PRO TECHnology bags ‘SMB and Commercial Reseller of the Year’ award

Published May 17th, 2009 - 07:19 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

PRO TECHnology, a leading provider of communication, security and storage solutions, has been honoured as the ‘SMB and Commercial Reseller of the Year’ during the ‘2nd Annual Channel Middle East Awards’, which was held recently at the Westin Hotel - Dubai.  The company was unanimously chosen by this year’s panel of judges based on its continuous commitment towards achieving customer satisfaction and the strong recommendation of regional vendors. On hand to receive the award at the ceremony was Jamal Maraqa, Managing Director, PRO TECHnology.

The annual event, which attracted over 300 participants from the region’s diverse IT sector, including IT vendors, distributors, resellers, VARs and retailers, acknowledged companies that have attained commendable achievements in the SMB and commercial resellers sector. PRO TECHnology emerged as the most competitive in terms of its relationship with vendors by acting as a strategic partner that offers a collaborative approach and adaptive solutions to help them achieve greater business agility. Backed by its certified and experienced local team of engineers and consultants, the company has successfully completed several complex and unique projects that are deemed as the region’s firsts, including campus clustering, global disaster recovery solutions, large scale security, and compliance implementation.

In his acceptance speech, Jamal Maraqa said, “We are proud to be receiving this landmark award which reflects our company’s development as one of the fastest growing IT companies in the region today. We have achieved so much in a short period of 11 years - a strong regional presence, innovative products and solutions quality of services and highly skilled resources. We would like to thank Channel Middle East for this prestigious recognition, which underlines our commitment to contribute to the growth of the market in this challenging year.”

Vital to the success of PRO TECHnology is its involvement with huge projects for major clients across the UAE in 2008, where it provided backup and high density storage to the Abu Dhabi Media Company; a centralized access networking system to the UAE Ministry of Education; and SAN consolidation, backup and disaster recovery to Ajman e-Government and H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment. It has also completed the deployment of disaster recovery and global clustering solution for Sharjah Airport Free Zone, Oman Aviation Services, Saudi Aramco and Aggreko International Power Projects. Among its other large-scale UAE-based customers are Al Jazeera Int. TV Channel in Qatar and Dubai Drydocks.

“We believe that our growth as a leading provider as full IT integrators stems from our exemplary relationship with both our vendors and clients, which gives us a clear perspective on what their needs are and thereby empowering us to provide them with the most effective solutions and services. We also take pride in the steps we have taken to educate the market and keep customers abreast with the latest technological innovations across the globe, which contribute to the overall growth of the region in the information technology front,” concluded Maraqa.

About PRO TECHnology
PRO TECHnology delivers technologies, products and solutions that give the best IT solutions to both Corporate & Retail industries. The company has four distinct lines of business providing unique products and solutions to the respective industry segments such as: Storage, Archiving, Business Continuity, Mobility, Printing and Audio-Video Solutions. Established in 1998, PRO TECHnology is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and has branches in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan & Libya. PRO TECHnology’s portfolio of world-class brands includes Apple, HP, Symantec, Dicota, Qualstar, Nexsan, Storageflex, Avaya, Lacie and Canto. Presently PRO TECHnology works with 30 leading international brands in the Middle East and the Levant and the company’s vision is to collaborate with more powerhouse brands to become a comprehensive, all encompassing solutions provider.