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Eurostop heads into Saudi Arabia with IMCC

IkhwanEurostop has announced a new partnership with IMCC Group, an engineering and construction services provider in Saudi Arabia, to widen distribution of Eurostop’s Tenant Management System (TMS) in the area.

As an appointed reseller, IMCC will be licensed to provide Eurostop’s retail management solution for shopping mall landlords in the Middle East. Eurostop already has clients using the solution in Singapore and throughout Asia. IMCC Group was established to accommodate the increased demand in construction services in Saudi Arabia, with a portfolio including Sephora, Saudi Post and Pepsi. The strategic alliance will enable shopping mall enterprises and other revenue-based leased properties to deploy Eurostop’s TMS, supported by local and established expertise.

TMS  enables mall owners and landlords to collect sales data from tenants in order to calculate the rental due, based on a percentage gross turnover (GTO) model. The solution operates seamlessly for the retailer, providing instant, up-to-date information to the landlord. It is provided as a fully hosted and serviced product.

Dr Halawani, Founder and CEO of IMCC Group, said: “We are pleased to have secured this partnership with Eurostop. Our focus will be to achieve the best results for our clients, implementing this innovative technology quickly and efficiently and driving maximum return on investment for the leaseholders.”

Richard Loh, CEO of Eurostop, said: “The retail landscape in Saudi Arabia is developing at a rapid pace and is an exciting opportunity. TMS will enable landlords to maximise leased space and will be particularly useful in the retail market in Saudi Arabia, where the number of sophisticated mega malls is increasing rapidly. We wanted a partner that could help us to deliver our technology to the region with a professional and quality approach, and I am delighted to be working with Dr. Abdulatef Halawani and his team.”

Eurostop’s current clients in Singapore using TMS include Frasers Centrepoint and Tanjong Pagar Centre (GuocoLand), Katong Square and SingPost. Eurostop provides sales and support to customers across Asia from its offices in Shanghai and Xiamen in China, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Singapore.

X86 server market gets boost

server-racksIt’s not all bad news for Intel, which is beginning to be affected by peoples’ disinterest worldwide in buying expensive X86 notebooks.

According to IDC, the X86 server market in the middle east and Africa had significant year on year growth in the third quarter of 2013, expanding by 9.9 in volume and 10.6 percent in revenue.

The Saudi market showed year on year volume growth of 16.4 percent, but other sturdy markets included the UAE.

The Egyptian market slumped 36.6 percent because of political instability, while perhaps more surprisingly the Turkish market also showed a drop on server unit shipments of 8.8 percent compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Morocco and Tunisia saw growth of 35.7 percent and 21.8 percent respectively and the North Africam region in toto rose by 20.4 percent in volume.

Kenya and Nigeria showed rises of 67.1 percent and 62.8 percent respectively, while South Africa saw a 6.6 percent rise year on year.

Blades were the flavour of the month in the regions surveyed, showing a market share of 30.4 percent in the overall server mix.  Dual socket servers, however, dominate the sector with 75.1 percent unit share.