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Distributor Logicom has received a special recognition award from Trend Micro at the security vendor’s partner summit last week. The award recognised Logicom’s outstanding contribution to Middle East revenue growth for Trend Micro during the 2006-2007 financial year.
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i-mate ramps up retail focus with Redington
Mobile device outfit i-mate has announced a new Middle East partnership with distribution powerhouse Redington. Under the terms of the channel partnership Redington will increase the availability of i-mate products in stores and enhance resellers and retail support in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.
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Blouin takes on tough job at Bell
Bell Microproducts has named Marc Blouin as VP finance and chief accounting officer. In his new role Bouin will look after Bell’s accounting operations and corporate accounting functions, such as consolidations, SEC reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Blouin faces a tough first few weeks at Bell. The company was delisted from NASDAQ last week for failing to file overdue reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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DNS Arrow has struck a distribution agreement with Tumbleweed Communications covering the UK and Ireland. The deal will see specialist IT distributor DNS Arrow focus on selling Tumbleweed’s SecureTransport product, which the two companies claim is well placed to meet the demands of the rapidly growing managed file transfer market.
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Westcon adds €45m credit facility
Networking distributor Westcon Group has announced a new €45m credit facility in Europe. The three-year committed invoice financing will be used to increase Westcon’s European liquidity as the company continues its organic and acquisition-led growth strategy.
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Bell Micro delisted from NASDAQ
Bell Microproducts has been delisted from NASDAQ for failing to file overdue reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The value-added distributor has stated that it, ‘is working diligently to complete this process and will promptly seek relisting of its common stock once completed’.
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Westcon Germany grabs Nortel gong
Westcon Germany has been named Nortel distributor of the year in recognition of the distributor’s ConvergencePoint programme, which was highlighted as a differentiating factor in helping resellers achieve greater success. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Madrid during Nortel’s EMEA partner conference.
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Bell Micro bags Big Blue VAD award
Bell Micro has picked up the inaugural IBM VAD software award for ‘2007 Top Performing Value Add Distributor IBM Software’. Presented at an OEM distributor workshop, the award represents revenue and achievement throughout 2007, recognising Bell Micro’s investment as a VAD in the OEM channel.
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Al Naba’a nets Netgear rights in Iraq
Iraqi IT powerhouse Al-Naba’a Network Solutions has been appointed as a distributor by networking vendor Netgear. With Iraq’s IT market forecast to reach US$1.1 billion in 2008, interest in signing up in-country channel partners is growing apace. Fast-growing Al-Naba’a hopes to almost double its sales to US$8m in 2008.
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Top Layer targets Middle East channel
Intrusion prevention solutions supplier Top Layer Networks has reiterated its commitment to the Middle East market, and announced its intention to expand its presence through the addition of new channel partners in the region.
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