HOME INTERVIEW: Soum Rakshit, MysteryVibe
Have you heard the saying sex sells? The crossover between sex toys and connected technologies has created a fast-growing sextech sector, that represents a significant growth opportunity for forward thinking distributors. Channel EMEA caught up with Soum Rakshit, CEO & Co-Founder, MysteryVibe, ahead of the company’s participation at this week’s DISTREE EMEA in Monaco, to find out more about the channel opportunity and market potential.
Read full story
CONTEXT identifies omnichannel opportunities
Research house CONTEXT will deliver a keynote speech as part of next week’s DISTREE EMEA regional channel event in Monaco. In the run-up to the event, CONTEXT has identified five key distributor opportunities in an omnichannel world. For today’s consumers, omnichannel is their ’new normal’, according to CONTEXT. They now shop and purchase anytime and everywhere. What this means for traditional retailers is that they must become more flexible and ‘seamless’.
Read full story
Panasonic Toughbook appoints European partner manager
Panasonic Toughbook has appointed Sylvaine Smith as its head of partner management for Europe to further expand its share of the rugged notebook, tablet and handheld markets with industry solution-focused partnerships. Panasonic claims to hold 66% share of European revenues for rugged notebooks and convertibles, and 59% revenue share for rugged tablets, meaning the Panasonic Toughbook and Toughpad range sold more devices across Europe than the rest of the rugged notebook and tablet competition combined.
Read full story
Kaymera launches secured Pixel smartphone
Kaymera, a leader in mobile security for enterprises and government organisations, has today announced the launch of the Kaymera Secured Pixel, a unique fully-hardened and secured version of Google’s flagship smartphone. Kaymera’s secured version of the Pixel phone uses the original Google device’s purpose-built hardware and retains all of the Pixel’s features and ergonomics, including the fingerprint scanner.
Read full story
HMD Global is new home of Nokia phones
Nokia has confirmed that the strategic agreement covering branding rights and intellectual property licensing with HMD Global Oy (HMD), originally announced on May 18, 2016 has come into force. HMD has today announced the completion of transactions between HMD, FIH Mobile Limited (a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industries trading as Foxconn Technology Group) and Microsoft, which means that HMD can begin operations as the new home of Nokia phones, under an exclusive global brand licence for the next ten years, excluding Japan.
Read full story
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.
Read full story
Ingram Micro to host cloud event in Dubai
Distributor Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, will host its inaugural Cloud Summit 2016 event for channel partners and prospects across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region later this month. Ingram Micro Cloud Summit META will take place in Dubai from November 13-15th. The event hopes to attract hundreds of the region’s solution providers, cloud service providers, cloud vendors, telcos, hosters, ISVs, and other cloud visionaries. Event sponsors include Microsoft, Dropbox, Cloud4C, Oracle, and eleven other cloud industry leaders.
Read full story
Brydge to expand channel reach in South East Asia
Brydge, an award-winning leader in premium and innovative tablet accessories, is participating at next month’s DISTREE APAC in Singapore, to meet and build business relationships with some of the region’s top consumer tech distributors and retailers. Nicholas Smith, CEO of Brydge, said: “We are performing really well in the US market and we’re keen to replicate this success within Asia-Pacific, especially the markets of South East Asia.”
Read full story
Elgato teams with Axtro for APAC push
Distributor Axtro will showcase Elgato’s app-powered lifestyle accessories at DISTREE APAC, which takes place in Singapore from November 2-4th. The event provides a unique opportunity for tech brands to hold pre-scheduled meetings with senior executives from top retailers and e-tailers from across the APAC region. Toru Kawate, international sales manager at Elgato Systems, said: “Elgato is relatively new to the South East Asia region. We plan to expand our reach of Elgato products in the region through our participation at DISTREE APAC.”
Read full story
Manhattan launches display mounts range
Accessories brand Manhattan has launched a full range of display mounts for personal and professional use. The comprehensive range provides the ability to securely install TVs, monitors and projectors to walls, ceilings and mobile carts. Marissa Colwell, VP of marketing and product management at Manhattan, said “Our focus was to provide options that let consumers adjust their displays to best suit their viewing needs. Anyone who uses large-format media at work or in their homes will benefit from the complete solutions we developed.”
Read full story
