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HP Middle East signs as technology partner with Dubai International Film Festival 2008

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, December 16 - 2008 at 11:06
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HP Middle East today announced it has expanded it entertainment strategy by signing as the technology partner for this year's Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and its new initiative, the Dubai Film Market 2008.

The Dubai Film Market is inline with DIFF's commitment to raising the visibility of world cinema with an emphasis on Arab, Asian and African filmmakers and stimulating regional and international film production and trade.

The main highlight of the Dubai Film Market is the introduction of a revolutionary process to acquire audio-visual content, through Cinetech, a digitized film library that will include feature films, documentaries, short films and TV content.

"HP is delighted to help the inspiration and creativity of talented regional filmmakers find audiences quickly and efficiently - creating social and economic benefit across the region. Today, exploding consumer demand for content anytime, anywhere is accelerating and with an unmatched portfolio of technologies, solutions, services and partners, HP is enabling the shift from analogue to digital - transforming the way content is created, managed, distributed and enjoyed,"
said Anil Kumar, General Manager, Personal Systems Group, HP Middle East.

HP, who has a strong history in the entertainment field, partners with similar film events around the world including Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals and provides high-end graphic workstations that have been used to create recent hit animated movies such as Shrek and KungFu Panda.

HP's workstations will be used to help participants browse and screen through more than 200 titles ranging from feature films and documentaries to short films and other TV content. Combining next-generation performance technologies into a powerful, flexible and reliable single processor socket workstation, the HP xw4600 Workstation is designed and engineered to give SMBs a professional edge.

Also at DIFF, HP Graphics will be printing the celebrities signed red carpet photographs on its latest large format printer, the DesignJet Z3200, which will be later displayed at the DIFF gallery. The DesignJet Z3200 printer series is specifically designed for the creative market, including professionals in photography, graphic design, proofing and fine arts, to produce beautiful, gallery-quality photographs and fine art prints, eye-catching advertisements and magazine layouts, and accurate color contract proofs.
Anil Kumar, General Manager, Personal Systems Group, HP Middle East. 
Anil Kumar, General Manager, Personal Systems Group, HP Middle East.
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About HP:
HP, the world's largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More

About HP Middle East:
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 1600 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.

For further information, kindly contact:
Mohammad Zaher Souleiman,
Impact Porter Novelli
P.O.Box 19791
21st Floor, Emirates Towers
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel:+9714 330 4030 Ext 419
Fax:+9714 330 4031

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