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The company's Data Security Department enjoys a leadership position in Europe and has focused all its energies on providing IT & ICT services. Furthermore, it has recently completed a high-profile consultancy service in the proactive security sector for QIIB, the Qatar International Islamic Bank.Thanks to its partner in the United Arab Emirates - Jernas Solutions - it subjected an extremely important QIIB asset to strict security tests in addition to simulating an IT attack on it. As such, it has allowed one of Qatar’s leading banks to raise its international security level even further. @ Mediaservice.net and Jernas Solutions will continue to work as partners, providing their know-how in Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and all of the GCC area.

BTicino and SDProget  have announced a working agreement to create TiProject and TiProject CAD applications that can be used to transfer My Home home automation and civil elements from cost estimates and take advantage of the intelligence of CAD planimetric drawings. This new technology has given rise to a complete, avant-garde tool that can be employed to prepare plans based on simple documents while effortlessly integrating BTicino components.

The internet booking system used on Hotelplan Italia's Secrets Line brand website was the first stage of a working agreement of great magnitude between Dylog Italia and Hotelplan - a Zurich-based multinational operating in the tourist sector. The agreement centred on the supply of technologies and IT services for its online booking system as well as on the promotion of tourist resources. Hotelplan’s choice also fell on Dylog technology because it wanted to ensure greater visibility for its Secrets Line website, which contains more than two hundred hotels and resorts de charme. The accommodation listed on Hotelplan’s portal are the elite members of the hotel industry from all five continents. As such, users from around the world can now employ its safer, quicker and more streamlined booking system. At the moment and given the current slowdown in demand, alliances between forward-looking tourist operators and companies offering advanced technologies are the key to conquering new markets and achieving increased efficiency.

Set Mobile from Bucharest has also begun distributing Dylog solutions. Over the past few months, the international credit crunch has forced a large number of Romanian tourist operators to turn to new technologies in order to boost their efficiency. Set Mobile and Dylog Italia underwent a complex preparatory phase before the launch of distribution so that a complete transfer of know-how - indispensable to providing adequate service and security levels – was ensured.

Dylog SAM is a Dylog Italia partner company operating in Francophone markets. It has recently completed Dylog Algerie and CSI Africa’s technical-commercial training. These two companies will be responsible for distribution as well as for providing Dylog customer care services for hotels and restaurants in Algeria and Morocco.

Furthermore, Dylog is currently finalising a contract for the distribution of its suite of tourist applications by Emircom. The Emircom Group was established in 1984 and is considered to be one of the top 18 groups of the Middle East, with over 350 staff members on its books. Emircom lists some of the most important companies in the telecommunications, banking, oil & gas and hotel sectors in the Middle East among its clients. Furthermore, the discussions entered into between Dylog and Optima during TOSM are also very promising. The Russian group was established in 1990 and, today, has a staff of approximately 2000. It operates in an array of ICT sectors, such as consulting, software development, system integration and outsourcing.

Thanks to its customised research activities, Experientia – an international consultancy company based in Turin – will soon meet two giants from the German market: Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecommunication company in both Germany and Europe, and T-Online, one Europe’s top content portals.

Thanks to its development of highly advanced technological products, Giomar has received its first order for antennas from the Rohde & Schwarz company. This German group is comprised of a number of independent companies that specialise in electronics (providing test and measurement, broadcasting and radio-communication solutions. Established more than 70 years ago, it boasts a global presence and a dedicated network that serves over 70 countries, with 7500 staff.

With CSI-Piemonte as its lead company, the Idata Group has taken part in the implementation of a number of activities connected to the European Project entitled "Study, training and technical assistance to manage documents, implement information systems and provide a database for the water resource sector” for the Ministry of Water Resources in Algeria. The primary objective of the project was to create a continuous, stable system to handle information among the different services involved in water management in Algeria.

Reply purchased the Definio Financial Platform from InAnte to augment its offers targeting companies in the financial sector. The platform is used to manage financial and asset data and can provide a concrete answer to needs in the asset management sector for a tool to monitor, analyse and support financial consultancy services. In addition to Definio, Reply also boasts consolidated solutions and experience in a range of different fields, such as risk management, wealth management, budgeting and cost control.

Incomedia has entered into a distribution agreement with Aresis - a leading player in the software distribution market in Turkey - for the WebsiteX5 software package used to create and manage websites. It expects to sell 100 units per month, for a total value of approximately € 20/40 thousand per year. With this, the Aresis commercial network - which includes large chains such as  Mediamarkt - the Turkish version of Mediaworld, in addition to Bmexks, and Teknoloyix - has expanded its range of offers to include a completely new product for the Turkish market. Websitex5 has been a particularly positive solution for Incomedia. The company launched its product in the Middle East in 2007, after finalising an agreement with the top software distributor in the area as well as the leading software seller in the UAE, Qatar and neighbouring countries.

Irion has entered into a promising discussion with the Spanish company, Desimplex - a supplier of software solutions for the consulting sector as well as for data management employed to optimise decision making processes among financial companies and multinationals in both Spain and Latin America.

The IrionDQ technical training program held at InvesTech’s – the company’s partner – offices in Los Angeles, California, came to a successful close. Four expert technical consultants and financial investment operation specialists from the US-based company took part in a week-long training program held by a senior technical manager. The participants’ professional skills and the success of the event boosted the company’s confidence and have driven it to seek new opportunities for IrionDQ, which are currently being identified throughout North America.

The Saudi Bell Group from Riyadh – was established in the ‘80s to provide integrated solutions for both private clients and public institutions in the communication and security sectors. It numbers Ministries of the Interior and Defence Ministries, as well as the National Guard, the Royal Saudi Air Force, and British Aerospace among its clients– and has expressed an interest in the Microntel solution for a staff attendance registration system capable of enduring the high temperatures seen in Saudi Arabia and ensuring efficient biometric recognition in the climate of the Arabic peninsula. Inndeed, the Microntel solution is based on a real-time network and on reading digital fingerprints. It allows Saudi banks to harness the latest technology in order to manage human resources in a highly reliable manner.

Caporal & Moretti has applied for the documentation required to present Microntel access control products in Lebanon, since it is looking at the possibility of acting as a potential supplier for Lebanese Telecom.

This Turin-based company has recently entered into an agreement with Hanul Neotech Co. LTD from Korea for the exclusive distribution of its virtual and augmented reality software in South Korea, Singapore, China, Taiwan and Japan. The agreement was finalised at the end of March and endows the company with the exclusive right to distribute and sell LinceoVR 3.0 (virtual and augmented reality software), Eligo (virtual and augmented reality configurator) and ARchimede (virtual mirror) directly to companies and end users.