Geneva, Switzerland – Falcon Private Bank is the winner of the prestigious Global Private Banking Award 2011 for “Most Improved Leadership Team in Global Private Banking”.

Heiner Weber, Head of Geneva Branch, picked up the prize during the award ceremony which took place in Geneva on October, 27. The Global Private Banking Awards are presented by the renowned Financial Times publications “The Banker” and “Professional Wealth Management”.

The awards focus on the alignment of interests of the private banks, their relationship managers and their clients. Private Banks are judged on their ability to to deliver trusted advice to customers, design efficient asset allocation strategies and offer bespoke portfolio solutions to meet investors’ needs.

 The “Most Improved Leadership Team in Global Private Banking” category is unique in that it is entirely quantitative, using data gathered and analyzed by Scorpio. The relevant key performance indicators are, amongst others, assets under management, net new money and cost-income ratios. To measure the performance increase, the actual data was compared with the one of the previous year.

“We are very honored to receive this important award”, says Eduardo Leemann, CEO of Falcon Private Bank, “it is a great tribute to all of our employees and strengthens our commitment to constantly improve our performance and fine private banking services.”

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FALCON PRIVATE BANK LTD.  is an experienced Swiss private bank specialising in asset management for high net worth private clients and families. Its clients all over the world enjoy the benefits of over 40 years of experience in Swiss private banking and the financial strength and solidity of its owner Aabar Investments PJS. Falcon Private Bank has branches and representative offices in Geneva, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Falcon Private Bank Ltd. also holds 42.5% of bank zweiplus; the other 57.5% is owned by controlling shareholder Bank Sarasin & Cie AG.

AABAR INVESTMENTS PJS is a global investment company investing across industry sectors in attractive opportunities with significant long-term growth potential. International Petroleum Investment Company, an investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, owns 95.3%% of the shares in Aabar.

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FDI World Dental Federation is the principal representative body for more than one million dentists’ worldwide, developing health policy and continuing education programs, and speaking as the unified voice of dentistry.

The FDI Education Committee selected Dr Eldarrat’s work from over 140 projects submitted for nomination by researchers from all over the world. The research work was presented both orally and through poster display and was judged by three renowned international judges. The judging criteria were based on originality, scientific methodology and impact on scientific and clinical practice.

The research project, which took place under Dr Eldarrat’s supervision, developed a new nano-material to be used in dental materials. This new material can replace existing expensive materials and can be utilised in dental clinics across the globe. The research was conducted as part of Dr Eldarrat’s supervision of a PhD project which was done in conjunction with the Universiti Sains Malaysia.

“Dentistry Middle East has always attracted a high calibre faculty and this year we are honoured to have the participation of an FDI award winner on our advisory board,” says Raza Chevel, Conference Producer, Dentistry Middle East.

Trade visitors have unlimited access to the exhibition, and may register their participation at any time prior to or during the event. For more information about Dentistry Middle East 2011, please call +971 4 336 7334 or visit www.dentistryme.com.

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“We are happy and proud to win a second award from ZOTAC this year. Being awarded the ‘Best Distributor’ award is another milestone for Golden Systems which has motivated our team to work even harder towards achieving further growth for this brand in the region. I would like to dedicate these awards to the Golden Systems’ team who have put in tremendous efforts to grow the ZOTAC brand and provide only the best service, support and technical expertise to our customers,” says Mr. Iman Mozaffari, Senior Product Manager, Golden Systems Middle East.

Over the last 15 years, Golden Systems has built a reputation of being one of the most trusted distributors in the region representing some of the best brands in the components segment. The distributor has a strong team of qualified and experienced professionals and engineers, who assist channel partners by training them on selling, implementing and supporting their vendor partners’ technologies. Golden Systems has a team of highly qualified professionals who have helped the company achieve many milestones to date with the latest being the awards from its vendor-partners such as Kingmax, Coolermaster and ZOTAC.

“Golden Systems has shown tremendous commitment in promoting ZOTAC in the Middle East in 2010 in such a short span of time. We would like to thank them and show them our appreciation by giving them the ‘Best Distributor’ award for the Middle East for 2010. Golden Systems has demonstrated exceptional ability in promoting ZOTAC’s products in the region with the highest levels of customer satisfaction. We are happy with our decision of signing them as our distributor and are confident they will continue to break barriers for ZOTAC in the Middle East,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

ZOTAC, which began its Middle East operations in 2008, has been successful in establishing itself as a brand of choice for many customers in the region. The vendor has been consistently meeting and exceeding industry benchmarks and raising the bar to provide only the best graphics cards, motherboards and mini PCs. Since signing Golden Systems as its Middle East distributor in early 2010, ZOTAC has grown significantly both in terms of market share and brand recognition.

About Golden Systems Middle East FZCo.
Golden Systems is a leading name in the IT distribution business in the Middle East. With carefully selected high quality products, GSME has been able to capture a respectable
market share in the Middle East’s IT market. Some of the brand names that GSME is proudly distributing are AMD, Axtrom, Bitdefender, Choiix, CoolerMaster, CREATIVE, EPSON, GDATA, GIGABYTE, HITACHI, Intel, KASPERSKY, KINGMAX, LEADTEK, Logitech, NVIDIA, ViewSonic and ZOTAC to name a few. For further details, please visit http://www.gse.ae

About ZOTAC International (MCO) Limited
ZOTAC International is a part of PC Partner Ltd. Group. ZOTAC is also one of the largest NVIDIA graphics cards and motherboard manufacturer in the world with over 10 years of quality manufacturing experience. The ZOTAC philosophy is to deliver the latest products at competitive prices without sacrificing quality.
For further information please visit www.zotac.com

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“Golden Systems is equally happy and proud to win the ‘Best Sales’ and ‘Best Contribution’ awards from KINGMAX, our valuable vendor partner. These awards are a testament of our team’s commitment to offering only the best quality products with the best service and support. We are deeply honoured by the faith bestowed on us by KINGMAX, who share in our commitment for excellence, vision, and belief in global best practices,” said Mr. Ehsan Hashemi, COO, Golden Systems Middle East.

For over fifteen years, Golden Systems has built a reputation of being one of the most trusted distributors in the region. With carefully selected high quality products, the distributor has been able to capture a respectable market share in the Middle East’s IT market. Golden Systems has a strong team of qualified and experienced professionals and engineers, who assist channel partners by training them on selling, implementing and supporting their vendor partners’ technologies.
The company has invested significantly into its marketing and RMA service departments and continues to support its channels in every way possible. Golden Systems set up an RMA center that caters to the entire channel allowing it to service its channel partners locally where, in most cases, the distributor will not send any products back to the vendor and the customers experienced little or no delay at all.

KINGMAX, a world renowned leading brand of DRAM and flash memory, has long been committed to the innovation of the best memory module solutions. The KINGMAX brand of memory module products is highly recognised by IT hardware media and end users around the world. Golden Systems, KINGMAX’s distributor for the UAE and the GCC, has played an important role in the growth of KINGMAX’s business and market share in the region over the last few years.

“Golden Systems has once again proved to be our dedicated partner in the Middle East by playing an important role in our growth in this region. Their team has worked hard to promote our products and increase our market share. We are happy to recognize their contribution to our brand and sales in the region by giving them these awards. We are confident they will outdo their performance this year and look forward to working closely with them to take our brand to even greater heights in the region,” concluded Mr. Joe Liu, CEO of KINGMAX GROUP.

About Golden Systems Middle East FZCo.
Golden Systems is a leading name in the IT distribution business in the Middle East. With carefully selected high quality products, GSME has been able to capture a respectable
market share in the Middle East’s IT market. Some of the brand names that GSME is proudly distributing are AMD, Axtrom, Bitdefender, Choiix, CoolerMaster, CREATIVE, EPSON, GDATA, GIGABYTE, HITACHI, Intel, KASPERSKY, KINGMAX, LEADTEK, Logitech, NVIDIA, ViewSonic and ZOTAC to name a few. For further details, please visit http://www.gse.ae

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“We are pleased to win the Best GSA award for Saudi Arabia from Korean Air. YBA Kanoo, Eastern Province, has been working hard to help drive the growth of Korean Air’s business, both in the corporate and retail sector, in Saudi Arabia. Since Korean Air offers excellent value on individual and group fares and the best service on that sector, Kanoo Travel has been happy to recommend it to our customers who travel to those sectors,” says Mr. Othman Al Ghamdi, General Manager Saudi Arabia, Kanoo Travel.

“We signed YBA Kanoo, Eastern Province as our GSA for Saudi at Arabian Travel Market 2008. We have been working closely with them since then and are pleased with the way they have increased our business in this region. Our experience with Kanoo has always been positive and they definitely deserve to win this award for their performance and achievements for Korean Air in such a short period of time,” adds Mr. Seong Man Jun – Regional Manager, Gulf, Yemen & U.A.E for Korean Air.

Kanoo Travel, part of the YBA Kanoo Group, has been the pioneer of the Gulf’s travel industry as the Kanoo Group set up its first travel office in this region in 1935. The company has the unique distinction of serving customers throughout the Middle East through its own servicing network. Kanoo Travel’s objective is to provide customers top-class professional travel management services using the latest technology with the best customer service.

The company, which has over 180 IATA locations in the region, provides the most comprehensive and specialized services in the travel industry, placing special emphasis on servicing and managing relationships with its large customer base in the region for which it has won numerous service-quality Awards in both the leisure and business travel sectors

About Kanoo Travel:
The Kanoo family’s involvement in air travel goes back to 1937 when the company provided refueling facilities in Bahrain for Imperial Airways seaplanes on route to India and Australia. In 1947 Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Gulf and in 1997 they became the very first Travel Company in the Middle East to receive the ISO certification.
Today, Kanoo Travel is the largest travel company in the Middle East, with a team of travel specialists operating a network of over 170 offices in the region and through a global network of world-class travel partners. Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialised services in the travel industry with unmatched quality awards and achievements that guarantees the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Kanoo Travel provides its services in five main specialised areas:
• Kanoo Corporate – Business Travel Services
• Kanoo Retail- Travel Services for the individual travelers.
• Kanoo Holidays – For all type Leisure Travel
• Kanoo Marine – Marine and Offshore Travel Services.
GSA’s- General Sales Agents for international airlines.

For further information, please visit www.kanootravel.com

CRN’s “Need to Know Vendor” list is composed of the top 25 unified communications and VoIP vendors that editors say the channel should know about.

“Releasing its first ‘all-in-one’ communications software suite back in 1997, Interactive Intelligence is no rookie when it comes to offering a complete UC solution,” said CRN editor, Chad Berndtson. “The company’s UC suite, which is offered by more than 300 resellers worldwide, includes everything from contact center automation and enterprise IP telephony functionality, to business process automation.”

The list of the top 25 “Need to Know Vendors” is based on the vendors’ demonstration of long-established UC practices and wide range of UC and IP-PBX products sold through a comprehensive indirect channel, according to CRN editors.

Interactive Intelligence offers a tiered partner program designed to best recognize a reseller’s investment in sales, service infrastructure, and technical support. Through its channel program, Interactive Intelligence has certified more than 2,500 individuals serving more than 4,000 customers in 90 countries.

“We designed our unified all-in-one IP communications software suite to give resellers a competitive advantage by offering their customers a more cost-effective, easier to manage system,” said David Paulding, Regional Sales Director for UK, Middle East and Africa at Interactive Intelligence. “In addition, our suite’s flexible customization options enable resellers to design a solution that best meets their customers’ unique needs.”

Read the complete CRN “2011 Need To Know: UC & VoIP Vendors” article here: http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/networking/229218964/2011-need-to-know-uc-voip-vendors.htm.

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About Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of unified business communications solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation. The company’s solutions, which can be deployed via an on-premise or hosted model, include vertical-specific applications for insurance and collections. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 4,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Software Magazine’s 2010 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers, and Forbes Magazine’s 2010 Best Small Companies in America. Interactive Intelligence is also positioned in the leaders’ quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide report (Feb. 22, 2010). The company employs more than 800 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It has 19 offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the company’s SEC filings.

Interactive Intelligence Inc. is the owner of the marks INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, its associated LOGO and numerous other marks. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Product Information Contact:
Mr. Shaheen Haque
Turkey & Middle East Territory Manager
Interactive Intelligence Middle East
Dubai, UAE
Direct phone: +971(4) 4347217
Mobile: +971 (50) 4573186
Email: shaheen.haque@inin.com

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In selecting the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution, Frost & Sullivan examined the top three competitors in the market and ranked them on unique features and functionality, quality and complexity, customization, brand perception of the uniqueness of the product and matching product to market needs. In features and functionality and matching product to market needs, Blue Coat scored a nine out of 10, above other competitors.

“Against the backdrop of a dynamic threat landscape, enterprises are searching for the best protection and greatest flexibility when implementing content security solutions,” said Martha Vazquez, analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “Through our research and ranking process, we recognize that the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers excellence in the industry and is the best practice for content security.”

According to the research conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the Award, “Blue Coat’s hybrid design is unique and adds value to its customers by detecting two times Web threats over some competitors. It also offers comprehensive Web awareness and protection due to its 70 plus million users within their cloud community.”

“The survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan extends beyond just products and features to get at the heart of what customers look for in security solutions,” said Nigel Hawthorn, VP EMEA Marketing, Blue Coat Systems. “We are proud to win this award, which validates that the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers the flexibility, quality and performance organizations require to meet their new Web security challenges.”

The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution combines flexible policy controls with a real-time Web defense. With Blue Coat ProxySG® appliances, organizations can granularly manage Web content and applications, including social media applications. For example, an organization could allow access to Facebook but block access to games on Facebook. The appliances are backed by the cloud-based WebPulse™ service that provides real-time analysis of new and unknown Web content. By uniting more than 70 million users in a community defense, the WebPulse service has comprehensive intelligence about the Web ecosystem that it uses to identify malware and other malicious content.

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About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions. Blue Coat offers solutions that provide the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. This application intelligence enables enterprises to tightly align network investments with business requirements, speed decision making and secure business applications for long-term competitive advantage. Blue Coat also offers service provider solutions for managed security and WAN optimization, as well as carrier-grade caching solutions to save on bandwidth and enhance the end-user Web experience. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.

Blue Coat, ProxySG, WebPulse and the Blue Coat logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Manal Abi Rafeh
Regional Marketing Manager ME & Turkey
Blue Coat Systems ME
Telephone: +971 4 3911620
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Email: manal.abirafeh@bluecoat.com

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“From an enterprise IT perspective, the honor of having the most important enterprise IT product of 2010 goes to Brocade for its Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches. While the Brocade VDX 6720 may not be the most famous product of 2010, the Brocade One architecture signals a new era in data center management,” said Mike Vizard, Contributing Editor at CTO Edge, in his online remarks. “Rather than requiring customers to standardize a particular set of servers, storage and networking gear from one vendor to lower operating costs, the Brocade VDX 6720 signals the embedding of management intelligence at Layer 2 of the network. And while most IT organizations have yet to appreciate the impact of this fundamental change to networking in the data center, this offering heralds a change in the way we think about managing data centers for years to come.”

“This recognition is a tremendous honor and validation that the Brocade VDX 6720 switches with Brocade VCS™ technology are a game-changing innovation in the delivery of true cloud-optimized networking,” said John McHugh, Chief Marketing Officer at Brocade. “As Mr. Vizard notes, the Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are a new family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet offerings that revolutionize Layer 2 Ethernet networking to provide virtual machines with a greater sphere of mobility, increase network utilization, create more resilient networks and most importantly, simplify the management of data center networks.”

Whether organizations want to enhance their classic hierarchical network architectures, deploy flatter scale-out fabrics for virtualized data centers, or converge networks, the Brocade VDX 6720 delivers the innovative technology to enhance and simplify their networks.

The Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are available in one- or two-rack-unit (1U or 2U) form factors and provide the ability to scale from 16 to 60 ports with pay-as-you-grow Ports on Demand (PoD) licensing. The switches provide full 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) wire-speed performance from any port to any port, with latency of 600 nanoseconds (ns). The switches are based on low-latency, lossless, 10 Gbps Data Center Bridging (DCB) technology and are capable of running all types of data and storage traffic—including traditional IP, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The Brocade VDX 6720 switches protect existing investments by supporting current server, hypervisor and storage solutions, and by seamlessly interfacing with existing network infrastructures.

More Information
For more information, please visit www.brocade.com/VDX.

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About IT Business Edge
IT Business Edge delivers an intelligent approach to business technology information that is focused, practical, and concise. The site allows high-level technology decision makers to gain up-to-the-minute analysis of evolving issues and strategies, solve problems, download tools, and choose cost-effective approaches for their IT needs. A series of network sites provide strategic IT decision makers with technically-focused information to create strategies, plan and deploy new technologies. The company’s events business innovates the way IT vendors and buyers meet and interact by providing small group and one-on-one settings.

About Brocade
Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) develops extraordinary networking solutions that enable today’s complex, data-intensive businesses to optimize information connectivity and maximize the business value of their data. For more information, visit www.brocade.com.

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Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCFM, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronView, NetIron, SAN Health, ServerIron, TurboIron, and Wingspan are registered trademarks, and Brocade Assurance, Brocade NET Health, Brocade One, Extraordinary Networks, MyBrocade, and VCS are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Other brands, products, or service names mentioned are or may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

© 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Contact
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The award, which was announced at Technology Marketing Corp.’s (TMC) ITEXPO, recognizes the product or service that stands out from the competition based on technological achievement and creative features, according to TMC CEO and group editor-in-chief, Rich Tehrani.

“The Interactive Intelligence CaaS solution won our Best of Show award because it delivers a hosted service that addresses primary buyer concerns of control, security, reliability and flexibility,” Tehrani said. “Interactive Intelligence accomplishes this by offering a unique hosted delivery model that enables customers to keep their voice traffic on their network, and record and store all recordings inside their firewall. The solution also features isolated virtualized servers, and the option to migrate from a hosted to a premise-based solution without the need to re-write applications.”

The Interactive Intelligence CaaS solution, called CaaS Contact Center, is a hosted, cloud-based set of on-demand services. It includes the following features: interactive voice response, multichannel routing and recording, screen-pop, outbound and blended dialing, quality monitoring, workforce management, desktop call control, desktop faxing, unified messaging, and presence management. It also offers a single Web portal for centralized end-user administration, configuration and billing.

“We hope this award creates greater awareness among buyers that they can enjoy all the advantages of a hosted solution without sacrificing the functionality, control, security, reliability and flexibility of a premise-based solution,” said Shaheen Haque, Territory Manager, Middle East and Turkey, Interactive Intelligence.

For more information about CaaS Contact Center, visit www.inin.com/ProductSolutions/Pages/Communications-as-a-Service.aspx. For educational information to help buyers determine if a CaaS solution is right for them, visit www.caas.com/Pages/default.aspx.

The ITEXPO Best of Show awards recognize innovative products and services that were featured in the exhibit hall during the event. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products and services on the first day of the Expo. A full list of the winners is posted on TMC’s website at www.tmcnet.com.

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About Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of unified business communications solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation. The company was founded in 1994 and has more than 3,500 customers worldwide. Interactive Intelligence is among Software Magazine’s 2010 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers, and Forbes Magazine’s 2010 Best Small Companies in America. The company is also positioned in the leaders’ quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide report (Feb. 22, 2010). Interactive Intelligence employs approximately 800 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It has 16 offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the company’s SEC filings.

Interactive Intelligence Inc. is the owner of the marks INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, its associated LOGO and numerous other marks. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Product Information Contact:
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Turkey & Middle East Territory Manager
Interactive Intelligence Middle East
Dubai, UAE
Direct phone: +971(4) 4347217
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Email: shaheen.haque@inin.com

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Abul prompted those interested in informatics and digital outlets to register as quickly as possible, noting that the award consists of eight different capacities: Individuals, Civil Society, Private Sector, Government, Education, Health, Media & Communications, and Culture; all of which are related to informatics’ development and enhancement.

With three hundred and seventy thousand Dollars divided on the participating websites, H.H. Sheik Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award is considered the most significant informatics Award in the Arab World. Winners will be honored in the annual celebration conducted under the sublime patronage and generous attendance of the Emir of Kuwait, H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Abul said “the Award took an articulate operational methodology by concentrating on three major tracks. The first track represents the “Informatics Awards” which varies between monetary and other in-kind awards presented to individuals as well as private and public organizations. The Informatics Awards also include the “Kuwait Award”, aimed at individual non-Arab websites and projects owners who reside in Kuwait.”

He added “the Informatics Awards also include the “Arab World Award” which clears the path of competition to all organizations in the Arab countries, along with individual Arab researchers, websites, and projects owners who reside anywhere in the world. Another side of Informatics Awards is the “Recognition Award” in which an owner, being a body or an individual, of a distinctive and creative project, in the digital and informatics fields, can be nominated by filling a form on the Awards’ website, or by emailing the Awards’ management throughout the year. This award includes the “Informatics Medal”, which is the highest and loftiest recognition award given, annually, to an individual or a body who’s distinguished themselves with a notable work and a memorable presence in the informatics development field.”

Among the Recognition Awards there is also the “Informatics Shield” presented to bodies or organizations with innovative achievements in the digital and informatics field, as well as the “Informatics Pendant” given to distinguished individuals in the same fields.

Abul explained that the second track for the Award is the “Informatics Development”. Its purpose is to spread informatics culture and achieve a development that is comprehensive and integral between individuals and organizations by supporting training centers, setting up seminars and assemblies, as well as offering programs that contribute to various digital services quality development. “Informatics Assembly, Informatics Culture Series, and Voluntary Work System” are some of the most important activities in this track.

The third track is “Informatics Knowledge”. Its aim is to expose the civilized face of the Arab World in the informatics field and render the digital public data pertaining to individuals and organizations, covering the entire Arab countries, available to researchers and those interested easily, precisely, and in a comprehensive way. The first activity in this track has already been launched; it is a digital guide which consists of a series of indexes with information on civil, governmental, and private organizations specialized in informatics, located in either in Kuwait or the Arab World. Other activities are Specialists Index, Organizations Index, Individuals Index, Informatics Library, and the E-Forum.

It is worth mentioning that H.H. Sheik Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award was launched in the year 2001, assuming Kuwait as headquarter for their activities which covers all the Arab countries, out of which a huge number of participants have won in the previous years.

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