WINNERS - NETWORK MIDDLE EAST AWARDS 2008

Gabriel Karam Head of Marketing and Business Development, Alcatel-Lucent Winner of the Best Fixed Networking Product Range Award

Helene Bazzi Senior BD Manager, Inmarsat Winner of the Best Innovation use of New Technology Award

Abdulla Al Bastaki Director IT, RTA Winner of the Network Implemenation with the Best Return on Investment Award

Serjios El-Hage Regional Vice President, East Meets West Winner of the Best Networking Integrator in the Middle East Award

Pete Gough Regional Business Manager ME and Pakistan, Panduit Winner of the Best Cabling Product Range Award

Samer Shaar Director Enterprise MEA, Juniper Networks Winner of the Best Networking Vendor in the Middle East Award

Ronald Franckaert ICT Director, Tourism Development and Investment Company Winner of the Networking Professional of the Year Award

Engr Mohammed Ali Al-Ghamdi Comms Systems Engineer, Saudi Arabian Airlines Winner of the Most Influential End User Organisation in the Middle East Networking Award

Abderrafi Belfakih System Engineering Manager, Cisco Systems Winner of the Best Wireless Network Product Range Award

Farah Shmeissem PR Consultant of Active PR receiving on behalf of Patrick Hayati, Regional Director of McAfee ME Winner of the Best Security Product Range Award

Heba Sayed Head of Business & Partnership Operations Manager, Tedata Winner of the Best Wireless Network Implementation Award

Mohammed Sabunchi Director of ICT Infrastructure, DIFC Winner of the Best Datacentre Deployment of the Region Award

Bandar H Alayed Business Development Consultant, BTAT Winner of the Best Real Estate Implementation Award

Rashed Mohammed Al Shehi Head of Informations Security Section, Emirates Identity Authority Winner of the Best Security Implementation Award

The quest for a true knowledge economy, enabled by a superior information and communication technology infrastructure, is a priority for the majority of governments and enterprises in the Middle East region.

Consequently, some of the most interesting and impressive networking projects in the world are carried out in the Middle East, and trends impacting on networking professionals are keenly followed. The first port of call for those seeking information and critical analysis of these trends is Network Middle East, the region’s leading information technology infrastructure title.

Each year Network Middle East sets out to honour the projects, people, suppliers and service providers that have excelled in the regional networking sector over the past 12 months, with NME’s Innovation Awards awarded to the very best implementations, vendor offerings and key individuals and organisations in the market.

The 15 awards due to be presented at this year’s gala event span end-user implementation, company and product categories, and winners will be judged by a team of industry judges, themselves premier networking professionals and industry analysts who have worked in and studied the region’s IT adoption and usage over many years.

As such, the NME Innovation Awards 2008 will recognise the individuals and organisations that are truly responsible for driving standards and increased adoption of network infrastructures across the region.