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Dimension Data, the global ICT solutions and services provider, has published its top IT predictions for 2017. The focus on digital is set to remain the key trend in the industry for the next 12 months. Dimension Data’s CTO, Ettienne Reinecke, claims digital is about building truly customer-centric business models on IT including the network, data centre, applications, and other infrastructure - which may be on-premise, or cloud-based. Reinecke said: “Today, there’s no such thing as a digital strategy – just strategy in a digital world. And while the digital age is creating a degree of uncertainty for some organisations, it’s also opening the doors to exciting possibilities and ushering in an era of infinite potential.”
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Marvo to expand EMEA channels for gaming kit
China-based brand Marvo will look to expand its distribution reach in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in 2017. With a comprehensive portfolio of gaming products and accessories, Marvo will attend DISTREE EMEA 2017 in February in Monaco to meet face-to-face with senior executives from the region’s leading consumer tech distributors. Lily Zhang, sales manager at Marvo, said: “Our goal from attending DISTREE EMEA is to look for new partners and distributors that we can create win-win relationships with."
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Consumer tech distributors sign up for DISTREE EMEA 2017
Hundreds of top consumer technology distributors have already confirmed their attendance at DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2017, which takes place in Monaco on February 21-24th. Channel EMEA, an official Media Partner for DISTREE EMEA 2017, is publishing a series of articles with distributors from across the region, in the run-up to next year’s event. First up, we’re heading to Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) to catch-up with Zdeněk Máčel, purchasing manager at Diskus.
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Intelisys eyes five cloud growth technologies for 2017
Intelisys Global, a technology services distributor responsible that claims to offer a new and highly profitable channel procurement model to the UK, has identified five key cloud technologies as valuable additional channel sales revenue streams for 2017. By bringing multiple telecommunications and cloud services providers together, Intelisys Global aims to provide its sales partner community with access to all the education, sales tools and support they need to add new cloud services to their portfolio.
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How do you protect your perimeter when you’ve blown it to pieces? Ian Kilpatrick, executive VP cybersecurity at Nuvias Group and Chairman Wick Hill Group, explains.
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Vuzix to showcase iWear video headphones
Vuzix will showcase its iWear video headphones to consumer tech distributors at DISTREE EMEA 2017, which takes place from February 21-24th in Monaco. With 400-plus senior executives from the region’s top distributors set to gather in one place at one time, the event is the ultimate channel gateway for consumer tech products. The iWear video headphones tap into two of DISTREE EMEA’s 2017 focus categories: gaming and mobile.
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AskIT, a free on-demand, one-on-one support service for anyone looking for help with a technology-related issue, problem or question, has been launched in a beta version by technology association CompTIA. AskIT provides consumers with free technical assistance and support for common everyday issues and problems related to computing, connectivity, peripherals, security, software, and more.
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Nuvias Group, the pan-EMEA VAD, has become a member of the HID advantage partner programme. The loyalty-based programme provides partners with the ability to evolve their relationship with HID Global for scalability and overall growth. Nuvias Group provides a wide range of value-added services for reseller partners, including sales, marketing and technical support. As a member of the HID advantage partner programme, Nuvias works closely with HID Global to enhance end user value. Nuvias will distribute HID’s full range of identity and access management (IAM) solutions.
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Ipswitch expands EMEA operations
IT and network management software company Ipswitch has opened a permanent EMEA centre of excellence at Citypoint, Galway, Ireland. The permanent office location signifies a substantial investment for the company and supports its EMEA growth strategy. Twelve research and development, sales and technical support team members will initially move in with a plan to increase headcount up to 60 in line with the positions announced in March 2016.
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Smartphone VR headset shipments to soar
A new Juniper Research study claims that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped globally per annum by 2021, more than triple the expected 16.8 million units forecast for calendar 2016. However, the lower price of these devices means they will only account for 7% of hardware revenue.
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