Al Alamiah Group awarded 'Best Enterprise IT Solution Provider' at COMDEX

The bestowing of this prestigious award was announced during the events at COMDEX Jeddah 2004, the largest IT exhibition in the region, which is taking place from 14th - 17th March 2004.

The official opening of the exhibition took place on Saturday, 13th March 2004, at the Jeddah International Exhibition, under the patronage of HRH Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of the Mecca region in Saudi Arabia.

"This award embellishes Al Alamiah Group's exceptional record within Saudi Arabia and the region," stated Hamed Al Sharekh, Deputy Chairman, Al Alamiah Group & Chairman, Al Alamiah Group KSA. He added, "This award also confirms that we are on the right path towards providing exceptional solutions to our customers and obtaining their satisfaction on the one hand, and in fortifying our international alliances with major IT players on the other."

Al Alamiah Group, which consists of nine highly specialized companies dealing in IT, communications & digital technologies, is the largest IT contractor in the region, with its Head Quarters located in the Kuwaiti capital. The three companies operating in Saudi Arabia form "Al Alamiah Group - KSA", with its head quarters located in the Saudi capital Riyadh, and which in turn is part of the mother group.

Al Alamiah chose the IT field and its related services as the unique vessel to hold all of its investments in the Arab Region and around the world. The Group formed collaboration & alliances with international giants, benefiting from their experience, in order to bring to latest international IT developments to the thresholds of the Arab market, and in order to build a bridge between the needs of Arab consumers and the latest PC developments.

Al Alamiah Group, which has formed strategic alliances with companies such as Microsoft, Inter, Hewlett Packard and other international companies, announced earlier this year its plans to further strengthen the Group's direction towards "multi-vendor" strategy. Accordingly, the Group has increased its collaboration and liaison with the international IT giants, reaching higher levels which will reflect positively on local markets, and which will provide the Group's customers with very advanced comprehensive solutions, at the highest possible standards.

"Major international companies reach out to Al Alamiah Group as its best ally in understanding the needs of the local markets and the culture of the region," Al Sharkeh explained.

The COMDEX exhibition in KSA is the Middle Eastern version of COMDEX, the largest international IT exhibition, originally hosted by Las Vegas, USA, and other major cities in Europe, Asia & Latin America. The Jeddah exhibition is considered fertile ground for attracting IT companies and for sealing major deals related to the Internet, software, PC, communications and other IT systems.

The exhibition which is organized by Al Dabbagh IT boasted approximately 250 local & international participants this year specializing in the IT & PC sectors. Exhibitors included stands from Canada, USA, Taiwan, Korea and UK. Observers expect that the total value of deals which will take place at this exhibition will exceed US$50 million, and will include deals with government organizations and private companies involved in the technology field.