Liz Smith, Vice President – Sales , SugarCRM visited Dubai, during GITEX- 2010, to attend a Break Fast event organised by M/S Network Gulf Information Technology(NGIT), the regional Partner of SugarCRM. The event was well received and attended by decision makers of many major corporates and organizations in the region. Addressing the attendees, Ms. Smith said that SugarCRM sees great potential and considers this region as a key to their future growth. In light of this, the company plans to have an increasing focus on the region in the coming years. She also mentioned that she is looking at feedback from the participants to better understand the specific requirements of the region.

Liferay is the leading enterprise open source portal and collaboration software product, used by companies worldwide, including Allianz, AutoZone, Benetton Group, Cisco Systems, Lufthansa Flight Training, The French Ministry of Defense, and the United Nations.

CIGNEX, the global Platinum partner of Liferay and Liferay are hosting Liferay training programs for the first time in the Middle East and Africa. The training programs in Dubai (24th October), Johannesburg (8th November) and Riyadh (20th November) would provide an excellent opportunity to IT professionals to gain proficiency on Liferay from experts who have authored 3 books on the adoption and deployment of Liferay.

Liferay is the leading enterprise open source portal and collaboration software product, used by companies worldwide, including Allianz, AutoZone, Benetton Group, Cisco Systems, Lufthansa Flight Training, The French Ministry of Defense, and the United Nations.

CIGNEX, the global Platinum partner of Liferay and Liferay will be hosting  a series of Liferay training programs for the Middle East and Africa. The training programs will be held in Dubai and would provide an excellent opportunity to IT professionals to gain proficiency on Liferay from experts who have authored 3 books on the adoption and deployment of Liferay.

NetworkGulf has partnered with CIGNEX Global Holding Corporation, a Santa Clara (US) based global leader in commercial Open Source technologies to provide enterprise solutions in the United Arab Emirates. We feel that Open Source solutions are much better suited for the region, given their cost-effectiveness and and ability to be adapted to the special requirements of the region.

 Kerala Engineering Alumni(KERA), a professional body of the oldest 9 engineering colleges in Kerala, India formally launched their updated community website (kerauae.org) on 23rd April 2010, Friday in Dubai. The website was inaugurated by Mr. Ahmad Nassef, VP & Managing Director , YAHOO Middle east in a function attended by representatives from all the 9 member colleges. The website may be accessed by visiting www.kerauae.org.

The website was created by Network Gulf on Joomla CMS platform and includes many community and collaboration functionalities like technical forum, photo gallery, placement cell, classifieds, family corner etc. The aim of the website is to provide a platform for it's members to exchange ideas and knowledge to support each other.

Quadrant is a global provider of high value consulting and quality solutions in the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) domains. Quadrant offers a comprehensive suite of GRC Solutions and services through theQuadrant GRC Services Framework.

Quadrant was formed in the UK in 1991 as a specialist consultancy by risk and assurance management professionals who had previously operated at board level in leading financial institutions.

 Keeping with it's spirit of partnering with leading Open-Source proponents in a range of business solutions from all around the world, Network Gulf has signed up a partnership with Talend to bring their range of Industry leading Talend Open Studio data integration products to the region.

The addition of Open Studio to it's portfolio, helps Network Gulf fill another important gap in int's rage of offerings. For Talend this partnership provides an excellent opportunity to expand their presence into the region.

This partnership offers the enterprises in this part of the region and excellent opportunity to incorporate the industry leading solutions into their IT infrastructure.

NetworkGulf has compiled and delivered a comprehensive consultancy report to Madar International School , Al Ain on their proposed migration to Linux and Open-source. This report outlines the advantages, possible problems and the way forward for the school in their migration plans. The report is being evaluated by the school management to decide on a suitable time frame to take the project further.

Madar International school , located at Al Ain, UAE, is part of the Bin Salem Group. They are one of the best schools in Al Ain and invest heavily in IT infrastructure to provide a very high quality of education.

The implementation of a Web based Customer Relationship Management(CRM) has enabled eDocuman India to integrate their widely distributed marketing efforts and operations. Now the company's offices in Chennai and Bangalore and marketing and projects staff located at other locations around South India are able to interact and co-ordinate their efforts more effectively.

eDocuman is the competency centre for PDF/A in India and specialize in electronic archiving of important paper records for long term preservation and easy access. The company has offices in Chennai and Bangalore and project and marketing staff located at many other location around the South India.