ALE, operating under the brand Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, announced Tuqnia, one of the leading IT integrators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed up to become an Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise partner across the UAE. Tuqnia will offer the entire range of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise solutions including Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) and the data networking portfolio. Tuqnia, provides a complete range of servers, storage solutions, printing solutions, security solutions and services to a variety of sectors in the region. Becoming a strategic business partner of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise solutions enables Tuqnia to expand its offering now to include advanced communications and networking solutions which can be integrated to deliver tangible business outcomes for companies across the UAE. “We were looking to work with an end-to-end enterprise solutions provider to compliment the broad range of services we already offer our customers in the UAE,” said Fayez Ibbini, Managing Director, Tuqnia. “By joining forces with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, one of the leading enterprise communications and network solution providers globally, this relationship will allow us to better serve our customers. We have also joined ALE’s specialization program, which provides us with product training, access to co-marketing funds and a strong rebate, which in turn will maximize our profit together.” “Our relationship with Tuqnia is instrumental in strengthening and growing the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise position in the UAE,” said Baher Ezzat, Regional Director Middle East, ALE. “Tuqnia is well-known for its wide customer base in a number of industries, including Oil & Gas and government security, which will provide an opportunity for ALE to strengthen its presence in these sectors.”

Xerox Emirates, document management, technology and consulting services vendor announced the appointment of Tuqnia as a business partner to sell Xerox products, services and consumables. Tuqnia is a systems integrator offering a range of solutions from Dell, Microsoft, Juniper, EMC, Symantec and Cisco to name a few. The partnership alliance between Xerox Emirates and Tuqnia will provide their customers in the UAE with a selection of products and service offerings. “We have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UAE and today offer total solution services ranging from IT hardware to software services and consulting”, said Fayez Ibbini, Managing Director of Tuqnia. “Expanding market reach not only helps increase sales and profits but is also one of the key criteria to survive in today’s challenging economy. Our strategic alliance with Tuqnia will help us expand our market reach in the UAE thereby offering our customers the wide range of products and solutions offered by Xerox”, said Andrew Hurt, General Manager for Xerox Emirates. This alliance forms part of Xerox’s channel vision for 2011, which in summary is to be considered for business process and document management opportunities within relevant markets and leverage distribution and channel partner relationships.