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Global distribution giant Ingram Micro has reaffirmed its financial guidance for the second quarter ending June 2008. The company still expects sales to come in at between US$8.5billion and US$8.75billion with profits in the range of US$59m to US$64m. Ingram’s profit forecasts do not take into account costs related to the expense reduction plans underway in EMEA and North America.
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Tumbleweed ramps up Russian channel
Tumbleweed has appointed Rainbow Technologies as a premier distributor in Russia. Tumbleweed, which specialises in managed file transfer and e-mail security solutions, reckons that its latest channel recruit will help it tap into Russia’s technology boom. Rainbow will look to sell secure content delivery solutions to private companies and government agencies throughout Russia.
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Vulnerability management software vendor RandomStorm has signed up UK-based Sigma Software Distribution to expand its channel to market. Under the terms of the distribution deal, Sigma will include RandomStorm’s network vulnerability scanning tools, xStorm and iStorm in its portfolio of technical, development and business products.
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Wedge Networks has appointed Avosec as a value-added distributor (VAD) of its secure gateway appliances in the UK. Avosec reckons that Wedge’s line-up of secure gateways can provide their European customers with a local resource for high performance content inspection technology.
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Almasa appoints new components boss
John David has rejoined Middle East distribution giant Almasa as general manager of the company’s components business. David was formerly Almasa product and territory manager during his previous stint at Almasa. David has a wealth of eexperience in the hard disk drive (HDD) channel. Almasa hopes that its latest recruit will help to cement the company’s reputation as a leading distributor of IT hardware and networking kit in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Sadoun becomes EMEA enterprise boss at Arrow
Laurent Sadoun has been named as the president of Arrow Electronics enterprise computing solutions (ECS) business in EMEA, including Logix, which Arrow formally acquired on Jun 2nd. Sadoun – previously CEO and chairman at Logix - will report directly in to Arrow ECS president Andrew Bryant. Arrow received competition clearance from the European Competition Commission for its proposed acquisition of Logix in May.
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Vosky adds Noanet as European distributor
Vosky has struck a distribution agreement with Noanet. Vosky, which develops Skype for business solutions, will use Noanet as a channel to market for its Vosky Exchange PBX-to-Skype application gateways. Noanet will market the product line through its channel of 200 VARs throughout Spain, Portugal and France.
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Zycko expansion continues apace
Fast-growing UK-based value added distributor Zycko continues to expand at breakneck speed. Just a few months after opening offices in Italy and the Benelux, Zycko’s European adventure has stepped up a gear with a triple whammy of new office openings in Madrid, Munich and Stockholm.
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Avaya pushes Quick Edition through Prologix
Business communications solutions vendor Avaya has turned to distribution partner Prologix to push its one-X Quick Edition solution to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the UAE. Targeted at small businesses and firms with branch offices requiring a communications solution, Avaya claims that one-X Quick Edition is easy to support and maintain.
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UK-based telecoms and data distribution specialist Nimans has added Netgear to its official portfolio. Nimans will stock a range of Netgear kit including switching, wireless and firewall solutions as the distributor looks to broaden its data product portfolio. Nimans covers a wide range of products including telephones, systems, headsets, audio conferencing, integrated systems and structured cabling.
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