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Distribution colossus Tech Data has recruited Dominique Deklerck as senior VP for Benelux, Iberia and Italy. Deklerck is an IT distribution industry veteran, having served for more than 25 years at rival distributor Ingram Micro, where he held a number of senior leadership roles including executive managing director, Belux, Italy, and Brazil; VP and deputy managing director, China; VP, business development, Singapore; and, most recently, in a global role as VP operations performance.
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INTERVIEW: Marco Andresen, Lenovo
Vendor giant Lenovo remains strongly committed to indirect channels as it pursues its three-wave strategy to lead in core business areas, grow in key segments and invest in emerging technologies. With its new Engage partner programme up and running, Lenovo wants to simplify how it works with channel partners across EMEA. Last month at CES, Channel EMEA caught up with Marco Andresen, EMEA COO, VP EMEA Channel at Lenovo, to get the inside track on the vendor’s regional channel priorities and objectives.
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ALSO establishes transformation team
Distribution giant ALSO has established an interdisciplinary transformation executive team (TET). The new TET team will drive forward ALSO’s transformation into an end-to-end solutions provider, according to the distributor. The 12-member TET, which consists of digital natives and experienced employees between the ages of 31 and 55, is to play an active role in shaping the company’s digitalisation, optimising business structures and developing new business models.
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Archos launches cryptocurrency hardware wallet
Archos will offer cryptocurrency enthusiasts a hardware wallet to secure their bitcoins and other currencies, to ensure cold storage of private keys and to prevent hacking attempts. The Archos Safe-T mini will be available starting June 2018, at €49.99 (US$61.53). The Archos Safe-T mini is the first development of the Archos research and development team in this field. The team provided its expertise in securing cold storage data, and in designing and developing the Archos Safe-T mini. To ensure the process traceability, the device will be manufactured in France.
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Distributor winners announced for ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2018 Awards’ at DISTREE EMEA
The ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2018 Awards’ were held in conjunction with regional consumer tech channel hosted buyer event DISTREE EMEA 2018. The awards included a series of 11 awards for consumer technology distributors, with the winners announced during DISTREE EMEA, which took place in Monaco. A total of 11 distributors received awards with ABC Data, ALSO, ASBIS, CMS Distribution, Esprinet, Exertis, Ingram Micro, Merlion, Mitsumi, Redington and Tech Data all winning one apiece.
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DISTREE EMEA 2018 Diamond Award winners confirmed after live vote by channel partners
The global DISTREE Diamonds award series for consumer technology brands continued at DISTREE EMEA 2018 earlier this month. The recipients of DISTREE Diamond Awards were determined by live voting from distributors and channel partners during the Gala Dinner at this year’s DISTREE EMEA consumer tech channel hosted buyer event in Monaco from February 6th to 9th.
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ALSO boosts sales and profits in 2017
Distribution giant ALSO boosted its sales 11.4% year-on-year in calendar 2017 to hit €8.9 billion (US$10.99 billion). Net profits for the year jumped 11.2% to €92.5m (US$114.24m) – a net profit margin of 1.04%. The company has raided its proposed dividend by 22.2% on the back of the results. Gustavo Möller-Hergt, CEO of ALSO Holding, said: “This is an excellent result. We have exceeded our goals for 2017, while continuing to drive the transformation of our company forward and consistently implementing our strategy.”
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Nuvias appointed EMEA distributor for BlueJeans Network
VAD Nuvias has signed a pan-EMEA distribution agreement with BlueJeans Network, a cloud service to connect desktops, mobile devices and room systems in one video meeting. BlueJeans brings video, audio and web conferencing together with the collaboration tools people use every day. Nuvias will be bundling the BlueJeans’ platform with videoconferencing devices from Polycom to provide solutions which scale from SMEs up to large enterprises.
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DISTREE EMEA 2018 concludes in Monaco
The 16th annual DISTREE Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) consumer tech regional channel event finished last Friday in Monaco. Hundreds of tech brands were represented at this year’s event, holding pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with senior executives and buyers from the region’s leading distributors, retailers and channel partners. DISTREE EMEA 2018 took place at the Fairmont Hotel, running from February 6th to 9th.
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Ewent Eminent eyes channel expansion at DISTREE EMEA
Ewent Eminent will highlight the breadth of its technology portfolio to hundreds of tech distributors and retailers at this week’s DISTREE EMEA hosted buyer channel event in Monaco. The company will look to strengthen its brand equity and focus on the strength of its channel support, the quality of its products and their ease of use for customers.
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