Also-EMC : two years and it’s gone
Switzerland : broadliner Also has revealed its partnership with EMC, signed in April 2006, was stopped on February, 1st. All existing projects would be fulfilled up to next April. VAD Magirus and Datastore remain the two last official EMC distributors in the country (source : Inside Channels Schweiz).
Scalcom gets broadband from Motorola
Germany : network and security VAD Scalcom has signed a distribution partnership with Motorola around its broadband infrastructure products.
Everest expands its partnership with Samsung
Ukraine : broadliner Everest has expanded its distribution partnership with Korean vendor Samsung, until now limited to PC components, to notebooks, monitors and printers.
Green Data stores with RelData
Netherlands : storage VAD Green Data Systems has expanded its SAN and iSCSI server offer with Reldata products (source : Computer Reseller News Nederland).
Four new brands for IPvista
France : network and security VAD IPvista have signed many new distribution partnerships : French webconferencing vendor omNovia, Vasco and MobileGov cyphering and authentication as well as Aerohive wireless networking products. In the same time, the VAD has stopped working with security vendor SkyRecon.
Samsung peripherals for Focelda
Italy : regional broadliner Focelda, based in Napoli, has signed a distribution partnership with Samsung around its line of PC peripherals (printers, multifunctions and LCD monitors) (source : Channel Online Italia).
A new distributor for Watchguard
UTM vendor Watchguard has signed a distribution partnership with network and security VAD Internet Security to cover Austria and Switzerland. Previously, the company was distributed in Switzerland only by VAD Boll Engineering and broadliner Ingram Micro (source : IT Reseller Online Schweiz).
More components for Navigator
Ukraine : component specialist Navigator has signed a distribution partnership with Asus for all IT PC components and LCD monitors.
Compricon protects SMB with Atera
Netherlands : cable and network VAD Compricon has added SMB security products from Atera Networks to its catalog (source : ChannelWorld Nederland).
Eurequat goes west
France : AIDC VAD Eurequat has opened a new sales office in Nantes to better cover the western part of the country.
Digits closes its doors
Italy : regional broadliner Digits, based near Bari, has decided to voluntarily stop its activities, because of the difficulties to grow on IT market. The company has sold its brands and its Cash-and-Carry shops in Napoli and Bari (thus closing one in Ciampino, near Roma) to its rival Cometa, which thus is able to expand northernly. Last years, Digits weighted about 32 M€ and had a network of 1500 resellers.
ADN managers storage with Open-E
Thin computing and security VAD ADN has signed Open-E storage management editor to complete its virtualization offer in Austria and Germany (source : IT Business Deutschland).
Qwerty watches TV with Terratec
Netherlands: broadliner Qwerty has signed a distribution partnership with German tuner and music vendor Terratec (source : ChannelWorld Nederland).
Actebis listens to Sennheiser
Germany : broadliner ActebisPeacock has added Sennheiser headsets to its catalog.
Audim bets on IT-telephony convergence
France : telephony specialist Audim has hired Christophe Naye from broadliner ETC Distribution as IT-telephony convergence business development manager.
Wick Hill filters with 8e6
United Kingdom : web filtering vendor 8e6 Technologies has enlisted its first UK distributor, network and security VAD Wick Hill (source : Computer Reseller News United Kingdom).
Merlion becomes a Corsair
Russia : after Kingmax, giant broadliner Merlion has been appointed official distributor for Corsair memory and storage products.
Actebis Peacock informs of companies’ health with CreditReform
Germany : broadliner ActebisPeacock has started to sell PROTECTcompact from CreditReform to its resellers. This software links to CreditReform online databases to help resellers determine credit risk with their clients.
More security for Micromedia
Netherlands : after broadliner Ingram Micro, software specialist Micromedia has added Romanian antivirus editor Bitdefender to its catalog (source : Computer Reseller News Nederland).
Abbakan to attack Italy
France : security VAD Abbakan is planning to open a second subsidiary in Italy, 3 years after Spain. The company follows thus the strategy of its competitor Exclusive Networks.