation with two wheels, quite similar to the Sigway, but designed and manufactured in Jordan.

In his comment, Darwazah talked about the necessity to create a new environment that would help entrepreneurs and innovators formulating methodical applications. He also indicated the results of this competition and its role in exploring the capabilities of university students.

Darwazah said: “Jordan is full of innovators and entrepreneurs, who are looking for opportunities, and here our mission comes to assist them in applying for their patents, build their prototypes, and commercialize their research outcomes, or even support in spin off companies.

Noting further that ASRF’s vision is to create a healthy environment for scientific applied scientific research in Jordanian and regional universities and companies. Additionally, ASRF is the first initiative from a private sector aiming at encouraging researchers to develop their findings into concrete projects with commercial value.

“ASRF aims at supporting applied and creative scientific researches to create the seed of knowledge based economy and technology in the Middle East,” said Dr. Abdel Monem Rawashdeh, General Manager of ASRF, emphasizing the Fund’s willingness to provide all the equipments, devices, and chemical components necessary for scientific research, which the researchers and students might need, but will remain the property of the University.”

“ASRF’s mission includes support for all fields of applied sciences and engineering, including medical sciences. We are tasked with keeping Jordan at the leading edge of discovery in such areas. So, in addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the fund also supports “high-risk, high pay-off” ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects,” he added.

“We will employ our capabilities and expertise so innovators can register patents for their inventions, co-authored by the innovator, their university, and ASRF. We will continue our support for innovators until their academic ideas and scientific research are rendered marketable, commercial projects targeting international and regional markets,” he added.

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Established in 2011, Applied Scientific Research Fund (ASRF) is a non-government, non-profit organization created by Samih Darwazah, founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, to promote the development of applied science and engineering ideas. Our main target investigators are colleges and universities in any field, such as medicine, natural sciences, technology and others. http://www.asrf.jo

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Gate2Play e-payment system offers a complete online payment solution for the customers and merchants, implementing the integration link between both ends that allows benefiting from the entire regional and global payment infrastructure.

The unified hub enables the international corporate to launch their products and execute their services for the first time in the regional markets, easily with no financial obstacles.

“Gate2play Payment system effectively manages the complex routing of payments integration and collection process. So now all merchants needs single integration with our payment system to have full payment infrastructure inMiddle East,” said Muhannad Ebwini, CEO of Gate2Play.

The reliable and most secured payment hub would play a vital role in promoting commercial orientations, as it is connecting merchants to a consolidated network for leading local, regional, and global payment gateways.

“Moreover, the aggregating system provides an advanced level of security, reliability and confidentiality for websites owners, allowing them to connect with all types of cards starting with Visa and Master Card, in addition to the popular cards in the region, including OneCard, CashU Card, uKash,  ePayDiz Card, FilsPay Card, DixiPay Card, Paypal Card,” said Ebwini, noting the possibility of issuing a detailed financial reports to enable merchants monitoring and controlling their sales.

It should be noted that in spite of the relative prosperity witnessed by the volume of e-payments, Arab markets are still lacking in the appropriate practical solutions. As a result, the Arab market share has been smaller than expected, compared to some western market shares of online transactions valued at more than USD 17 billion annually.

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gate2play is the first one stop-shop for online merchants in the Middle East andNorth Africa.

gate2play provides value added services to its clients provides online payment hub services, connecting merchants to a consolidated network of some of the leading local, regional, and global payment gateways. The company which was established in 2010 offer its clients specialized Payment Gateway Services to assist merchants in regional market entry, including localization services (in multiple languages), online and offline marketing and strategic partnership development.

Market Entry and Expansion Services gate2play operates a specialized multi-lingual professional support center for online services, which can be used both for marketing outreach, e-ticketing, live chat support, as well as for transaction facilitation and customer service.

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Fujitsu Sales Director Middle East Mr Hussein Shehab indicated the importance of the agreement and its strategic dimensions in consolidating the company’s position in the Saudi market, where electronics achieved the highest growth rate in the region by 15%, with total annual sale of more than USD 3.5 billion.

“Choosing ShasTech as an authorized dealer came due to their technical capabilities in covering the entire Kingdom, in addition to their field expertise and professionalism in dealing with all outlets and showrooms. The appointment came in line with our expanding strategy in the Gulf markets,” said Mr. Shehab.

“We welcome ShasTech to the circle of great distributors in theMiddle East, and we appreciate their willingness to employ their expertise to service Fujitsu,” he added.

Signed by Fujitsu Middle East Sales Director and ShasTech’s General Manager Eng. Muhammad Ali, ShasTech will begin distributing Fujitsu laptops and desktops in all outlets relevant around the Kingdom.

From his side, Ali praised choosing ShasTech as an authorized distributor for the Japanese Fujitsu, pointing out their competitive capabilities and market share, forecasted to grow 12% annually, surpassing USD 4 billion in sales in 2012.

“We are enthralled to add a brand like Fujitsu to our list of dealerships, as a leading provider of IT products and services for the global marketplace including hardware, software, networking, and business solutions among others, which confirms the capabilities in servicing its clients,” he said.

In addition to Fujitsu, ShasTech provides Apple,Griffin(exclusively in theMiddle East), and Belkin (exclusively within KSA).

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SHASTECH is a leading distributor and retailer of Apple and Griffin Technology products in the Middle East. Headquartered in the city of Riyadh with an ever increasing foot print across the Kingdom, SHASTECH provides targeted professional services and solutions to the business as well as consumer markets in the region.
Having established in 1995, SHASTECH has grown to become an integral and critical supply chain partner for some of the biggest names in the Saudi electronics retail industry. The phenomenal rise also stems from the fact that SHASTECH provides proactive support to its partners in the field.

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‘Zend Certified Engineer’, considered one of the most global prominent certificates in PHP, was achieved by Wesam Azmy, Deputy Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at MenaITech, and both Mohamed Owis and Mahmoud Abdel Qader, Senior Web Application Developers at MenaITech.

“We congratulate our technical team for their special certificate, especially since it came from the leading provider of PHP products and services, which adds credibility and prominence for the achievement,” said MenaITech’s CEO, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh. “These certificates are considered a clear indication of the team’s capabilities and dedication,” added Hawamdeh, noting their role in building on the company’s expertise and consequently producing a state-of-the-art solution competing in regional and international markets.

It is worth mentioning that only 98 people in the Middle East are currently Zend Certified Engineers, around 40% of whom are inJordan.

Azmy, Deputy CTO at MenaITech, pointed out that the importance of this certificate lays in its ability to prove the capability of MenaITech’s employees in writing PHP code, especially when dealing with large governmental organizations and NGOs which require such certificates from bidders.

“It is rather customary for Zend to offer certificates and standards for PHP according to the standards of the authorized U.S. National Institute. Zend is also considered the actual developer of the PHP language and is fully responsible for it,” he added. It should be noted that since 2004, Zend began offering specialized workshops and tests for Zend Certified Engineer, with hundreds receiving the degree, which is similar in nature to degrees offered by Microsoft, Linux, and Oracle, among others.

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The strategic partnership caters to the advertising requirements of Noqoush, as Effective Measure will measure, prepare, and issue analytics that would pave the way for AdFalcon’s highly advanced technology in guaranteeing accurate data for its customers and the public.

“We will unite our efforts with the Effective Measure to lay the technical basis necessary to fine tune our digital plans and further promote transparency within our Ads inventory. Our partnership will enable us to provide realistic and credible readings and information for an accurate view of our mobile digital media landscape, helping advertisers and publishers make better mobile advertising decisions,” said Wael Quader, Noqoush Mobile CEO.

“As an international leading company known for its credibility and accuracy, Effective Measure will allow us to provide analytics supported by accurate indicators that advertisers can adopt to direct their advertising campaigns to reach their expected milestones,” he added.

Quader noted that AdFalcon’s inventory currently consists of more than 600 million impressions in the Arab World, pointing out that it covers various sectors and demographics within the Arab society.

Brendon Ogilvy, VP Digital Insights at Effective Measure said, “We are delighted by this partnership with AdFalcon, the first mobile advertising network in the region, and the first of its kind among our clients.”

He stated that Effective Measure would employ their full capabilities in tracking the platform affiliate’s traffic, in addition to the number of users of the applications added by AdFalcon’s partnering developers.

The result will be an accurate and transparent data, which is collected in real time and made available through a user-friendly online interface. The data will include the countries, interests, Gender, age, peak hours, and other relevant information needed by the advertisers to assess, completely, AdFalcon’s efficiency and audience exposure.

Brendon Ogilvy hailed the excellent methodology and transparency of AdFalcon’s network, especially in providing their services, which confirms their credibility and further supports their entrepreneurial role in the Middle East’sMobileadvertising Arena.

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Noqoush Mobile Media Group is a young and vibrant mobile media company, established in 2010 and focused on mobile advertising and mobile media monetization in theMiddle East.

At Noqoush, we are committed to provide a charming experience to our customers whether they are application developers, Publishers, media agencies, advertisers and end users.

We have utilized our in-depth understanding of the mobile advertising eco system, knowledge, skills and expertise to build a wide range of mobile media solutions and properties to cater with the massive mobile growth inMiddle East.

Noqoush is backed with robust angel investors and successfully raised its first round of funding.

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About Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE):
A Non-Profit organization established in 2004 to help develop Technology Entrepreneurship in Jordan. The Center is part of El Hassan Science City, and plays the role of a national Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship. As part of QRCE strategic plan, the Center is implementing a comprehensive initiative focusing on four key areas: Networking, Recognition & Awareness, Capacity Building & Support, and Funding. Over the last five years, the center has organized many activities that benefited thousands of entrepreneurs, professionals & students in Jordan. For more information please visit: www.qrce.org
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