Gulf Business Machines (GBM), IBM's representative and one of the largest IT organisations in the region said it has received the prestigious Enterprise Partner of the Year 2007, for Middle East and Africa- Emerging Markets.

It received the honour from Cisco System at their Partner World Summit held recently in Hawaii.

The annual Cisco Partner World event brings together Cisco's business partners from across the world to exchange information on the latest developments in networking and to recognise those who are leaders in their home markets.

GBM has been a Gold Certified Partner of Cisco Systems throughout the region since 2003 and has invested heavily in the field of networking to ensure customers benefit from unrivalled experience and innovation in highly specialised areas such as network and data centre design, implementation, management and support, security, structured cabling and IP telephony.

GBM was recognised as the Emerging Market Partner of the year for outstanding commitment and achievement in the enterprise market. - TradeArabia News Service