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Creating a Thriving Learning Environment in Qatar With Symantec

How do you ensure faculty, staff, and students are helped, not hindered by the technology that they rely on? That was the challenge facing The College of the North Atlantic in Qatar. Starting from a green field - or more likely a sandy - site, the College has deployed a...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Environment, Qatar, Security

Case studies 2007-09-13

Qatar Steel Company Builds Integrated Business Platform, Achieves Considerable Annual Savings in Manufacturing Costs

Oil and gas may be the biggest contributors to Qatar's economy, but Qatar Steel Company QASCO is a leading force in the country's manufacturing sector. QASCO, already an Oracle customer, had a database and development tools in place, but needed powerful applications to run and optimize its growing operations. After...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Qatar, Manufacturing

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3Com Global Services Deploys Innovative Gigabit Wireless, and Power Over Ethernet Solution for Qatar's Olympics Training Program

ASPIRE Academy of Sports Excellence is an elite sports educational institute commissioned by the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar to identify promising student-athletes and develop them into Olympic champions. ASPIRE sought a resilient, practical-to-manage network that would deliver Gigabit connectivity at the core and to the desktop, as well as...

Tags: 3Com Corp., Training, Qatar, Power Over Ethernet, ASPIRE Academy Of Sports Excellence, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

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Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited Integrates Back Office to Improve Performance

Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited QAFAC was founded as part of Qatar's national strategy to diversify its petrochemical base and expand its downstream industries. QAFAC wanted to establish an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system. The challenge was to manage and support assets and maintenance processes and provide metrics to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Back-office, Qatar, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software

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Four cable 'cuts' in a week: Conspiracy nuts light up the phones

So what's going on with telecom cable interruptions in the Middle East? First a ship's anchor cut into two high-priority cables -- Flag Telecom's Europe-Asia cable and the consortium-owned SEA-ME-WE 4 system. That pretty seriously damaged communications in the Middle East and choked - but didn't cut off - traffic...

Tags: Phone, Elephant, Wired Inc., Iran, Attack, Cable, Network Technology, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Charity Migrates From Linux and Cuts Web Publishing to Just Seconds

The Qatar Red Crescent Society QRCS wanted a Web environment for its staff and volunteers to share information effectively and deliver life-saving services on time. Microsoft Partner Afkar Information Technology transferred the charity's Linux-based portal and the intranet to a new solution based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. As...

Tags: Charity, Microsoft Corp., Web-publishing, Linux, Portals, Content Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software

Case studies 2008-02-01

Planned City Deploys Integrated Communications Systems

Energy City Qatar wanted to develop services plan for a master-planned business park for the oil and gas industry as well as transfer knowledge about the nature and uses of IP communications technologies, and shape the development of a digital city. The challenge was to prepare and deliver high-level IT...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc.

Case studies 2007-10-01

EU issues antitrust charge sheet against Intel

EU issues antitrust charge sheet against IntelBodes Poorly For Microsoft ; Patty DunnIntel and Microsoft use to be refereed to as the evil duopoly in the USA. When Microsoft went up on antitrust charges, Intel executives are reported to have said - well thank god it wasn't us. Clearly the...

Tags: Corporate law, BGI, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

Al-Jazeera: Web-inspired business strategy?

The Economist is knocking Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based television news network, and other upstart 24-hour news services, saying they seem to want influence more than profits. Fox News and before it CNN have followed the same path, growing audiences and influence prior to turning up the revenue. Come to think of...

Tags: Al-Jazeera

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Trip report - Dubai

Just to set the scene, Dubai is one of seven emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates, a sovereign state; the UAE is a federation of jurisdictions with some local laws and economic regulations, and some central ones. As everyone I met stressed, the UAE is...

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Blog posts 2006-09-26

Is Qatar blocking VoIP calls? Vonage users may complain to American Embassy

Is Qatar blocking VoIP calls? Vonage users may complain to American EmbassyBomb them into the stone ageWAIT - They already ARE! ;)

Tags: American Embassy, VoIP-calls, Vonage Holdings Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

Is Qatar blocking VoIP calls? Vonage users may complain to American Embassy

On Saturday night, we went to see "Syriana," a movie about oil-fueled political and corporate intrigue set in an oil-rich kingdom. Then on Sunday, with the plot lines fresh in my head, I happened across fellow VoIP blogger Ted Wallingford's blog entry, Vonage customers stymied in Qatar. Qatar is...

Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.

Blog posts 2005-12-12

Gulf Stocks (Arabic) (exe)

This program will display the following gulf stocks: Saudi Stock Market, Kuwaiti Stock Market, Dubai Stock Market, Abu Dhabi Stock Market, and Qatar Stock Market. So far, only the Saudi Stock Market is implemented, in the next released versions, more markets and futures will be added to the program. The...

Tags: Program, Stock, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2005-10-03

Bin Laden tape hits the Web

Bin Laden tape hits the WebHe's lying!Seems really convincing, isn't it. Well, this is nothing but a SHAM, a SCAM, a FRAUD! As we all know, the Bush administration, not Osama, ordered the 9/11 attacks. Hey, just ask Michael Moore!Now, you might argue that I haven't the slightest scrap of...

Tags: Web, Osama bin Laden, attack, Bush Administration, American official, Osama

Discussion threads 2004-10-29

Arab Gulf storage software market grew 32% in 2004

In 2003, total spending on storage software leapt by 32% in the Arab Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE), and according to a new IDC study, 2004 should prove to be just as dynamic, as businesses and governments in the area continued to be inundated with massive...

Tags: storage software, storage

Blog posts 2004-09-09

IDC on IT spending in Arab countries

Expenditure on Information Technology IT in the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to grow by 10.2% in 2004 to reach $4.2 billion, market research firm IDC reported. IT expenditure in Saudi Arabia will increase from $1.88 billion in 2003 to just over $2 billion in 2004...

Tags: information technology, Information Technology expenditure

Blog posts 2003-10-29

ASPIRE Sports Academy Utilizes Avaya IP Telephony Solutions to Inspire Excellence

Situated at Doha, Qatar - The ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence is the first sporting academy of its kind in the Middle East. The company aimed at laying the foundation for a robust communications network for a new campus that would provide mobility, interoperability with other equipment/software, flexibility for growth...

Tags: Telephony, IP Telephony, Avaya Inc., VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking

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Qatar Islamic Bank Automates Internal Operations With Captaris Workflow

Qatar Islamic Bank QIB is a leading bank in the State of Qatar that conducts its operation in compliance with the banking and investment laws of Islamic Shari'a. QIB is currently implementing an ambitious project to upgrade its banking system, which will eventually include deploying 116 additional ATM machines and...

Tags: Captaris Inc., Workflow, Qatar Islamic Bank, Banking, Financial Services

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Sports Academy Streamlines Document Management With New Portal Technology

Aspire Sports Academy, based in Qatar, develops the region's sports stars of the future. The academy, which provides some of best training facilities available, understands the importance of data in any athlete's development. Employees work with a range of important documents that focus both on the progress of individual athletes...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Corp., Training, Athlete, Workforce Management, Portals, Document Management, Web Technology, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Operational Planning, Human Resources, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations

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Qatar University Centralizes and Automates Administrative Processes

Founded in 1973, Qatar University offers high-quality education to Qatari and overseas students. The university wanted to enable all administrative work previously performed by government ministries to be performed in-house and eliminate manual, paper-based, and inflexible business processes. The university wanted to ensure scalability of back office systems to accommodate...

Tags: Oracle Corp., University, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Finance

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