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Middle East VAD TechAccess has announced the winners of its partner loyalty programme for 2016. TechAccess’ partner loyalty rewards programme recognises the outstanding achievements of partners drawn from the distributor’s network across the region. The winning gold partners were Fujitsu in GCC, plus Specialised Database Technologies (PALCO) and Specialised Technical Services in Levant and North Africa.
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EMEA distributors identify gaming as a top consumer tech channel growth opportunity for 2017
Gaming products and gaming accessories show strong potential for growth in 2017, according to consumer tech distributors operating in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Early analysis of DISTREE EMEA’s regional consumer tech distributor survey indicates that 42% of distributors view gaming as a top three category in terms of growth potential in 2017.
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Marvo to expand EMEA channels for gaming kit
China-based brand Marvo will look to expand its distribution reach in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in 2017. With a comprehensive portfolio of gaming products and accessories, Marvo will attend DISTREE EMEA 2017 in February in Monaco to meet face-to-face with senior executives from the region’s leading consumer tech distributors. Lily Zhang, sales manager at Marvo, said: “Our goal from attending DISTREE EMEA is to look for new partners and distributors that we can create win-win relationships with."
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Consumer tech distributors sign up for DISTREE EMEA 2017
Hundreds of top consumer technology distributors have already confirmed their attendance at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2017, which takes place in Monaco on February 21-24th. Channel EMEA, an official Media Partner for DISTREE EMEA 2017, is publishing a series of articles with distributors from across the region, in the run-up to next year’s event. First up, we’re heading to Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) to catch-up with Zdeněk Máčel, purchasing manager at Diskus.
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Fossil VP claims style will drive Middle East wearables growth
Preston Moxcey, VP at accessories manufacturer Fossil Group and GM of wearables brand Misfit, reckons that style will be the driving factor behind the growth of wearables in the Middle East market. Wearable devices may not have exploded onto the scene in the Middle East as projected by some industry quarters but, with time, they have wiggled their way into consumers’ lives. Fitness trackers and activity monitors, for example, are a common sight on wrists, and sporting a smartwatch doesn’t warrant quite as many inquisitive stares as it did some time ago.
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ICS, authors of FLEX Automation, has announced that risual, Microsoft UK partner of the year 2015, will be driving enterprise digital transformation using FLEX. FLEX is automation technology for Office 365 that drives digital transformation by empowering end users to self-serve. FLEX aims to automate the actual business end-user experience, rather than that of the typical IT user.
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Cisco hands out Middle East channel awards
Networking giant Cisco recognised sixteen partners from the Middle East region for their outstanding performance in 2016 during its annual partner conference which took place in San Francisco, California. The Cisco partner summit awards are designed to recognise best-in-class business practices and serve as a model to the industry within their respective countries and regions. Areas of consideration include innovative practices, architecture-led successes, strategic business outcome-focused programmes, seizing new opportunities and sales approaches.
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Coolshop chooses Mirakl’s marketplace solution
Mirakl, a marketplace solutions provider, has announced today that Coolshop, one of Europe’s fasting growing online video game and accessories stores, is using Mirakl’s business-to-consumer (B2C) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketplace platform as a foundation for future growth and expansion. Operating from stores in seven countries - UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands and Denmark - Coolshop has served over 1.6 million customers since its foundation in 2003. Originally focused on computer games, the business has expanded to sell across 22 categories.
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AskIT, a free on-demand, one-on-one support service for anyone looking for help with a technology-related issue, problem or question, has been launched in a beta version by technology association CompTIA. AskIT provides consumers with free technical assistance and support for common everyday issues and problems related to computing, connectivity, peripherals, security, software, and more.
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Ipswitch expands EMEA operations
IT and network management software company Ipswitch has opened a permanent EMEA centre of excellence at Citypoint, Galway, Ireland. The permanent office location signifies a substantial investment for the company and supports its EMEA growth strategy. Twelve research and development, sales and technical support team members will initially move in with a plan to increase headcount up to 60 in line with the positions announced in March 2016.
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