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touch $5b by 2012 TBW Bureau
Cognos, an IBM company, and the
TBW Bureau mote the growth of its non-oil ver- world leader in business intelli-
HP provides a comprehensive set ticals present IT vendors with ex- gence and performance manage-
of consulting services designed to Netgear, a worldwide provider tensive opportunities to leverage ment solutions, announced that
help communications companies of technologically advanced and this market, which accounts for IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelli-
improve their competitiveness as branded networking products, 40 per cent of the Middle East’s IT gence software is now available,
they adapt to the convergence of has partnered with ICC, an es- spending. for the first time, for Linux on
telecom, IT and entertainment. tablished IT company in KSA, to “We recognise the importance System z.
Building on its deep experience leverage the burgeoning demand of establishing strong alliances With IBM Cognos 8 BI for
in these industries, HP has creat- for networking products in the with leading IT companies such as Linux on System z, customers
ed Solutions Consulting Services country. ICC,” said Ahmad Zeidan, chan- can report and analyse trans-
(SCS), an integrated portfolio of The Saudi Arabian IT market nel sales manager, Netgear Mid- actional systems directly on the
services that translates custom- is currently witnessing an unprec- dle East. mainframe, so workers across an
ers’ strategies and business needs edented growth, with projections “This partnership with Net- organisation can use information
into actionable solutions. With for the booming sector to reach gear will make available techno- to quickly identify and respond to
HP SCS, communications service $5 billion by 2012 as companies logically-driven solutions to KSA’s critical business trends. Highly
providers can identify new rev- in the oil and gas, telecoms, real most important industries, which targeted information delivery and
enue opportunities, enhance the estate, financial and retail indus- will help them maximise the op- analysis capabilities let knowledge
customer experience, improve op- tries continue to reinforce their IT portunities within this booming workers, ranging from front-line
erational efficiency and manage infrastructure. market,” said Basheer Al-Jabri, managers to executives, receive
the risks of new technology imple- The Kingdom’s efforts to pro- president, ICC Group. strategic business information
mentation. where, when and how they need it
Ahmad Zeidan with Basheer Al-Jabri
At the core of HP SCS is a to make better business decisions.
unique set of assets called HP A result of IBM’s rapid assimi-
Cosmos, which includes intel- lation of its acquisition of Cognos,
lectual property, methodologies, the product unites the proven re-
processes and best practices. Em- porting and analysis capabilities
phasising a holistic approach, HP of IBM Cognos 8 BI with the pow-
SCS helps service providers re-ex- er and reliability of IBM System z.
amine their business strategies, This allows organizations across
services, processes, organisations industries to leverage their main-
and systems to expose key inter- frame investments to improve
relationships, then lays the foun- decision-making and overall busi-
dation for change. ness performance.