Al Yousuf set to grow NEC sales by 50 per cent in next year

Leading the surge in sales are orders from UAE governmental ministries, but also several private sector enterprises.

"Government ministries demand the most reliable and scaleable technology available on the market, and NEC's desktops, laptops, servers, and storage devices fit that criteria," said Abdul Malik Baghdadi, general manager, Al Yousuf Computers.

"Al Yousuf IT has been NEC's leading partner in the region for the last four years, and we are demonstrating to visitors at GITEX 2005 why Al Yousuf is the best technology partner for them," added Baghdadi.

NEC blade servers have become increasingly popular in the Middle East, thanks to their space-saving form factor and ease of installation.

The main advantage NEC blade servers offer educational institutions is that of centralized management and control. The servers also offer easy maintenance and operation, particularly of value to universities with limited IT resources.

Another advantage of NEC blade servers is the flexibility they offer in times of expansion. They are designed such that the addition of new blades, or the exchange of faulty blades, can be done without interrupting the operation of the other blades in the same unit.

This incredible flexibility lowers the cost of maintenance and is an important factor for regional users looking to expand their server capacity in the future.

NEC Server and Storage Solutions on Offer Through Al Yousuf IT

NEC Express5800 Fault Tolerant (FT) Servers: Provide optimal performance in a small footprint these servers have fully redundant CPU and I/O modules and up to 99.999% of continuous uptime. NEC's FT servers offer on of the highest levels of system availability for mission critical computing environments where business continuity depends on system reliability.

NEC Express5800/1000 Intel® Itanium 2-based Servers: Ideal for large scale application and compute intensive environments. These servers offer high performance, high scalability, and high reliability at an affordable price.

NEC Storage Solutions: Combines high performance hardware and NEC software in a rich feature set. NEC storage delivers superior performance, more cache capacity per controller, NEC Remote Data Replication technology, and RAID6 technology for full redundancy.

NEC's Leading Edge Software: Includes technology which maintains high availability for operating systems and applications on servers. This reliable, scalable clustering solution, keeps downtime to a minimum following system failures. NEC software can maintain high availability and decrease total cost of ownership simultaneously through automated control of multiple virtual servers.

"Whether a regional government, educational institution, bank, telco, or commercial concern, Al Yousuf is able to provide an NEC-based technology solution to meet its computing and storage needs," concluded Baghdadi.