Released on: May 25, 2008, 10:26 am

Press Release Author: Nirmala D\'souza/OAK Consulting

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: The event threw focus on communication solutions for small
and medium businesses

Press Release Body: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 25th, 2008: With the UAE
economy showing no signs of slowing down and the worldwide IT spending growth among
SMBs to increase by 7% this year, Emirates Computers reckons there will be a great
uptake of technologies targeted at the SMB sector. Hence, the company has announced
an event for Small and Medium businesses in association with its partners Cisco and
3M. At the event, which was held at Murooj Rotana last week, Emirates Computers,
Cisco and 3M showcased their newest communication products targeted at the SMB
sector to the attendees at the event.

"Small and medium businesses across the Middle East continue to adopt IT and
telecommunications products, and are on track to invest more in information and
communications technologies in 2008," explained Talal Sabih (CISCO product manager)
at Emirates Computers. " As SMBs in the Middle East increase their levels of
investments in IT, and specifically communications; as IP telephony and Unified
communications is becoming more essential than ever before .We believe it is
important to increase awareness in this area, and hence the need for such a focused
event."

A variety of specialised technologies for the SMB sector have been showcased at the
event. Such technologies include Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small
Businesses, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) Express 4.x, Cisco Unity
Connection 2.0 3M's 10G Copper Solution that includes Volition Network Solutions,
Fibre Interconnect products and Copper Interconnect Solutions.

Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Businesses allows companies to
cost-effectively unify the benefits of voice, video, mobility, and messaging on a
single platform and eliminates the need for multiple servers to run each
application. Combining the applications on a single platform simplifies the
installation, support, and ongoing management of the system, while reducing the
total cost of ownership (TCO). It also integrates with existing desktop applications
such as calendar, e-mail, and customer relationship management (CRM) programs. The
easy-to-manage solution supports up to 48 users in flexible deployment models based
on an SMB setup's needs. Meanwhile, embedded in the Cisco IOS Software that provides
call processing for Cisco Unified IP phones, the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Express 4.x enables the large portfolio of Cisco access and integrated
services routers to deliver a comprehensive set of features commonly used by many
businesses.


About Emirates Computers
More than three decades of experience has established Emirates Computers as a
leading systems integrator and technology solutions provider in the Middle East.

Founded in 1978 in the UAE with the aim to provide world-class IT solutions,
Emirates Computers today stands for competence and commitment.

As a partner of choice for leading technology providers such as Cisco, Nokia,
Oracle, Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Sun Microsystems, Vignette, Tandberg, Citrix, NCR,
SGI, Roland and others, Emirates Computers covers its markets end-to-end, catering
to both enterprises and consumers. For further information, please visit
http://www.emiratescomputers.ae



Web Site: http://www.emiratescomputers.ae

Contact Details: Nirmala D\'souza
OAK Consulting FZC
Mobile:+971507343840
Email: nimi@oakconsulting.biz