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Ingram Micro picked up the 2018 Dell EMC Global Distributor of the Year Award. This marks the second consecutive year Ingram Micro has received this prestigious recognition from Dell EMC. Ingram Micro received the accolade among a global field of Dell EMC partners based on a combination of metrics, including sales performance and significant investment and commitment to the Dell EMC business.
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Badgy confirms Ingram Micro distribution deal
Ingram Micro, a leading global technology distributor, and Evolis, a leader in plastic card personalisation systems, have confirmed a new distribution agreement. Ingram Micro has started distributing Badgy card printers to its broad reseller network across EMEA. Badgy is an all-in-one solution allowing the end-user to create and print personalised plastic cards within a few minutes.
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Asbis’ category growth recognised by Intel
Emerging markets distributor Asbis picked up two awards at Intel’s recent partner connect conference held in Prague, Czech Republic. Intel picked up an award for the highest year-on-year growth in server sales in 2017 in EMEA. The distributor was also recognised for the highest year-on-year growth in SSD sales in 2017 in EMEA.
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Mobile device vendor HMD Global - the home of Nokia phones - has raised an additional US$100m from multiple investors to scale business operations and fund the company’s growth in its second year. In 2018, the company plans to aggressively expand its portfolio of Nokia smartphones and double down on expanding channel reach in strategic markets.
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Kaspersky breaks 1000 MSP barrier
Launched in April 2017, Kaspersky Lab’s dedicated managed service provider (MSP) partner programme has reached 1000 registered partners. Cybersecurity is a fast-growing part of a service provider’s offering and this landmark indicates a continued and strong focus on endpoint protection services in the industry. In total, 95% of Kaspersky’s MSP partners are in Europe.
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Tom Turner, CEO and President, BitSight, explores common blind spots associated with vendor risk management (VRM).
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Smart toy revenues to hit US$18 billion in 2023
A new report from Juniper Research claims that smart yoys will represent an US$18 billion hardware and software market by 2023, up from an estimated $6 billion in 2018. This increase will primarily be driven by the growing popularity of smartphone‑connected toys and related in-app purchases, which are projected to grow by 69% annually over the next five years.
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Peter Olive, CEO, Vortex 6, explores whether vendors are adapting quickly enough to the fundamental changes redefining the reseller landscape.
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Audio and accessories brand Jays Group is buying Krusell for an initial purchase price of US$51.4m with an earnout that will pay half of EBITDA based on performance in 2018 and 2019. Jays Group will, after the integration of the Krusell group of companies, have annual sales in excess of US$170m. The initial purchase price consists of US$13.6m cash, US$4.5m as a promissory note and US$33.3m as a share issue to the sellers. The share price will be decided at the end of May and the sellers will be subject to a three-year lock-up period.
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Arrow Electronics adds Tenable rights across EMEA
Arrow Electronics has announced an EMEA distribution agreement with Tenable to distribute the company’s cybersecurity products. In 2017, Tenable launched Tenable.io, the first cyber exposure platform to provide visibility into any asset on any computing platform, including public cloud environments, and purpose-built applications for vulnerability management, container security and web application scanning.
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