Fighting fit

These are defining times for the UAE corporate reseller sector. A combination of rising costs, demanding end-user customers and the arrival of international competition has led the channel’s top providers to carefully consider their growth strategies. For Sami Abi Esber, president of Mideast Data Systems UAE (Holding) – one of the largest IT holding groups in the region and a long-term incumbent of the market – such challenges are all part of the game.