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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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Online voting opens for ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2018 Awards’
The 16th annual DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) hosted buyer tech channel event, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th 2018, will host the ‘EMEA Channel Academy (ECA): 2018 Awards’. Celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2018, the ECA Awards continue to recognise excellence in the regional consumer technology distribution and retail channel. Voting is now open for vendors and channel partners to select the ‘Consumer Tech Distributor of the Year’ across 11 separate regions, plus the ‘Consumer Tech Retailer of the Year in eight regions.
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Futuresource identifies key global retail trends
Futuresource Consulting has announced some key findings from its latest global consumer electronics (CE) retail channel trends report. "From phones to fridges, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are important in the consumer electronics calendar, not only in North America, but are also making their presence felt across Europe and beyond," said James Manning Smith, research analyst at Futuresource.
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DISTREE EMEA launches annual regional Tech Channel Survey for distributors and retailers
DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has started collecting responses for its 2017 regional consumer tech channel survey. Reaching out to thousands of senior executives from consumer tech distributors, retailers and e-tailers across the region, the survey explores sales performance, business confidence, financial trends and attitudes towards product categories. Liam McSherry, Marketing Director for DISTREE Events, said: “The EMEA Consumer Tech Channel Survey forms part of a global network of research reports that provides deep insight on regional market trends."
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Distributors boost two-way market data flow
Distribution, while well placed to provide vendor information to channels, is increasingly offering market insights back to vendors, according to the latest research from the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC). The research looks at what vendors think about distribution’s new emerging roles, which includes expanded services going forward. Vendors also mentioned they would like to see a program for increasing trust and partnership between the various channel tiers.
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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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Distributor registration opens for DISTREE EMEA 2018
DISTREE Events has opened distributor registration for DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2018, which takes place in Monaco from February 6-9th. DISTREE EMEA is a premium hosted buyer event, giving consumer tech brands access to an invited channel audience of 400 consumer tech distributors from 60-plus countries within the EMEA region. Aurore Verla-Friess, Audience Director at DISTREE Events, said: “We have increased the distributor quota to 400 for DISTREE EMEA 2018..."
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TIBCO and Ingram Micro sign distribution deal
TIBCO Software, a specialist in integration, API management, and analytics, is teaming with Ingram Micro, to assist with its expanded footprint of channel partners. Ingram Micro will be a full-line distributor of TIBCO’s portfolio of solutions, pushing TIBCO products into its VAR channel. The relationship will begin in the United States before expanding globally.
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European PC gaming market climbs 23% in second quarter
Europe’s PC gaming market sales grew 23% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2017, as enthusiasts sought out high performance and premium branded systems, according to market analyst CONTEXT. "Those that claim that PC gaming is dead have been proven wrong once again,” said Biggles Bristol, PC gaming and VR consultant at CONTEXT.
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