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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) VAD outfit TechAccess has gained certified service partner (CSP) status from Huawei for the UAE. TechAccess began its relationship with Huawei earlier in the year and is the vendor’s only GCC-wide distributor. TechAccess has assigned a dedicated team to cover several countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Inoapps picks up Oracle awards
At Oracle OpenWorld 2016, Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has won both the EMEA and global Oracle excellence awards for specialised partner of the year, in software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud transformation. The awards encourage innovation by Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) members, who use Oracle’s products and technology, to create value for customers and generate new business potential.
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Madison Dearborn to acquire Intermedia
Cloud business applications provider Intermedia has been acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, USA. As part of the transaction, Intermedia’s shareholders, led by Oak Hill Capital Partners, will sell their stake in the company to MDP and company management. The partnership with MDP will help accelerate Intermedia’s rapid growth trajectory through increased investment in the company’s channel partner programmes, support experience, new and existing products, vertical industry solutions, and additional acquisitions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Intermedia appoints Martorano as global sales boss
Intermedia, a cloud business applications provider, has appointed Eric Martorano as its new senior VP of worldwide sales, effective September 15th. Martorano comes to Intermedia from Microsoft, where he most recently served as general manager of US partner sales and developed, launched and managed channel partner programmes.
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DevTech goes global with Ingram Micro
DevTech, a cloud enablement company, has signed a global distribution agreement with Ingram Micro. The agreement will allow Ingram Micro to distribute vPoint, DevTech’s multi-cloud orchestration solution which aims to simplify the way cloud infrastructures are created, managed, consumed and grown, via the Ingram Micro Cloud platform.
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D-Link collaborates with Silicon Labs
Networking vendor D-Link and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Silicon Labs have announced that they are working together to accelerate smart home technology development and deployment. The collaboration brings D-Link’s strength in the design and manufacture of consumer networking devices, its market recognition and its well-established smart home ecosystem, mydlink home, together with Silicon Labs’ deep expertise in developing innovative semiconductors and modules leveraging key connected home and IoT wireless networking technologies such as ZigBee, Thread, Bluetooth low energy and Wi-Fi.
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Oracle platinum partner Inoapps has launched a new enterprise change division. The global practice aims to provide the company’s clients with both strategic and practical business change expertise to support their Oracle cloud journey. Complementing Inoapps’ existing Oracle Cloud implementation business, the new change practice will offer a broad array of services from preparing initial cloud readiness assessments through to full end-to-end business transition strategies.
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Darty boosts margins with Mirakl marketplace
Marketplace platform provider Mirakl reckons that Darty, a leading European electronics retailer, is seeing better visibility in search, greater profit margins, and new category growth after implementing the Mirakl marketplace solution in 2014. According to a new case study published by Forrester Research, Darty attributes its marketplace success to buy in from C-level support and the foresight to start with non-overlapping product categories, dedicate adequate employee resources, and take advantage Mirakl’s marketplace platform versus custom building their own solution.
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Ingram Micro adds FARO 3D scanners
Distributor Ingram Micro today has expanded its portfolio of 3D imaging and technology solutions in the EMEA region with the addition of professional 3D scanning products from FARO. FARO 3D scanner products on offer through Ingram Micro ensure resellers can offer a solution that meets the requirements of all applications for mid-range users up to professionals. The addition of FARO products provides an opportunity for resellers to look at new business prospects with their current and new customers by offering a range of 3D solutions for projects and applications of all levels of complexity.
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INTERVIEW: Roman Samoylov, Cactus
Cactus is a fast-growing brand that aims to set new standards for market-compatible printing consumables and accessories. Cactus is participating at DISTREE Russia 2016 this month, giving the company the opportunity to meet buyers and senior executives from the country’s top distributors, resellers and retailers. Channel EMEA caught up with Roman Samoylov, CEO at Cactus, to find out more about the company’s participation at Russia’s leading annual channel event.
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