GBM and R&M Celebrate a Successful 10 Year Partnership
Gulf Business Machines and R&M mark a successful strategic partnership spanning more than 10 years in the Middle East region
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) one of the largest IT solutions and service providers in the region and The Swiss cabling specialist, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M, www.rdm.com) are today celebrating 10 years of partnership, developing and delivering leading-edge structured cabling infrastructure to customers across different markets in the region. Over the last 10 years, GBM has played a critical role in R&M's continued success in this market.
R&M's enterprise business in the Middle East region has grown from strength to strength over the years, with a wide portfolio of customers benefiting from reliable, advanced and versatile structured cabling solutions. R&M's cabling solutions are designed to prevent costly network failures satisfying the technology requirements of local, regional and international businesses based in the Middle East and globally.
“Our long-standing partnership with GBM has reinforced our position as one of the leading structured cabling providers across the ME region. GBM is a valuable partner for us and an integral part of our long-term strategy,” said Laurent Amestoy, Regional Managing Director, R&M Middle East and India. “To create and deliver to customers the world’s best structured cabling networking infrastructure solution, this calls for an experienced partner who understands us, our technology and the marketplace, and GBM has delivered. We look forward to building on this long standing relationship going into the future.”
"Enterprise businesses in the region that were & are looking for continuity, with uninterrupted access to information across their network, have realized this with R&M's proven structured cabling solutions," said Thierry Louesse, Director of INSS, GBM. "Providing R&M's solutions to customers in the marketplace, has further endorsed our leading position in the IT industry in the Gulf market. We look forward to a continued successful partnership at an exciting time for the region. We and R&M share the same vision of providing quality solutions to customers along with added value service and support.”
“R&M has invested in the Gulf region with people and stock. We are dealing directly with R&M employees and not through a 3rd party. This is of tremendous value, particularly when we require sales support to help close a deal or to obtain products urgently. The R&M sales/pre-sales staff are extremely supportive of GBM,” Mr Louesse added.
With a long-standing presence in the ME market since 1990, GBM today offers an extensive range of IT services from consultation to deployment, and integration to support, for a growing customer base throughout various sectors in the region. GBM is a Gold Certified Partner of Cisco Systems, and received several prestigious awards from IBM among others throughout the years including the Dubai Quality Appreciation Award in 2006 and the Best Network Integrator for years 2005, 2006 and 2007 as voted by readers of Network Magazine Middle East.
R&M structured cabling solutions cater to the growing demand organisations and enterprise businesses for secure, uninterrupted access to information across their networks. R&M extensive client’s list in the region includes: the Department of Health & Medical Services, Emirates Bank, Arab Bank, American University of Dubai, UAE University, Telecom Egypt, Mobinil and many others.
