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Premium accessories brand Cadyce will use next month’s DISTREE EMEA to hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives from top consumer tech distributors. Cadyce joins hundreds of brands attending the region’s leading consumer tech channel hosted buyer event. Distributors from more than 50 countres will attend DISTREE EMA, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th 2018.
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INTERVIEW: Camilo Moreira, Limifield
Fast-growing distributor Limifield is ready to make its mark in European channels with a range of own brand products and solutions. Limifield is a Silver Sponsor at next month’s DISTREE EMEA regional hosted buyer event for the consumer tech channel. Limifield will hold pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior buyers from across the region. Channel EMEA caught up with Camilo Moreira, manager at Limifield, to get the lowdown on the company’s plans.
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Akyumen signs Sands in Middle East
Mobile device brand Akyumen has signed Sands Distribution as its GCC distribution partner. The deal covers Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. This is the beginning of a strategic long-term vision for both the companies where Sands Distribution will distribute the Akyumen devices to retail, carrier, and traditional channel across its territory. The companies will work hand in hand to provide the best possible sales, marketing, and customer care experience to the channel as well as to the customers.
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PocketBook confirmed for DISTREE EMEA
PocketBook will join hundreds of tech brands holding pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with buyers and senior executives from top distributors at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2018, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th. Pocketbook will use the hosted buyer event to accelerate its channel development across EMEA and highlight its latest products to strategic channel partners from 50-plus countries in one place at one time.
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Laskri joins FSP Power Solution
Karim Laskri has joined FSP Power Solution GmbH, part of FSP Group, as Director for CIS & Middle East & North Africa (MENA) regions. FSP Group is one of the global leading power supply manufacturer. Since its establishment in 1993, FSP Group has followed the management conception ‘service, profession, and innovation’ to continuously fulfil its responsibilities as a green energy resolution supplier.
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Tech Data gets strategic with Microsoft in Eastern Europe
Distributor Tech Data has announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of the full range of Microsoft software and cloud solutions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. The new agreement between Tech Data and Microsoft will focus on Office 365, Azure, and solutions for BI, IoT and Analytics and will include additional investments in Tech Data resources, marketing initiatives and the company’s global cloud transaction platform, StreamOne.
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Econocom strikes Microsoft HoloLens deal
Econocom has struck a deal to distribute Microsoft HoloLens in France, the UK, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg. Econocom’s distribution, services and financing experience will aim to boost widespread deployment of Microsoft’s mixed reality solution for the digital transformation of companies and industries. “Mixed reality is still in its early stages but already it’s poised to revolutionise a number of uses in the professional world,” said Bruno Grossi, executive director of Econocom.
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Javelin Networks has announced its entry in to the Benelux market through an expanded partnership with cybersecurity solution distributor Exclusive Networks. Barrie Desmond, COO at Exclusive Group, said: “Exclusive Networks chooses the most effective solutions for a dangerous world of hacks and exploits. Javelin Networks, under the Exclusive Networks family of cybersecurity solutions, will offer innovative products and services throughout Western Europe, enabling enterprises to measurably improve their stance against threats, network breaches and data loss.”
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Acer hits highest profit in 27 quarters
Tech vendor Acer has announced that its after-tax profits for the third quarter of 2017 hit their highest level in 27 quarters. Acer posted sales of NT$60.58 billion (US$2.01 billion) for the quarter – up 13% sequentially and 3.4% year-on-year. After tax profits hit NT$1.45 billion (US$48.2m) – up more than fivefold year-on-year. Acer claimed that the results demonstrated the company’s strong business momentum, stabilising operations and renewed profitability.
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DISTREE APAC completes fifth annual consumer tech channel event in Singapore
DISTREE Asia Pacific (APAC) took place at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore from 8th to 10th November 2017. This week’s event gathered more than 170 senior executives from consumer tech vendors, distributors, retailers and e-tailers in one place at one time. During the three-day event, exhibitors held pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with buyers and senior channel executives from across the region. DISTREE APAC 2017 was supported by Event Partners GfK and IE Singapore; Content Partners CONTEXT, GfK, Quadmark and Sixthfactor; plus Media Partners VAR India and Channel APAC.
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