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Distributor giant ALSO is driving forward its transformation with the creation of two new functions that will both report directly to group management. Reiner Schwitzki, who has been spokesman of the management board of ALSO Germany for the last seven years, will be appointed chief process officer (CPO) with immediate effect. At the same time, Hermann Scharl, who has been head of logistics at ALSO Germany for the last 15 years, will become chief logistics officer (CLO).
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Tech Data goes pan-European with Panduit
Tech Data has announced a pan-European distribution agreement with Panduit, a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, building upon its existing agreement with Panduit covering the USA. With this partnership, Tech Data claims that it is reinforcing its commitment to fill the gap between IT and operational technology. Panduit’s Internet of Things (IoT) offering incorporates the physical infrastructure required to build a complete solution for smart manufacturing, enabling customers to deploy end-to-end IoT solutions, including wireless sensors at the edge, on-premise or cloud infrastructure, and data aggregation and analytics.
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Panasonic Toughbook launches partner programme
Panasonic Toughbook has recruited 60 specialist rugged handheld resellers across the major European markets for its new Edge channel programme. The expanded specialist channel will help further accelerate Panasonic’s growth in the European rugged handheld market. With almost a third of its rugged mobile device range now dedicated to the handheld market and the recent appointment of ScanSource as a European specialist distributor, Panasonic sights are now firmly set on expanding its success from the rugged notebook and tablet markets to this sector.
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Tech Data connects with iPass in Europe
Distributor Tech Data has announced a pan-European agreement with NASDAQ-quoted iPass, a provider of global mobile connectivity. Tech Data will distribute iPass’ intelligent connection management and Wi-Fi service offerings. The iPass SmartConnect service delivers simple, secure, unlimited Wi-Fi access on any mobile device, powered by the world’s largest Wi-Fi network.
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StarLink extends Centrify distribution deal to Europe
Security solutions vendor Centrify has signed a new distribution deal in Europe with StarLink, one of the fastest growing value-added distributors (VADs) in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region. StarLink has been supporting Centrify’s business growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) including South Africa for the past year, and its role now expands to cover the entire EMEA region.
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Tech Data adds AWS to StreamOne in more countries
Distributor Tech Data has announced it has expanded the availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on its StreamOne enterprise solutions platform to Spain, Portugal and the Nordics. “By expanding our cloud offering to include AWS on our StreamOne enterprise solutions platform in Spain, Portugal and the Nordics, we are offering our partners more choice to help their customers excel in the transition of their businesses to a cloud model,” said Reza Honarmand, VP cloud Europe at Tech Data.
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Tech Data adds Cisco Spark and Umbrella to StreamOne
Distributor Tech Data has announced the availability of Cisco Spark collaboration software and Cisco Umbrella cloud security on its StreamOne cloud marketplace, making it easier for resellers across Europe, the US and Canada to offer both solutions to their customers via the cloud. Cisco Spark and Cisco Umbrella are designed for highly secure, cloud-based collaboration in the modern workplace.
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Tech Data announces European storage deal with Samsung
Distribution giant Tech Data has announced that global computing components (GCC), a specialised solution business within Tech Data, has entered into a pan-European agreement with Samsung’s semiconductors division to distribute its enterprise flash storage and DRAM memory products. Through the agreement, customers across Tech Data’s entire European footprint now have access to Samsung’s range of storage and memory solutions, including enterprise and datacentre SSD and DRAM modules.
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Tech Data appoints Murphy to replace Watt
Distribution giant Tech Data has appointed Miriam Murphy as senior VP, advanced solutions, Europe. Murphy will replace Graeme Watt who will leave Tech Data on January 31st to become CEO of UK technology reseller Softcat, a role he will take up at the beginning of April. In this role, Murphy holds regional responsibility for Tech Data’s advanced solutions go-to-market strategy, which includes products and services for data centre and next-generation technologies such as cloud, internet of things (IoT), analytics, security and associated services.
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Tech Data gets strategic with Microsoft in Eastern Europe
Distributor Tech Data has announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of the full range of Microsoft software and cloud solutions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. The new agreement between Tech Data and Microsoft will focus on Office 365, Azure, and solutions for BI, IoT and Analytics and will include additional investments in Tech Data resources, marketing initiatives and the company’s global cloud transaction platform, StreamOne.
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