Archive for the Category ‘Technology’

ArabCrunch Ranked in the Top 25 Blogs Worldwide, First in the Arab World

ArabCrunch Ranked in the Top 25 Blogs Worldwide, First in the Arab World

Achieving an unprecedented Arab rank in the blogs scene, ArabCrunch.com earned the first rank in the Arab World and the 24th rank worldwide, beating both The Wall Street Journal and Forbes Blogs in the startup category.

NYIT& JUST Combine their Efforts to Bring the Global IT Community to Jordan through an International Conference

NYIT& JUST Combine their Efforts to Bring the Global IT Community to Jordan through an International Conference

13/12/2009, AMMAN — New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), in cooperation with Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST) are working together to bring the global IT community to Jordan through the International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), slated for December 20-22, 2009.
ICICS is a forum for scientists, engineers and IT [...]

Ketab Technologies Unveils its Innovative Interactive Solutions

Ketab Technologies Unveils its Innovative Interactive Solutions

Ketab Technologies, the leading Arab firm in developing interactive educational solutions, announced it will unveil its interactive educational solutions in Building Schools Exhibition and Conference BSEC, which activities will begin tomorrow, Sunday, in Abu Dhabi.
The Arab firm, located in Amman, said it will dedicate its participation in the first exhibition of its kind in the [...]

Official Governmental Circles, Saudi Companies Authorize SSS Process for Electronic Payments

Official Governmental Circles, Saudi Companies Authorize SSS Process for Electronic Payments

Amman – Riyadh – SSS Process began executing several vital projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The projects aim at developing the e-services and e-payments portals which are subordinated to various ministries, organizations, and private sector companies in the Saudi Kingdom.
The Jordanian-Saudi Company SSS Process, specialized in providing e-government services and software solutions, stated [...]

Riverbed announces Steelhead Mobile 3.0

Riverbed announces Steelhead Mobile 3.0

Mobile Solution Complements Broader Steelhead Appliance Deployment and Speeds Enterprise IT Infrastructure Performance; Provides Acceleration for Windows 7 and 64-bit Systems
December 07, 2009
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, recently announced upcoming enhancements to its Mobile WAN optimization solution to address the productivity challenges global organizations face [...]

Microsoft Gulf Announces Beta Availability of Next Wave of Microsoft Office 2010 and Related Products

Microsoft Gulf Announces Beta Availability of Next Wave of Microsoft Office 2010 and Related Products

Dubai, UAE: December 7th, 2009: Microsoft Gulf today announced the beta availability of a suite of Office and other related products including Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010. The company also announced the beta version of Office Web Applications for consumers which are the online, lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint [...]

A Jordanian Engineer wins the Third Prize in MENA 100 Regional Competition

A Jordanian Engineer wins the Third Prize in MENA 100 Regional Competition

Jordanian Engineer Hussein Al-Natsheh, General Manager of Ciapple, has won in the MENA 100 Business Plan Competition that was held on Wednesday at Bahrain’s capital, with more than 300 participants from various Middle-Eastern and North African (MENA) countries.
Al-Natasheh’s project came as the third best business plan, out of 15 that were nominated to compete for [...]

Yahoo! Senior Vice President Joins d1g.com

Yahoo! Senior Vice President Joins d1g.com

Yahoo! Senior Vice President Mr. Bassel Ojjeh Joins d1g.com as an investor and board member. Mr. Ojjeh was responsible for managing some of the largest data sets in the world during his 5 year tenure at Yahoo! Inc as SVP of Engineering at the company’s headquarter in Sunnyvale, California. Mr. Ojjeh oversaw the group [...]

ArabCrunch.NET, Helping the Arab World Innovate

ArabCrunch.NET, Helping the Arab World Innovate

Amman, Jordan and Silicon Valley, CA – Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – ArabCrunch Group announced today closing a round of funding and the launch of ArabCrunch.NET, the first social network dedicated to creating an environment that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and mentorship for Arab entrepreneurs throughout the world. ArabCrunch.NET offers a dynamic platform for collaboration [...]

Etisalat to launch new IP/MPLS nodes in US, Europe and GCC for delivering global connectivity solutions to customers

Etisalat to launch new IP/MPLS nodes in US, Europe and GCC for delivering global connectivity solutions to customers

Dubai, November 10, 2009: In a significant move aimed at enhancing global connectivity options for its corporate customers, Etisalat today announced that it would be launching new global nodes in US, Europe and the GCC in order to offer global connectivity solutions through a secure and fully owned IP/MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) network.
To start [...]