SMART Technologies Appoints Westcon Middle East as Regional Distributor for Education and Business Solutions

Dubai, UAE, June 19, 2012 - SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, announces that Westcon Middle East (WestconME Group) has been appointed an authorized SMART distributor for the Middle East region and will offer both education and business solutions across 11 different countries.

Headquartered in Dubai with a regional presence, WestconME Group is a leading Value Add Distributor (VAD) of convergence, critical infrastructure, mobility and security products and solutions. An ideal addition to the SMART distributor network in the Middle East, WestconME Group offers superior collaborative solutions and services for education and business customers. The company has a dedicated, fully trained and certified sales team for the distribution and installation of SMART products.

“Having established ourselves as a principal specialty distributor, SMART Technologies was a natural fit for our extensive network as there is a growing demand in the Middle East for ICT deployment in the education sector, and we are proud to be associated with a global leader,” says Mr. Steve Lockie, Managing Director, WestconME Group. “SMART is a well-established and respected brand with great products for both education and business customers, and we look forward to including SMART solutions in our portfolio of customer offerings.”

“As a leading education and business solutions provider, we are pleased to welcome Westcon as a SMART distributor for the region. Our mandate is to work with well-positioned distributors who have the full capabilities to facilitate our expanding reach and capitalize on market demand,” says Aaron Fright, Country Manager, Middle East, SMART Technologies. “Westcon Middle East has strong logistical capabilities, comprehensive value added services, and a long-standing market reputation for delivering growth and customer satisfaction.”

About SMART
SMART Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of collaboration solutions that change the way the world works and learns. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, our focus is on developing a variety of easy-to-use, integrated solutions that free people from their desks and computer screens, making collaboration and learning with digital resources more natural. Our products have transformed teaching and learning in more than two million classrooms worldwide, reaching over 40 million students and their teachers. In business, our Freestorm™ visual collaboration solutions improve the way that people work and collaborate, enabling them to be more productive and reduce costs.

About WestconME Group
Westcon Middle East is a leading Value Add Distributor (VAD) of convergence, critical infrastructure, mobility and security products and solutions covering the Middle East and North Africa. We offer a portfolio of best in-class products, services and solutions from highly reputed vendor partners that interoperate with and complement each other. Our highly qualified staff deliver outstanding support and unmatched relationships to our vendors and channel partners, including technical expertise, network design, sales consultancy, logistics and integrated marketing, apart from holding a large inventory of products for immediate deliveries. For more information, visit me.westcon.com.

Reader’s advisory
Certain information contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking information or statements. By their very nature, forward-looking information and statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking information and statements will not be achieved. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as a number of important factors could cause the actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking information or statements. We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking information or statements. Any forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

For more information, please contact
Nada Haddad
Marketing Manager, Middle East and Africa
SMART Technologies
Phone: +971 50 9001045
MEinfo@smarttech.com
www.smarttech.com

Procre8,
Villa 41, 81-d Street, Uptown Mirdif
P.O. Box 78835, Dubai
United Arab Emirates

This release was published on openPR.