Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 30 | Page 17

NEWS Kodak Alaris and Mindware unlock the power of information capture in MENA Kodak Alaris and Mindware executives at the partnership signing ceremony includes the full range of the Kodak Alaris Information Management (IM) portfolio, from scanners and capture software, to information management solutions, to professional services and support. Naji Kazak, Regional General Manager for Kodak Alaris IM, said: “We are thrilled to have Mindware as our distribution partner in the MENA and Pakistan region. The demand in the region for document imaging and information capture solutions is massive across several verticals. This is what prompted the partnership between Kodak Alaris IM and Mindware. Our partnership is built on complete understanding and alignment with the Alaris IN2 Ecosystem, designed to remove complexity from information capture to drive business efficiency and growth.” M indware, the regional IT Value-Added Distributor, has just signed a major distribution contract with Kodak Alaris, a leading global technology company in digital imaging and information management. The agreement covers all countries under Mindware’s Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan regional umbrella and Nicholas Argyrides, Chief of Sales and Marketing and Deputy GM at Mindware, said: “The partnership with Kodak Alaris is a wonderful milestone in the organisation’s history as it perfectly supplements the gap we have been noticing in the document imaging and scanning space.” ///////////////// Epicor announces customer excellence award E picor Software Corporation has announced the winners of the 2018 Epicor Customer Excellence Awards programme for the Middle East and Northern Africa region at its recent customer summit in Dubai. The following companies were the 2018 Epicor Customer Excellence Award winners: • UAE based Al Naboodah Group Enterprises was the business transformation winner, chosen for clearly demonstrating best- in-class business transformation and measurable business value from its Epicor ERP implementation • The winner in the technology innovator category was Epicor ERP customer Al Muqarram Auto Parts Trading (A-MAP). The organisation was selected for demonstrating how it has used technology to drive innovation throughout the business to achieve measurable success • The customer experience award winner was UAE based, BMB Group which has transformed customer experience through the implementation and adoption of Epicor ERP across its six companies located in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UAE and USA www.intelligentcio.com Winners of the 2018 Epicor Customer Excellence Awards programme for the Middle East and Northern Africa region • Strategic Marketing & Exhibitions, from the UAE, was recognised for demonstrating measurable business benefits with Epicor Cloud ERP and won the cloud deployment category • UAE based Western Furniture LLC won the rapid time to value award for demonstrating a fast implementation and deployment of Epicor ERP through motivated project teams, efficient and effective staffing, training and production readiness INTELLIGENTCIO 17