Norway : after retreating a few years ago because of heavy losses, Datatec is back in Norway under its Westcon Convergence business unit. The company is managed by Martin Flensburg, while Jonas Olsson is local sales manager. Westcon Convergence focuses there on Avaya and Siemens products (source : IT Bransjen Norge).
UPS vendor Zigor has appointed Bell Micro as a distributor for its portfolio of UPS and associated products in the UK, Ireland and Sweden (source : Comms Business United Kingdom).
United States : US based law firms Kendall Law Group, Robbins Umeda LLP and Levi & Korsinsky are looking into the sale of Bell Microproducts to Avnet, whether a fair process was used prior to entering into the merger agreement and whether the Bell Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties by not seeking a deal that would provide better value of the Company. According to these companies as well as some market analysts, the price asked for Bell Micro could (should ?) have been higher, given Bell turnover. But the distributor also had bad years, with poor profitability and even losses in 2008. Don Bell’s age (71 y.o.) may also be an element of the sale (source : Storage Newsletter).
Poland : accessory and consumer electronics specialist Platinet has added Panasonic accessories, small peripherals and storage media to its catalog (source : Computer Reseller News Polska).
Russia : software editor and distributor 1C has joined up its forced with its competitor Softclub, which is specialized in gaming, to build up the second biggest gaming specialist in the country, 1C-Softclub (source : MCV United Kingdom).
France : in order to better cover French territory, antivirus editor AVG has acquired its local distributor, Square-AVG. Thus, this company has been deleted from ITdistri database.
Belgium : broadliner Copaco has been appointed official distributor for Asrock motherboards and barebones.
France : beside VADs Arrow ECS Network and Security and Westcon Security, Computerlinks becomes the third distributor of Internet security vendor Websense.
Germany : telephony specialist NT Plus has decided to spin-off its PMR business as Seamcom. Managed by Peter Strötmann and 16-employee strong, Seamcom focuses on Motorola products and will start its business in May (source : Telecom Handel Deutschland).
Germany : telephony specialist NT Plus has added Kemper Technology’s Gamba GPS software to its catalog. Gamba, which works on top of traditional GPS terminals, is dedicated to truck drivers, bringing them useful informations for their trips (source : Channel Insider Deutschland).
Sweden : network and security VAD Magirus has decided to close its local subsidiary, despite seemingly good results, as the company almost doubled its turnover there, to €18m in one year and also had plans, just weeks ago, to further increase its presence in the country, thanks to a newly signed partnership with Cisco (source : IT24 Sverige).
South Africa : HP has appointed broadliner Pinnacle Africa as distributor of its Point of Sale range of products. This follows HP’s appointment of Pinnacle Africa as a PSG distributor 18 months ago, affirming HP’s strategy of penetrating the Tier 2 SME dealer channel through a partnership with Pinnacle.
Italy : broadliner Datamatic has expanded its partnership with Asus to its line of notebooks and netbooks (source : Channel City Italia).
France : storage specialist Incom has recently expanded its catalog with Logicube hard drive duplication products and Wide medical monitors.
Russia : retailer and broadliner USN Computers has added LANmaster racks to its offer (source : Computer Reseller News Rossiya).
France : Armand Dietrich, who was previously working for Quantum, has been appointed commercial director for storage VAD AdStore.
Germany : Dascom, which has taken over TallyGenicom assets in Europe, is continuing rebuilding its distribution network in the region. Latest to date, it has signed a partnership with broadliner Ingram Micro (source : IT Business Deutschland).
United Kingdom : specialist in gaming PC components, peripherals and games, Realtime Distribution has revealed it is to distribute Creative’s PC digital entertainment product range (source : Channel Pro United Kingdom).
Network and security VAD Infinigate has expanded its partnership with Sophos and Utimaco to the whole DACH region. This means that both vendors will be available through its sales offices in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (source : Swiss IT Reseller Schweiz).
Giant American multispecialist Avnet has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire storage and security specialist Bell Microproducts in an all cash merger for €5.20 per share, which equates to an equity value of approximately €187.29m and a transaction value of approximately €441.48m assuming a net debt position for Bell of €254.16m at face value as of December 31, 2009. The acquisition has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is subject to the approval of Bell’s shareholders as well as customary regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in 60 to 120 days.
Given Avnet organization, Bell should be either kept as a separated division or, most certainly, be merged into its Technology Solutions business unit. In EMEA region, Bell Micro is present in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Avnet Technology Solutions is, on its side, present in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal (which was very recently opened), Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Turkey. This acquisition should mainly strengthen Avnet positions in storage and industrial computing.
Our directory is updated daily through information sent by vendors and distributors. Here are the latest updates :
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Croatia - VAD
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Bulgaria - VAD
Netsafe Solutions Srl -
Romania - VAD
Arrow ECS Slovakia s r.o. -
Slovakia - VAD
Share Distribuzione Srl -
Italy - VAD
Ignition Technology Sub-Saharan Africa -
South Africa - VAD
Ignition Technology ME -
United Arab Emirates - VAD
Ignition Technology France -
France - VAD
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Ukraine - Specialist
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