A number of top global and regional leadership figures will address the four-day ArabNet summit in Beirut March 7th 2011 The ArabNet Shift Digital Summit, the largest gathering for the Arab web/mobile industry, is to bring together Arab web executives, entrepreneurs, developers, investors, NGOs and media, to discuss the latest trends and technologies in the sector. This year, the four-day event takes place in Beirut on March 22-25, under the Patronage of H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Lebanon, and in partnership with Google, Aramex, Bank Audi, National Net Ventures and TwoFour54.

Dubai, 13 January 2011 – The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) enterprise application software (EAS) market is expected to return to double-digit growth rates from 2010 after suffering a considerable slowdown in growth in 2009 due to the impact of the global economic crisis on the region. According to a recent report by market research company IDC, the region is predicted to expand at an average annual growth rate of 12.8% by 2014

The Palestinian Information Technology Association “PITA”, represented by its Chairman Mr. Ala’a Aladdin and Mr. Laith Kassis, jointly with their counterparts from the Jordanian Information Technology Association (int@j), Mr. Aiman Mazahreh and Mr. Abdelmajeed Shamlawi have announced both cooperation and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at the MENA ICT Forum 2010.

Agreement for IBM to provide JUST with Technology and Services for New Center for Service Innovation Based on Cloud Amman, Jordan, Oct 10th 2010: The Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) and IBM today signed an agreement for IBM to provide the technology and services needed to establish a new Centre of Excellence for Service Science Innovation at the university's campus in Irbid city, in northern Jordan.