HOME DISTREE EMEA 2013 drives ICT & CE channel business at record-breaking Monaco event
Channel management and business development in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region becomes a whole lot easier for 140-plus ICT and consumer electronics (CE) brands this week. DISTREE EMEA, the region’s leading annual event for the volume ICT & CE channel, starts today with more than 5500 pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings already confirmed for the three-day event.
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WD appoints CMS for Red hard drives
Storage vendor WD has appointed CMS Distribution as a regional OEM for the UK and Ireland. Under the terms of the deal, CMS will populate and distribute home and small office network attached storage (NAS) systems manufactured by Synology, QNAP and Thecus with WD Red hard drives.
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Asbis picks up Fujitsu rights in Algeria
Emerging markets distributor Asbis has added Fujitsu distribution rights in Algeria. The agreement between Asbis and Fujitsu Technology Solutions will see the distributor sell a range of products for the vendor including desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets, peripherals, servers and storage products.
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Lenovo fully focused on channel needs
Fast-growing Lenovo is a Silver Sponsor at this year’s DISTREE EMEA in Monaco. Lenovo continues to climb the PC rankings and will use its participation at the channel event to listen to existing and potential partners, discuss its channel engagement priorities for 2013 and showcase the full breadth of the Lenovo portfolio. Neil Berville, executive director EMEA channels and alliances at Lenovo, will take part in the Live@DISTREE presentation session to outline the company’s strategy to delegates.
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XPAL Power ready to expand in EMEA
This week’s DISTREE EMEA event in Monaco will provide the perfect channel development platform for XPAL Power as the vendor looks to build new routes-to-market across Europe, Middle East and Africa. XPAL Power will showcase its innovative product portfolio including its PowerSkin range for smartphones including PoP’n - a ‘Made for iPhone’ (MFI) approved external battery pack for the iPhone 5.
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Alion readies Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics range
Russian company Alion is an official licensee for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics merchandise programme. Alion, which also operates as a distributor in Russia, plans to introduce its official Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics collection of accessories at DISTREE EMEA 2013 in Monaco. With more and more distributors looking to create and develop own brand sales in the accessories space, Alion hopes to capture a significant chunk of sales with its Sochi 2014 products.
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Kaspersky signs Computerlinks in UK
Security solutions vendor Kaspersky has signed Computerlinks as a UK distributor. The vendor claims that the deal is part of a new distribution strategy in the UK to maximise routes-to-market and build Kaspersky’s credentials as a supplier of business-focused value-add solutions. Computerlinks will offer its channel customer base Kasperksy’s endpoint security for business solution
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Hardware vendor Lenovo has appointed Mohammed Hilili as general manager for the Gulf region with a focus on growing and developing the company’s Middle East operation. Hilili’s remit includes both the enterprise and consumer space as well as channel relations. Hilili has more than a decade of experience in IT, consumer electronics and general business across the region. Hilili previously worked at PC vendor Acer as country manager for Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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AEG Power Solutions set to boost channel reach
AEG Power Solutions (PS) will attend next week’s DISTREE EMEA with a view to expanding its channel reach in new territories. AEG PS provides standard and customised solutions for protection against network disruptions and the loss of data and costly downtime periods suffered as a result. The company’s portfolio includes UPS, surge protection and power management solutions.
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This month’s DISTREE EMEA event in Monaco attracts hundreds of manufacturers to meet channel executives from across the region. Components giant AMD is sending a delegation as it looks to spread its message to both potential and existing partners. Channel EMEA asked Andrew Buxton, director of sales component channel and regional OEMs EMEA at AMD, why the vendor was participating and its goals for 2013.
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