Freecom awards PRO TECHnology as 'Best Performing Distributor for High Capacity Mobile Drives'

Christian Dijkhof, Director - International Sales & Sales Development, Freecom Technologies handed the award to Jamal Maraqa, Managing Director, PRO TECHnology, during a ceremony held at the Dubai office of PRO TECHnology, in recognition of the IT solutions provider's outstanding distribution strategies, which contributed to the success of Freecom products in the Middle East.

The company leverages its extensive reach in the Middle East through its regional distribution offices and strong ability to address consumers' requirements by providing greater access to the latest state-of-the-art IT solutions.

As a result, it has been reaping recognitions from global IT brands, including the 'Total Solutions Partner in MENA Region' award recently given by Symantec, a leading global IT security company, in addition to various citations for its achievements as a top channel partner in the region for several companies such as Apple, Nexsan and Netronics.

'We have been a part of Freecom's highly successful regional operations, and we are very proud to be recognised for our efforts in bringing their top-quality products to a widespread regional distribution level,' said Jamal Maraqa. 'Our alliance with the most trusted global IT brands is being bolstered by our highly targeted distribution strategies, and our focus is to continuously strengthen our capabilities in order to deliver high performance solutions for the benefit of both our clients and regional customers.'

Freecom has been cultivating its presence in the Middle East and North African market, with aims to further increase its global revenues, which has hit $235m in 2007.

In addition to its outstanding sales performance, the company has also received various awards for some its products, such as the prestigious 'red dot design award' in 2007 for its USB card in credit card format and ToughDrive Pro.

Some of the manufacturer's latest high-technology products include the new Mediaplayer XS, which is a compact device that turns every external USB Hard Drive into a media player, thereby enabling users to play music and view movies and pictures from an external USB Hard Drive without the use of a PC.

'We have ventured into the Middle East with aims of delivering our high quality, reliable and innovative products, which perfectly suit the sophisticated requirements of regional customers, from home users, the SMB sector and in the enterprise level. PRO TECHnology's role in our regional operations, especially in highlighting the attractive price to performance ratio of our offerings particularly for system integrators, has been continuously increasing our business by generating high revenues and increasing our products credibility to customers,' concluded Christian Dijkhof.

With aims of exceeding its revenues, which has witnessed a 28 per cent increase in the first quarter of 2008, PRO TECHnology is making continuous efforts to expand its operations through significant presence in high profile events, such as the 'Digital Consumer Channel' (DCC) in Fujairah, UAE and the 'International Telecom & Information Technology Exhibition' (TAQNYA 2008), which concluded recently in Libya.

As a result of its extensive expansion efforts, the company has been recently appointed by FileWave, the technological leader for software management tools on Windows and Mac OS systems, to exclusively distribute of the Asset Trustee and FileWave Software.

The company has also recently completed the installation of its advanced data back-up solution for Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), which will aid the organisation in ensuring the data protection required within its operations.