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Information Technology may be a staple feature of most organisations in the UK, but its profile in the career stakes as far as school leavers and graduates are concerned needs to be improved, according to Maggie Berry, the managing director of Women in Technology, the recruitment, jobs and career company Internet resource for women.
Box Technologies, the UK provider of customer interface technology solutions, has been designated as a Microsoft Silver Certified Partner for Windows Embedded Handheld technology.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has Lee Davies and Scott Constable as joint leaders of Avnet's UK Oracle business reporting to Matt Tedstone, enterprise sales director, Avnet Technology Solutions, UK.
Westcoast is among the first to have HP's new Generation8 servers in its Solutions Lab demo facility.
Data storage, management and recovery expert Attix5 has signed an agreement with consultancy-led distributor Blue Solutions to help grow its SMB channel community.
Varlink, the York based mobile computing and data capture hardware distributor, is supporting Portsmith Technologies in the promotion of its range of communications accessories for mobile computing applications.
Varlink, the York based specialist mobile computing and data capture hardware distributor, has launched www.varlinkmobile.co.uk, a new site that has been designed with the needs of mobile users in mind.
Midwich, the UK trade-only distributor of solutions in AV, print, and digital imaging, has acquired Manchester based pro audio specialist RW Salt.
Six months since the launch and Westcoast's Unified Communications team continues their partnership with the channels' leading vendors, such as Aastra, HP, Microsoft and AudioCodes, getting resellers up to speed on the latest UC technology and the benefits it delivers to end users.
Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) division has become the first solution provider to join the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a newly formed organisation committed to addressing the apparel and footwear industry's sustainability challenges.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has announced the introduction of a mobile-enabled 'sales toolkit to go' for its Oracle hardware and software solution provider partners in the UK.
Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Researcher at antivirus solutions provider Bitdefender considers the make-up of spam currently bombarding email inboxes including content and potentially malicious attachments.
BlueStar, the global distributor of ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology solutions, hosted its Frankfurt Technology Summit on Thursday, 19 April at the Marriott Frankfurt Messe hotel in Frankfurt, Germany.
Box Technologies, the UK provider of customer interface technology solutions, has been designated as a Microsoft Silver Certified Partner for Windows Embedded Handheld technology.
Opticon has beaten off strong competition to be awarded the coveted Manufacturer of the Year award by specialist distributor, Varlink for the second year in succession.
Fujitsu and HPC Wales have jointly announced the first stages of a new supercomputing-based research collaboration, with the establishment of seven PhD studentships in computational science to be undertaken in Welsh universities.
Bit9, the Advanced Threat Protection systems provider, is placing further investment in to its presence in EMEA, with rapidly growing local teams in Central London, UK and in Munich in Germany, identified as immediate targets for expansion.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack control service for UK business partners to take to their mid-market enterprise datacentre customers.
Networking equipment company Cisco awarded Softcat the Commercial Partner of the Year for UK and Ireland award at its annual Partner Summit in San Diego, California. Softcat is well-established in the Cisco channel and is one of the UK's fastest growing Cisco partners.
ScanSource Communications Europe is inviting its resellers to its 2012 UK Partner Tour at The Brewery on Chiswell Street, London on 24 April.
After more than a year as Senior Director of DC/POS EMEA at Ingram Micro, Ernesto Schmutter takes stock, showing that plans to expand activities on the markets of neighbouring European countries and to open up new target groups have been successful.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) was announced as the Best 2011 Mobility Distributor for Motorola in the EMEA region.
The Handheld Group, manufacturer of rugged PDAs and mobile computers, has appointed Christopher Peskin as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Varlink has announced the launch of www.ruggeduk.co.uk, a new site dedicated to rugged and ultra-rugged PDAs, tablet computers, and vehicle fixed mounted computers.
ScanSource Europe, the value-added distributor of auto ID, barcoding and POS products, has launched its first Google Android based app with Motorola Solutions.
Star Micronics America, the manufacturer of point of service printers, announced BlueStar as its 2011 Distributor of the Year for the eighth year in a row.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., has won three awards in operational excellence as part of the inaugural Microsoft EMEA Partner Operations Awards programme.
MidwichHome, the home technology arm of Midwich the UK's largest audio-visual distribution group, will be attending the retra conference to be held on the 16th and 17th of April at the Hilton in Newcastle.
The Handheld Group, the manufacturer of rugged PDAs and mobile devices, has appointed Johan Hed as new product manager. The recruitment is part of Handheld's increased focus on new product development.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., is gearing up to drive increased demand in the UK for the Hitachi Content Platform from Hitachi Data Systems.
Datamax-O'Neil has named David Claar as the vice president of engineering. His primary responsibilities include providing corporate technical direction and strategic insight for stationary and portable printing solutions while directing global development resources
BlueStar has announced an exciting line-up of technology experts from across France scheduled to present at the upcoming Paris Technology Summit at the Disney Newport Bay Club Convention Centre on Thursday, April 5.
Businesses everywhere increasingly recognize the benefits of desktop virtualization, including increased agility and mobility, streamlined management, enhanced security, and lower costs. As the virtual computing leader, Citrix has already made these benefits a reality for thousands of businesses with Citrix XenDesktop, a powerful enterprise solution for desktop virtualization. But it's the all-in-one solution designed specifically for small and medium businesses and non-enterprise companies, VDI-in-a-Box, which gets IT executives wound up.
Varlink, the specialist IT distributor based in York, has introduced the new GX420s Secure Desktop Printer from Zebra.
Seagull Scientific has announced the launch of BarTender Version 10, delivering a rich set of new card printing features said to be ideal for use with Zebra card printers such as the ZXP Series 3 and ZXP Series 8.
Monster, the manufacturer of high performance cables and power conditioning products, has partnered with IT distributor Westcoast.
Casio has announced a partnership with Wavelink to pre-load the Avalanche, Terminal Emulation (TE), and Industrial Browser products on the DT-X8 rugged hand-held terminal.
BlueStar has announced a new, exclusive demo unit price promotion from Unitech, only for attendees of the upcoming Vartech UK 2012, at the British National Motorcycle Museum on 21 March.
BlueStar is preparing for its Vartech UK 2012 educational and tradeshow event with the help of Zebra Printers, a Gold Vartech Sponsor and premiere BlueStar vendor partner.
BlueStar is making final preparations for its upcoming Vartech UK 2012 educational and tradeshow event at the British National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on Wednesday, 21 March.
ScanSource Europe will be holding the 2012 UK Partner Tour at The Brewery on Chiswell Street, London on 24 April. The UK leg of the distributor's roadshow event will be the first of ten to take place across Europe throughout the year.
BlueStar has announced that a number of vendor sponsors have signed on to sponsor the upcoming Vartech UK 2012 tradeshow and educational event at the National Motorcycle Muesum in Birmingham on March 21.
BlueStar has announced that Datamax-O'Neil has signed on to sponsor the upcoming Vartech UK 2012 tradeshow and educational event at the National Motorcycle Muesum in Birmingham on March 21.
For the second year running, ScanSource Europe, the international value-added distributor of Auto ID and point-of-sale solutions and services, has been voted Intermec's Distributor of the Year for the EMEA region by Intermec's PartnerNet reseller community.
Caringo Inc. has announced the successful integration of its Object Storage Platform powered by CAStor with Symantec Enterprise Vault 10, Symantec's newest email and content archiving software.
Midwich has recently signed a deal that sees the company distributing high-quality speakers and associated equipment from Italian manufacturer RCF.
Intermec, Inc. has announced the next evolution of its award-winning PartnerNet channel programme.
Sophos and Egnyte have announced the integration of Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise and Egnyte HybridCloud file server.
Varlink, the specialist distributor of mobile computing and data capture products, is supplying the new Janam XG105 gun-shaped rugged mobile computer.
ScanSource Europe, the value-added distributor of auto ID, barcoding and POS products as well as voice, data, security and video communications solutions, has doubled the size of its Professional Services team in recent months.
BlueStar has announced that Manel Baranera has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer for European Operations.
Varlink, the specialist IT distributor based in York, has introduced the QLn series, Zebra's new 3" and 2" direct thermal mobile printers.
Fujitsu has named Varlink, the York-based specialist distributor of mobile computing, data capture and EPOS solutions, as an additional distributor for its Stylistic Q550 business tablet PC.
Owl Visual reports that it is enthused by research carried out by Opinium on behalf of Casio revealing that among the criteria cited by sports fans for choice of pub, screen size features in the top five.
ScanSource Communications Europe over the course of 2011 trained more than 1,200 communications resellers across Europe through its education programme ScanSource University.
The Bochum-based ECM vendor Windream and Abbyy Europe have agreed to engage in a strategic partnership. The aim of this cooperation is to integrate software products from Abbyy into the ECM system from windream.
BlueStar, the global distributor of ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology solutions, is adding a new location to its VARTECH channel tradeshow offerings with the all-new VARTECH UK event in March 2012.
According to a recent study from ABI Research, the worldwide market for hosted virtual desktops is forecast to grow from about $500 million in 2009 to a cumulative total of nearly $5 billion in 2016.
Casio Electronics Co. has launched its new 2012 partner programme for new and existing value-added resellers (VARs) and software integrators.
Wick Hill has been appointed by A10 Networks, the application networking solutions provider, as UK and Ireland distributor.
Zebra Technologies Corporation and Checkpoint Systems have entered into a cooperative relationship and licensing agreement. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Synergix, the auto-ID and barcode division of Midwich Ltd has announced that it can supply Honeywell's latest release, the Dolphin 7800.
Ingram Micro S.r.l., the Italian subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, had announced that the Data Capture/POS Division has commenced activities in Italy.
Datalogic S.p.A. (Datalogic) has completed the acquisition, through certain of its subsidiaries, of Accu-Sort Systems Inc., the supplier of Automatic Identification (Auto-ID) products in the US, and certain affiliates of Accu-Sort Systems Inc. ("Accu-Sort") from certain subsidiaries of Danaher Corporation.
The Handheld Group, manufacturer of rugged PDAs and mobile devices, continues its expansion with a new office in the UK.
Casio Electronics Co. Ltd has announced the launch of its new 2012 partner programme for new and existing value-added resellers (VARs) and software integrators.
Midwich, the UK's largest trade-only distributor of solutions in audiovisual, print, security, barcode, auto-ID, and digital imaging has just released its latest monthly guide to its vast range of AV products.
Following the recent liquidation of WAN optimisation specialist Expand Networks, and the purchase of certain of its assets by Riverbed Technology, VAD Wick Hill, an Expand distributor, has announced that it will continue to support Expand customers in the UK on an FOC and best endeavours basis.
BlueStar has announced its expansion of European operations to the UK and Ireland through the acquisition of Blackroc Distribution Limited, an ADC-specialty distributor in the region.
BlueStar, the global distributor of solutions-based ADC, Mobility, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology, has announced two new additions to its marketing management team.
TrustPort's regional office in Mexico has successfully completed negotiations with Ingram Micro Mexico. TrustPort is also focusing on other countries in Latin America (especially Brazil) with its products, which have now also been localised into Portuguese.
Specialist manufacturer of PC-based touchscreen EPoS to the retail, hospitality and leisure industries worldwide, J2 Retail Systems, has made a new senior appointment.
Varlink, the York based specialist mobile computing and data capture hardware distributor, has become a UK Distributor for Casio handheld data capture terminals.
Maxa Technologies, (Maxatec), specialist distributor of IT hardware, software and services to the Mobile, AIDC and EPOS market sectors has been appointed as a distributor for Arbor Technology, the designer and manufacturer of rugged tablet computers.
Cyberoam, a Unified Threat Management (UTM) major, has forayed into the consumer segment with the launch of wireless router named, NetGenie for the home and SOHO markets.
VAD Wick Hill has been appointed as UK distributor for Imation Mobile Security. Imation Corp. is a global technology company whose portfolio includes data storage and security products, electronics and accessories.
Fujitsu is presenting its reseller partners with a simple way to build private cloud infrastructures for enterprise customers with its Dynamic Infrastructure Blocks (DI Blocks), which the company plans to start shipping in Q1 next year.
Partners, resellers, dealers and VARs are being urged to take part in the UK's largest IT and telecoms study, commissioned by Next Generation connectivity provider, TalkTalk Business.
The 2011 ScanSource Europe Partner Tour, the value added distributor's pan-European roadshow, rolled into Madrid in November for what was the last date of this year's events.
Box Technologies, provider of customer interface technology solutions, has announced that a range of its customer-facing technologies played a key role in the launch of the House of Fraser's first two new format concept stores, House of Fraser.com. These opened in Aberdeen on the 21st October and in Liverpool on November 22nd 2011.
Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing A/S has been selected as a winner of the Gazelle 2011 award from Børsen; a leading business daily newspaper in Denmark.
Alfresco, the open platform for social content management, has announced expansion of its worldwide team of channel managers and channel-focused sales and marketing executives.
Easynet has unveiled its partner portal which makes Easynet's product portfolio, from Enterprise MPLS VPNs to broadband solutions for SMEs, available from a single, online destination.
Box Technologies has worked with WorksUnit to develop a bespoke self-service ticketing solution to improve customer service for Red Funnel, Isle of Wight Ferries, who operate between Southampton and Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
Midwich, the trade-only distributor of solutions in audiovisual, print, security, barcode, auto-ID, and digital imaging, has just completed a virtually seamless move to a new warehouse in Minworth near Birmingham.
BlueStar, Inc. has announced the newest addition to their ongoing Point of Sale initiative: single-SKU bundled solutions together with Retail Pro and HP.
Ingram Micro (UK) Ltd has formally joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) as part of its wider strategy of launching a portfolio of solutions under the brand of Ingram Micro Cloud.
ScanSource Europe has updated its electronic catalogue following the release of the latest edition of the value-added distributor's printed catalogue earlier this year.
A new company led by EPoS specialist, Tim Van den Branden, has been launched, giving resellers access to a range of proven technologies from industry heavyweight, Zonal.
As part of its drive to capture the ADC market, Datalogic S.p.A. has announced Datalogic Scanning, Datalogic Mobile, Enterprise Business Solutions and Evolution Robotics Retail will be integrated to form Datalogic ADC (Automatic Data Capture) as of 1 January 2012.
Maxa Technologies has signed a UK distributor agreement with Hoeft & Wessel, one of Europe's largest manufacturers of mobile terminals.
FleetGenie is seeking mobile system developers for its new combination mobile workforce and fleet management system.
Doyenz Inc., a provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has announced Blue Solutions as its flagship UK distributor as it establishes itself in the UK market as a 100% channel centric business.
Independent IT distributor Gamma Global has signed an agreement with Austin Hughes, to distribute its product range, including CyberView, InfraSolution and InfraPower, to resellers as part of a European channel agreement.
Ingram Micro (UK) Ltd, a division of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesaler of technology products, has agreed a new partnership with Rise, the UK and US based provider of Cloud and hosted services.
Westcoast Ltd has achieved Gold Certification from Microsoft® in Distributor and Volume Licensing.
MMCC and Casio have entered into a new partnership which, state the companies, promises to play an important role in changing the automotive industry's efficiency benchmarks.
Synergix Ireland, the auto-ID and barcode division of Square One, has been appointed by Psion as distributor of the Psion NEO.
Midwich, the UK trade-only distributor of audiovisual and print solutions, will be launching the installation audio range from Monitor Audio.
VAD Wick Hill has won the title 'Security Distributor of the Year' at the Computing Security Awards, making it consecutive wins for Wick Hill for the two years the awards have run.
EPoS Distributor has announced that for a limited time it is offering an extra 10% discount on Psion I-SERV service contracts based on the "full abuse with collection I-SERV 3 year day 1" to help support resellers in challenging retail environments.
IT Distributor Westcoast Limited has signed with 'voice enabling' vendor AudioCodes, invested in a new sales team and developed an in-house services and installations offering to provide resellers with a complete unified communications package.
X2 Computing, supplier of mobile computing solutions, has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Jade, provider of mobility software solutions.
Blackroc Distribution has announced the appointment of Jayesh Batavia to the position of Sales Director for the UK region.
PEER 1 Hosting has announced a partnership with iMegaMedia which allows online retailers to offer instant credit to customers.
Counterfeit drugs entering the supply chain is a growing problem around the world causing the erosion of bottom lines for many pharmaceutical companies.
Ingram Micro EMEA has announced that its Straubing Regional Distribution Centre has received the 'TAPA (A)' certificate.
BlueStar has announced the appointment of Mike Strube to the position of Business Development Manager for Panasonic and Star Micronics products in the BlueStar EMEA region.
BlueStar has signed an agreement to distribute NEC Display Solutions of America commercial displays and professional Audio - Video (AV) solutions in the U.S. reseller markets, effective immediately.
ScanSource Europe has announced that AppSource now has over 25 ready-made data-capture applications available for use on around 30 different handheld terminals by multiple manufacturers.
Sato International Europe, the bar-coding, labelling, RFID and AIDC solutions provider, is launching a new Prestige Service Programme to ensure a common service offering is provided throughout the region.
Cortado has launched the restructuring of the company's partner programme to bring a clearly arranged and efficient programme to its partners, in line with the recent consolidation of its ThinPrint and Cortado product lines under the Cortado name.
Zebra Technologies Corporation has announced an extension to its Partners First offering with the addition of a new online training module to its partner portal and the appointment of an additional training team member.
ScanSource Europe has seen the success of its partner-matching tool SUMO in the facilitation of multi-country deals, providing solutions for large multinational corporations that otherwise resellers may not be in a position to fulfil.
Ingram Micro (UK), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., has announced the launch of the Channel Transformation Alliance.
Adobe Systems Incorporated has launched the Adobe Partner Connection Reseller Programme in the UK and Ireland.
Psion strengthens UK management team with appointment of new UK Managing Director and Sales Director
Psion PLC has appointed a new Managing Director and Sales Director for the UK business. They will be responsible for driving Psion's business and visionary Open Source Mobility (OSM) strategy in the UK and Ireland.
Cisco Premier Partner ConvergeOne has been accredited with the Advanced Unified Computing Specialisation.
Vocollect has announced a significant expansion of its Vocollect Voice Partner Programme.
BlueStar and Blackroc Distribution have jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Blackroc Distribution will join BlueStar as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Value Added Reseller (VAR) Trustmarque Solutions has announced that its work with Herefordshire NHS and Council has enabled the public sector organisation to realise a combined cost avoidance of its Microsoft licensing model in the region of £1 million over six years.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, has announced the launch of the Fly Higher programme in partnership with Cisco.
Intuitive Business Intelligence has signed a reseller partnership agreement with Ensphere Consulting, a leading Sage reseller specialising in the delivery of turnkey solutions based on the Sage product suite.
Avnet Embedded recently announced the expansion of its distribution operation in the Benelux region with a new structure that includes the appointment of two new industry sales and marketing professionals based in Breda, the Netherlands.
Varlink has recently adopted the social network phenomenon Twitter to be a primary method of communication with its customers.
ScanSource Communications Europe is offering UK resellers a series of five-day free-of-charge training sessions enabling them to learn about specific aspects of selling Avaya solutions and, optionally, complete the vendor's APSS exams.
Synergix has announced that following the re-location to its parent company, Midwich's Headquarters in Diss, the Norfolk-based trade-only distributor has now added additional business management and sales expertise to further drive sales.
A partnership has been launched that is claimed to provide a dramatic reduction in the integration cost of cloud applications.
Varlink, specialist distributor of mobile computing and barcode data capture products, was presented with a Silver Standard award at Seaward's 4th annual Supplier Awards ceremony recently.
Ingram Micro (UK) has announced a monthly sales record, a distribution first, and an important milestone reached for the HP Utility Storage family 3Par, crowning a period of investment in resource and training.
ScanSource Europe teamed up with one of its key vendor partners, Motorola Solutions, and software developer Tradecom to develop a solution using the Motorola ES400 handheld device that would enable customers to test the resulting solution in a live environment.
products, has launched a competition for resellers to win a Brother PJ-663 A4 mobile printer.
Camvine has announced the availability of CODAsoft, the software-only version of its cloud-based digital signage system for major distributors, integrators and OEMs.
Varlink, the York-based Specialist Distributor of mobile & retail computing and data capture hardware, has announced a number of new appointments.
BlueStar has signed a strategic alliance with Hewlett Packard to distribute their server series and accessories geared toward Point-of-Sale resellers.
Intermec Technologies, provider of rugged mobile business solutions, has announced Top Runners, the new partner programme designed to bring Intermec's best-selling products to distributors and partners at the lowest possible prices.
Global IT security and data protection firm Sophos has announced plans to expand its channel presence in the UK in two distinct areas.
Eurotech subsidiary Parvus has announced support for Wind River's VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) across its entire rugged MIL/COTS DuraCOR mission computer product line, which includes the DuraCOR 810-Duo, DuraCOR 810, DuraCOR 820 and DuraCOR 830.
Avnet Technology Solutions, a global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., is joining forces with Solarflare, the company pioneering low latency, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE).
Syscap has launched a new service which will enable IT resellers to get an instant 'decision in principle' for finance for qualifying customers.
Dimension Data, the $4.7 billion global ICT services and solutions provider, has become a Global Systems Integrator Partner for Citrix.
International supplier information management specialists, Achilles Group, has selected Adrian Chamberlain as its new CEO.
The ScanSource Europe Partner Tour, the value-added distributor's pan-European roadshow, stopped off at Vinopolis in London on 14th June and the Maranello Palace near Modena, Italy on the 23rd June.
Box Technologies, the UK provider of customer interface technology solutions, has announced its continued nationwide sponsorship of premier kart racing company, Daytona Motorsport.
Avnet Technology Solutions has expanded its global relationship with IBM to include the distribution of IBM's world-class Retail Store Solutions (RSS) in the European region.
Ingram Micro Inc., the technology distributor and supply-chain services provider, has published its inaugural social responsibility report for 2010.
ADATA Technology has announced the signing of a distributorship agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA (Avnet), in which Avnet becomes an authorised distributor of ADATA products in major markets throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
BlueStar, the global distributor of ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and ID & Security technology solutions, has appointed Dean Reverman as Global Marketing Communications Manager.
Some 350 VAR partners attended the UK arm of the 2011 ScanSource Europe Partner Tour held at Vinopolis in the City of London recently.
Following the launch of its Prestige Partner Programme is now calling for new business partners with specific expertise to strengthen its network of VAR partners across Europe.
EMS Technologies has announced a definitive agreement under which Honeywell, a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, will acquire EMS in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $491 million, net of cash acquired.
Vidyo, Inc. has announced VidyoPanorama, a personal telepresence solution that will enable resellers to offer a flexible, high quality, multipoint experience with support for a 1080p at 60fps solution supporting up to 20 screens at 10% the cost of current telepresence solutions.
AM Labels Limited (AML), the labelling and bar coding specialist based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, has become a distributor of cab printers (see notes).
V7, the exclusive house-brand of Ingram Micro Inc. and global provider of premier IT peripherals, accessories and supplies, has launched a range of replacement lamps for projectors.
Blackroc Distribution and Impress Solutions have announced the deployment of Psion Workabout Pro 3 units for use within the healthcare arena.
Gas detection equipment firm BW Technologies, by Honeywell, says maintaining accurate address data from across the globe is "crucial" for international business.
Ingram Micro Logistics, a division of Ingram Micro Inc., has signed an agreement to provide fulfilment services for Foreverlamp in Europe headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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Avnet Technology Solutions has launched Marketplace, a pioneering new website designed to help Avnet's Wireless & Mobility resellers, VARs, ISVs and associated suppliers in EMEA generate additional Motorola hardware revenue.
Ingram Micro (UK) has hailed its Credit Builder + programme a success, and is expanding the reach offered by the scheme to encompass many customers previously unable to obtain credit from distribution.
ScanSource Europe has opened a new configuration centre at its Belgian distribution centre in order to provide enhanced Configuration Services for resellers.
Partners of BlueStar and Motorola Solutions have been innovating new solutions with the state-of-the-art technology contained in Motorola's enterprise products.
Manchester-based ConvergeOne has successfully won a 3-year contract for network redesign and maintenance with prestigious Manchester Law firm Pannone LLP.
Avnet Technology Solutions has announced a series of activities to support Symantec's new and improved Partner Programme for 2011.
ScanSource Europe has unveiled its new web portal, ScanSource City, a virtual city showcasing the distributor's value-added services using an interactive, dynamic and modern approach.
Ingram Micro (UK) has agreed to distribute the new S Series range of VAIO laptops from Sony, pursuing growth in the SMB channel with a product targeted at the mobile business user.
ScanSource Europe, the value-added distributor of POS and barcoding solutions, will distribute Pioneer POS's range of touchscreen products in Europe.
Varlink Ltd has been awarded Top Incremental Sales Activity Innovative Customer 2010 by Zebra Technologies, manufacturer of barcode and label printers, at their recent annual conference held in Barcelona.
ScanSource Europe will be bringing its pan-European roadshow to Vinopolis in London on 14 June 2011.
EPoS manufacturer, Partner Tech UK, has signed a major distribution deal with barcode and mobile computing distributor, Synergix.
NCR Corporation has announced a new expansion strategy for its indirect business, taking it from "good to great" across the retail, financial services, travel and healthcare sectors and extending its global reach.
Synergix has been appointed the new Casio mobile computing UK distributor and has added Casio's mobile devices to its best-in-class rugged mobile computing range.
Avnet Technology Solutions has signed an agreement with Motorola Mobility Inc. to distribute its full home business portfolio across EMEA.
ScanSource Communications, the value-added distributor of communications products and a sales unit of ScanSource Inc.has been named Global Distribution Partner of the Year, 2010, and North America Distribution Partner of the Year, 2010, by Polycom, Inc., the unified communications (UC) provider.
ScanSource Europe, the international value-added distributor of Auto ID and point-of-sale solutions and services, has been named Best Mobility Distributor for 2010 by Motorola Solutions for the EMEA region.
Savvis, Inc., provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, has announced details about its cloud-focused global Savvis Alliances Program me for channel partners.
ScanSource Communications Europe has announced an enhancement to its recently launched Professional Services offering in the UK with the provision of ShoreTel installation and maintenance services.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., has added BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (BlackBerry MVS) to its growing line of mobile products.
A technology partnership has been launched that claims to offer IT Service Managers and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) the ability to prove the return on investment of their services.
SGI has announced that SGI Cyclone Technical Computing Cloud services will be available immediately, free of charge for up to ninety days, to customers in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the northern prefectures earlier this month.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) has announced that the international security association TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) has awarded the Ingram Micro Tilburg distribution centre with the "TAPA A certificate".
ScanSource Europe has announced the addition of Motorola wireless networking products to its line card in its communications division in Germany and in the UK and, in doing so, extends the companies' long-term partnership to a new customer base.
BlueStar and ID & Security technology solutions, has begun distributing RFID Revolution Express, an enterprise-calibre, RFID middleware platform designed specifically for the Impinj Speedway Revolution and Speedway xPortal RFID Readers.
ScanSource Europe has announced an extension to dispatch times of Express Deliveries for UK customers. The conditions apply to orders for any item in stock at the value-added distributor and can be delivered to where resellers need within the UK and Ireland.
ScanSource Europe has announced the launch of a redesigned vendor microsite for Motorola Solutions.
Ingram Micro (UK), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesaler of technology products and supply chain management services, received two awards at the prestigious Adobe Channel Awards 2010, held at the Café de Paris.
Varlink saw rapid expansion with sales soaring by 32 per cent to £4.7m for its half-year results ending 28 February 2011. The specialist distributor is confident that its second half will see them smash through the £10m sales barrier for its current financial year.
Marin Software, provider of a technology platform for online advertising management, has entered into a product partnership with Criteo, the personalised retargeting solutions provider. The new product, Marin Retargeting, is a complete workflow, analysis, and optimisation solution for advertisers and agencies looking to manage retargeting as an integrated part of their online marketing campaigns.
ScanSource Communications Europe has announced the launch of an online system enabling resellers to browse products and solutions, look up part numbers, place new orders and track shipments and invoices for current and past orders.
RF Code, provider of real-time IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has launched its European channel programme.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) today announced it has won three awards at the DISTREE XXL event.
Epson has launched an exclusive promotion that enables resellers to offer their corporate and public sector customers a free, three year lamp warranty on the EB-1700 portable projector series.
EMC Computer Systems (UK) named 2e2 Group as the company's UK 'Partner of the Year 2010' for its consistent delivery of excellent marketing and demand generation campaigns around its 'Business Architectures' initiative.
BlueStar has announced that BlueStar Canada has won the Best Specialty Distributor from the Canadian Reseller Choice Awards, put on by ChannelNext, e-ChannelNews and ecnTV.
Zycko, the value added distributor of leading edge IT solutions, will be introducing its LifeSize catalogue to France and the BeNeLux region.
Mirasys Ltd has announced its Technology Partner Programme, offering 'Standard' and 'Platinum' level accreditation to new and future technology partners.
Cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) specialist, intY, has announced an aggressive partner recruitment and training programme for 2011 that aims to enable resellers and large service providers to break into the burgeoning cloud computing market.
Ingram Micro (UK), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesaler of technology products and supply chain management services, is to expand the successful reseller forums on a regional basis during 2011.
BlueStar, the global distributor of ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and ID & Security technology solutions, was recently named Value Added Distributor of the Year for the Cherry Keyboard brand of ZF Electronics.
ScanSource Europe, a division of ScanSource, Inc. the value added distributor of specialty technology products, has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Mobilis.
Maxa Technologies (Maxatec) has announced that manufacturing giant, Datamax-O'Neil, has appointed them as Value Added Distributor (VAD) for their broad range of mobile label and receipt printers in varied printing widths.
Socket Mobile, Inc., provider of mobile productivity solutions, has announced a partnership with Ekahau, Inc., a provider of high performance Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and Wi-Fi network planning and optimisation tools.
Box Technologies has developed and delivered a new EPoS infrastructure for Quality Foods, one of the best and biggest Asian food stores in UK and Europe.
Kodak is partnering with Data-Shield to add specialist legacy networking expertise and support skills to its service portfolio in Europe.
Ingram Micro Inc has been selected as 2010 Distributor of the Year for Annual Growth by the Elo TouchSystems business, a global provider of touch technology and a Tyco Electronics business.
DocuWare has been selected by US-based Business Solutions Magazine's VAR subscribers as a Best Channel Vendor for 2011 in the category ECM Software.
ScanSource Communications Europe has announced the launch of its Professional Services offering in the UK, with the provision of additional Avaya installation services.
Ingram Micro EMEA has signed a European-wide agreement with BoxTone, a global Mobile Service Management (MSM) software and services provider, headquartered in Maryland, US.
Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) has acquired Areté Sistemas, a value-added distribution company headquartered in Barcelona, as well as the company's specialised solutions division, Arkenova Sistemas.
BlueStar has signed an agreement to distribute Philips' Multimedia Displays (MMD) commercial digital signage solutions in the US and Canadian markets, with other global regions to follow in 2011.
Technology specialist Brother is helping a valued reseller work towards a long-held dream after she won the top prize of £10,000 in the company's Big Ambition prize draw.
Ingram Micro EMEA has signed a European-wide distribution agreement with IDAPT, a Spanish international mobile technology provider specialising in mobile device charging solutions.
Blackroc has announced that it will be unveiling a new 'leading-edge' module developed for the Psion Workabout Pro 3 in Q1 of 2011.
Ingram Micro (UK) has strengthened and expanded its HP Enterprise storage team with the recruitment of John Winney as Business Development Manager.
The final leg of ScanSource Europe's Partner Tour, the value added distributor's pan-European roadshow, took place recently at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris, France in what was an appropriate setting to end this year's series of events.
Ingram Micro EMEA has announced that it is an official distributor of a full suite of BlackBerry smartphones, accessories, software and technical support services in nine European countries.
A recent Harris survey of more than 200 IT leaders revealed that just under 80% had already used some form of Cloud computing, a figure that surprised many by being so high.
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has adopted a new recommendation on profiling and data protection, the first text to lay down internationally-agreed minimum privacy standards to be implemented through national legislation and self-regulation.
Epson UK has revealed its new Partner Portal. The Portal is tailored to the individual partner to offer an easy way to manage promotions, rewards and training through access to specific content and information on Epson products, technical support and events.
Datamax-O'Neil, Motorola and ScanSource Europe jointly sponsored the 'Lucky John' Healthcare Solutions event in Solihull, UK.
Since its appointment as a Psion Teklogix distribution partner in 2008, Varlink has enjoyed proven success in the value and volume of Psion distribution sales in the UK.
ScanSource Europe has announced AppSource, an online store that gives resellers convenient access to a library of mobile data collection applications for a range of terminal devices by multiple manufacturers.
BlueStar has announced the distribution of Citizen's CT-S651 receipt printer into the United States, Latin American and European markets.
Tolsa UK is successfully deploying an enterprise mobility solution from The Barcode Warehouse to improve customer service and to more accurately track goods from its manufacturing plant into, within and out of its warehouses.
Datalogic has signed an agreement to include Skyhook's Core Engine on its latest generation of mobile computers.
ScanSource Europe, a division of ScanSource, Inc., a value added distributor of specialty technology products, has signed a pan-European agreement with Logic Controls covering the vendor's entire product portfolio.
ScanSource Europe, distributor of speciality technical products, has been recognised for its outstanding achievement in the Nordic region throughout the period 2009/2010 by Zebra Technologies.
Honeywell International and Zebra Technologies Corporation have announced the formation of a global alliance to market and sell advanced automatic identification solutions.
BlueStar will begin distributing Citizen's latest mobile printing solutions by November 2010 in the United States, Latin American and European markets.
Coradiant, the Web Application Performance Management company, has expanded its European operations with a new office location in London designed to better serve its robust and growing European Reseller programme.
Value-added UK distributor Zycko has entered into a new distribution agreement with technical computing company, SGI.
Ingram Micro EMEA, a division of Ingram Micro Inc., the global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, has appointed Jason Beal Senior Director, Software and Services, Value Division.
ScanSource Communications Europe has released a new and improved version of its powerful IP Office Designer tool, and in doing so has made it available to the UK market for the first time.
BlueStar has entered into a North American distribution agreement with Intermec, manufacturer of rugged mobile computing and data collection systems, barcode printers, labels media and RFID products.
BlueStar has signed a purchase agreement with Scan-it A/S, a distributor of specialty electronics covering Auto ID, Mobile Data Management and POS verticals.
BlueStar has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Elma Pos & Data A/S, a distributor of specialty electronics covering POS, Auto ID and Mobile Data Management verticals.
Varlink, has expanded its product range by becoming a UK distributor for the ATEX-certified Getac ultra-rugged PS236 handheld Windows Mobile PDA and the fully rugged PS535F.
ScanSource Communications Europe will be carrying the new Avaya video collaboration solutions, including the Avaya Flare Experience, with the Avaya Desktop Video Device, which will be released later in the year.
ScanSource Communications Europe is helping its ShoreTel channel partners to win new business by demonstrating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the system that is packed with unified communications (UC) applications as standard.
BlueStar has announced a new strategic partnership to distribute the complete line of SIIG A/V and digital signage connectivity products.
ScanSource Europe has announced SUMO, a powerful online tool created to provide networking and partnering opportunities for value-added resellers (VARs), hardware vendors and independent software vendors (ISVs).
Paul Callow has been appointed as Lexmark's ISD & channel director, UK & Ireland, to re-energise the company's channel.
Smaller businesses across the UK are being invited to discover how they can harness the full potential of the internet through a series of free events.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has been awarded a new contract by Avaya International Sales Limited to distribute its full product portfolio in the UK.
Mint Wireless Ltd. (Mint) has entered into a partnership arrangement with Motorola Inc.
Box Technologies, a fast-growing technology services provider and distributor for Toshiba, has been putting the final touches to the planning of its 500-mile grueling charity bike ride.
Torex Retail Holdings Limited (Torex), the global provider of integrated technology solutions to the extended retail marketplace, has appointed Roy Patrick as Multi-Channel Product Manager.
The online channel is fully recovered from the recession as it shows a 142% growth in Q2-2010 compared to the same period one year earlier. Fujitsu continues its expansion and has reached the top 10 and Dell continues to be a top 3 fast-growth online brand, according to the latest Online ICEcat Channel Update.
Avnet Technology Solutions UK, the IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., was named as ShoreTel EMEA Distributor of the Year for 2010 at ShoreTel's recent Partner Conference in San Diego, California, USA.
Specialist value added distributor Bell Micro and global SaaS platform provider SaaSplaza have partnered to launch a multi vendor Enterprise Application Store (EAS) to enable the provisioning of white labelled software services through the cloud.
Siphon Networks Ltd (SIPhon) and CounterPath Corporation have entered into a partnership agreement to deliver SIP solutions and services to Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs) across Europe.
BlueStar, the solutions-based distributor for auto ID, point-of-sale, mobility, RFID and security products, recently engaged ExchangeIt in a new distribution partnership.
UK businesses are generating more paper waste then ever, despite efforts to move to paperless offices.
BlueStar has appointed Stefan Gerats to the Managing Director post of BlueStar Europe's Central region.
Sony has announced an extended partnership with ICEcat by including support for 26 European languages and full integration with its own product information management system.
TVision Technology has signed as a reseller for Masternaut Three X.
Kodak has appointed Midwich to broaden distribution of its networked, workgroup and departmental scanners to over 6,000 IT resellers based in the UK and Ireland.
The Post Office has launched a specialist business insurance which has been tailored for the UK's 109,000 IT consulting companies.
Psion Teklogix, Inc. (Psion Teklogix), a global provider of mobile computing solutions, has announced a new global Partner Programme focused on open innovation.
Ingram Micro reports that, so far in 2010, vendors Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Zebra Technologies count the UK arm of IM DC/POS as their fastest-growing distributor in Europe.
SAP AG and Open Text have announced continued expansion of their strategic relationship to include employee file management capabilities.
For the third consecutive year Avnet Technology Solutions has won an Award at Motorola’s annual partner conference.
Only 33% of businesses have a social media strategy in place, while 77% of companies are not yet engaging with their customers via social media channels.
Avnet Technology Solutions and Mellanox Technologies have announced a pan-European distribution agreement.
Expanding its commitment to being a channel centric company, Star Micronics America has announced a new distribution agreement with IT distributor Ingram Micro Inc.
IT B2B reseller Software Paradise has been appointed by Absolute Software to resell Absolute's Computrace solution in the UK.
BlueStar has been recognised by Star Micronics America as its 2009 Distributor of the Year. The award was presented to BlueStar on May 11th at BlueStar's headquarters in Hebron, Kentucky.
Stratix Corporation, the mobile enterprise solutions provider, is being honoured by Motorola with its Top Performing PartnerSelect Award.
Avanquest Software Publishing has launched Avanquest Partner Online, its Pan-European reseller portal.
Technology and service provider Box Technologies has become an Accredited Repairer of Nordic ID hardware.
ScanSource Europe has seen huge success with the opening dates of its pan-European roadshow. Large numbers of resellers attended the first two events of the value-added distributor’s 2010 Partner Tour.
Socket Mobile, Inc., provider of mobile productivity solutions, has announced an agreement with Epocal Inc., provider of point-of-care blood diagnostic products, to supply a version of its SoMo 650 handheld computer as an integral component of Epocal's Blood Analysis System.
Voice and broadband services provider, DMSL, is predicting a rapid acceleration in the uptake of hosted VoIP services and says that the trend will help many resellers emerge from the recession by providing new revenue streams for their business.
IT Reseller spoke with Conor Whelan, Wincanton’s group IT director, about the company’s extensive range of logistics and warehousing services in Europe and beyond, plus with its existing channel relationships and increasing development of a best-of-breed IT infrastructure.
QBS Distribution (QBSD) has established a direct relationship with ABBYY UK
and has been appointed to undertake distribution of ABBYY's document
conversion and linguistic software throughout the UK and Ireland.
Industry Association Appoints Two Directors, Extends Current Director Terms.
At BlueStar’s recently held Vartech Nordic trade show , IT Reseller caught up with Steve Cuntz, BlueStar’s CEO and president; Bill Nix, VP of global distribution; Alexander Stahl, president of BlueStar Europe; and Mikael Svensson, managing director of BlueStar's Nordic region, to talk about the event and the company’s growing presence in Europe.
The channel programme has been structured to reduce channel conflict, adapt to evolving European integration, bring consistent channel structure based on business models, and offer a number of marketing and sales-related advantages.
New distributors, resellers and OEM partners sought to join successful partner program.
A third of organisations do not have an integrated IT infrastructure that can deliver what the business needs according to a recent poll.
Skillweb is set to streamline the home delivery process with the launch of a text and email alert tool which can automatically update the consumer on the progress of a parcel including when a consignment is 30 minutes away.
This partnership will reportedly focus on creating unique POS bundled solutions for retail value-added resellers in these regions.
OPTIMUS2, an employee self-service terminal from Accu-Time Systems, will be launched Wednesday, March 24th, at International Security Conference (ISC) West in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This agreement is part of a strategic initiative by both companies to address new opportunities within a global marketplace.
Motorola, Inc. has unveiled the Motorola PartnerEmpower Programme, which brings together all Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) partners under a single channel programme framework.
Motion distributor since 2003, Box Technologies is now certified to repair Motion Tablet PCs
Target’s record year demonstrates the strength of the channel.
Open Source Mobility - a substantial evolution of Psion’s business model
70 per cent of companies using Cloud-based services plan to move additional applications to the Cloud in the next 12 months.
The World Economic Forum have released Global Risks 2010, its annual report on the most significant and underlying global risks facing the global economy this year and beyond.
The agreement authorizes CISPER Electronics BV to offer Nordic ID handheld data collection devices to RFID solution providers throughout Europe.
Getac UK, manufacturer of rugged computers that meet the demands of field-based applications, has forged a new alliance with mobile management platform company, B2M Solutions.
Everyone attending will have the chance to get behind the wheel of two different performance cars and try them out on Palmer’s tracks.
Aldata Solution, a provider of software solutions for the retail industry, has released findings from the second annual Global Retail CIO Survey, jointly sponsored with IBM.
Symantec believes the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme will create new opportunities for its partners.
Intermec has introduced PartnerNet, the company’s new global channel programme designed to provide better predictability, profitability and growth for partners.
The Handheld group has been named one of this year’s Supercompanies by the Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer.
Citizen Systems Europe has continued to expand its operation in South Africa with the appointment of specialised turnkey Auto ID solutions provider Spec Systems.
CeBIT 2010 to Provide Showcase for Sophisticated Data Capture Devices for a Range of Applications.
After a successful launch in December, Canon has extended its PartnerNet online portal which gives Canon resellers access to Canon sales and marketing tools to all of its indirect business resellers.
Avery Dennison's re-styled website lets manufacturers companies get what they want.
Its new design provides space for more content to keep the user constantly updated with the latest information on the company and its solutions.
Amano and ATS share a common vision and the combination of our products and people provides an enhanced value proposition to our customers," said Mike Lee CEO of AUH.
Varlink has become a UK Distributor for Unitech handheld portable terminals, industrial PDAs and RFID readers.
Almost a third of laptop users and more than a quarter of desktop PC owners are keen to have a touch screen on their next computer.
Xerox has acquired Irish Business Systems (IBS) for approximately $31 million (€21m), expanding Xerox’s reach right across Ireland.
The company has always encouraged employees to develop within their roles and within Westcoast, but until recently had no formal way to recognise this.
Buffalo Technology, designer, developer and manufacturer of storage, wireless networking and memory solutions, is extending its relationship with Ingram Micro across Europe.
Iomega and Magirus have signed a pan-European distribution agreement that will ensure that EMC velocity partners and other value add resellers will have access to the full range of Iomega NAS products throughout Europe.
TCS have launched Tech2Clear, a radical new approach to the perennial problem of finding buyers for excess, obsolete & out-dated stock held by vendors,
distributors and resellers.
BlueStar has announced the addition of their self service kiosk solution featuring Meridian Kiosks' extensive hardware line-up and robust software platform.
Equipment Tracking will offer Belgravium RFID enabled handheld computers as a platform for its asset management software within the leading manufacturing, warehousing and logistics organisations.
BlueStar, the global distributor of technology solutions, has completed the purchase and acquisition of Impuls ID Distribution, a Sabadell, Spain, global distributor of Automatic Identification, Security and Identification Card and specialty application products, effective January 1, 2010.
Protelsa to represent J2 Retail Systems
Over the past twelve months the UK economy has seen many changes. Major organisations have had profits squeezed and even gone out of business, but there are ways in which every business can utilise its current IT infrastructure to become more profitable.
The acquisition expands Datamax-O'Neil's portable printer portfolio, and strategically positions the company to gain market share and significantly grow its global customer base.
Hardware and software brought together to offer a comprehensive package.
The agreement will see EPoS Distributor become the first UK distributor of Fujitsu’s point-of-sale (PoS) retail hardware products.
The acquisition represents the first step in Datamax-O’Neil’s long-term external growth strategy.
ZES program provides partners with extended suite of technology solutions.
Unitech introduces a new Trade-IN/Trade-UP campaign designed to ease the purchase of brand new Unitech Mobile Computer.
Delivers Comprehensive Payment Software Solutions to Drive Value in Multi-Channel Retailing & Vertical Market Applications.
A new holographic security film on polycarbonate (PC) has scooped the prize for the ‘Best Applied Security Product’ at the International Hologram Manufacturers Association’s (IHMA) Excellence in Holography Awards 2009.
The recession is creating camaraderie among workforces, at the expense of their employers, is the finding of a transatlantic survey.
CommonTime Ltd has signed a partnership agreement to become an I S Vendor for mobile computer company, Psion Teklogix.
If you fake it, you won’t make it, says communication coach
Burges Salmon, a 650-strong commercial law firm, is reaping the financial rewards of a server virtualisation strategy implemented by Commercial IT Services.
Leading AIDC Association Conducts Search for New President
Brother is offering its reseller partners the chance to order and personalise marketing materials online before having them delivered.
Since 2000, Dagens Industri (DI), the leading business magazine in the Nordic countries, has been designating the fastest growing companies in Sweden as "Gazelle companies".
Resellers can access one of the AIDC industry’s broadest product portfolios while benefitting from the logistics expertise and services offered by leading distributor
Datalogic Mobile is a member of the Web’s most popular social networks, providing a new and interactive way of communicating through the internet
Voice solutions provider, Vocollect, Inc., has established an office in Hong Kong and has hired Vance Lau as Managing Director for the territory.
The benefits that a standardised computing platform brings are enormous, so what do you do when your supplier changes it? – asks Alan Rowe, Windows Embedded Group, MPC Data.
Channel Chargers, a technology channel sales and marketing services company, has been engaged by Bocada Inc., to further develop and drive a channel centric sales model.
Zetes, the supply chain technology specialist has been awarded two of the industry’s highest accolades, winning both a CILT Excellence Award and a Retail Systems Award.
Handheld has announced its continued global expansion by joining forces with Australian based distributor, AvanTEC Pty Ltd.
Unitech and Impuls ID have signed an agreement to distribute Unitech´s Scanning and Mobile devices in the Spanish market.
Fujitsu Europe, document imaging scanners and services provider, has announced further development and investment in its Imaging Channel Programme.
Rafe Aldridge, Codegate’s Technical Director and Board Member, joined around 75 other cyclists to raise money for the children’s charity o2e by cycling from central London to Bruges, Belgium.
Ipswitch, Inc. File Transfer division has introduced its new global Partner Programme and web portal
Psion Teklogix has announced systems integrator Sandpiper Corporation as a member of its exclusive Partnership programme.
BlueStar, the solutions-based distributor for Auto ID, Point-of-Sale, Mobility, RFID and Security products has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Impuls ID Distribution.
TD Azlan has ended a great Cisco year earning recognition at worldwide and country levels for the positive and progressive contribution it is making towards developing the channel.
Cash flow worries as a result of increasing late payments are causing small businesses the most headaches, according to the latest Economic Downturn Panel survey.
A nine-country survey of 1,217 IT professionals reveals that enterprises worldwide believe they are realising value from their IT investments.
Crossing the chasm or staring into the abyss? Unfortunately for accountancy and ERP software resellers, the onset of a global recession makes the latter a likely possibility.
UPS is rolling out a new downloadable package tracking tool that combines fun with functionality via the UPS Widget™
This offering provides customers with a fully managed wraparound service to support both barcode and mobility systems.
The partnership significantly strengthens Intermec's Latin American reseller network and broadens the footprint of its complete product portfolio.
The award recognizes Wonderware as an Intermec partner that demonstrates the innovative use of Intermec technology to deliver productive supply chain solutions.
Incentive Available for 9500 Customers Upgrading to the 9900—Honeywell’s Most Advanced Data Capture and Wireless Communication Device.
Following on from the successful events held earlier in 2009, the Partner Tour will continue into the second half of the year and beyond, with six further dates planned.
RFID Global Solution, Inc. and Zebra Enterprise Solutions partner to offer customers a broad array of technology.
A nine-country survey of 1,217 IT professionals reveals that enterprises worldwide believe they are realising value from their IT investments.
Varlink has increased the warranty period on Pidion (Bluebird) BIP-5000 & 6000 series enterprise class PDAs
The agreement provides Azlan, and itsEuropean network of resellers, the ability to meet the growing demand for enterprise-wide and B2B visual solutions.
Association Unveils New Member Opportunities and Structure to Ignite Market for Automatic Identification and Mobility Solutions.
SITA has been awarded a major contract by the Dublin Airport Authority to act as Systems Integrator for the airport’s new €395 million Terminal Two.
Cybit Telematics ‘enables public sector organisations to increase efficiency’ - in line with new Government Targets
There are many changes that need to take place to make women a more powerful force in the IT industry, but this is something that needs support from all sides including men, women, the government and the business world.
UK Internet service provider Lumison is using the MindGenius V2 business mapping tool to tackle the complex business challenges of its clients.
Brother is aiming to make a major impact in the colour print market through an integrated print and online sales and marketing campaign designed specifically for its reseller partners.
This site contains comprehensive product and application knowledge and is designed to help resellers gain the knowledge they need to sell the Zebra product range into existing markets which they already serve.
ePages introduces e-commerce technology for affiliate shops.
Box Technologies will partner Nordic ID in the UK to market and support their extensive range of Nordic ID handheld devices including the ever popular RF601/ RF651 and new Morphic product.
This relationship represents an alliance that will extend the availability, efficiency and impact of mission-critical data collection barcode solutions.
The agreement combines the Dakota Integrated Solutions ‘Mobius’ mobility product set with Psion Teklogix rugged devices enabling business users to deploy complex mobile applications.
A delegation of Chinese Government officials and technology companies will spend a week in the UK looking for British technology expertise for future trade and business partnership opportunities.
Varlink has announced that it has expanded its product range to facilitate entry into the retail IT market.
Jade will now offer Psion Teklogix' comprehensive range of mobile computing technology as part of its solutions.
The UK economy is stabilising, with the worst of the quarterly falls in GDP behind us, but it will take until the beginning of next year before we see a return to growth, according to the CBI.
The new relationship will see IBM hardware supplied as part of a Cybertill solution to retailers in the UK and internationally.
Maxatec has extended its range of mobile computing devices by distributing SAMMI Information Systems' portable products in the UK
Agilysys makes J2 hardware a new option for EPoS solution sales.
Storage and multimedia distributor CCI Distribution is scrapping delivery charges on all web orders over £500 to give its resellers some well-earned respite from the pressures of the credit crunch.
J2 Retail Systems (J2), has entered into a partnership with Star POS South Africa (Pty) Limited (Star) for the exclusive distribution of its products in sub-Saharan Africa.
Azlan and Devon IT bring new desktop virtualisation potential to European resellers
Office technology manufacturer, Brother, now offers duplex printing as standard across its latest range of mono-laser multifunction machines.
Varlink, the York based distributor of Mobile Computing and Data Computing and Data Capture products, has been appointed as the in country distributor for Datalogic Mobile for the UK.
Being part of the New Value Channel Programme, the new On Line Order System is accessible by a simple and intuitive click on EaseOfService tool.
Survey uncovers a staggering number of obsessed workers are taking their laptops to bed, much to their partners annoyance
Ingram Micro Systems appointed to distribute J2 Retail Systems EPoS
Spirit Data Capture has become a distributor of handheld ID readers from the Cognex Corporation.
According to a recent report, small and medium size businesses would cut investment in IT hardware, software and support before they would consider reducing the quality of their internet connection.
Five Individuals Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to the Automatic Identification and Mobility Industry
Under Terms, Printronix will acquire from TallyGenicom AG intellectual property and sales distribution rights for all TallyGenicom’s line matrix and laser printer, supplies and consumables business
Senior executives in internationally dynamic software firms say that the current economic crisis will not significantly affect their European business models.
Why the channel must embrace a new business model to sell IT
The addition of Vizible expands Open Text’s fast growing set of Digital Media solutions.
Their co-operation in Germany was made possible through Jarltech’s acquisition of former Citizen distributor, Data Cash GmbH, in early February.
For the fourth year running Avnet Technology Solutions has been recognised for its distribution excellence at the annual Brocade Partner Summit in Nice.
All the information on ScanSource’s range of value-added services, from logistics to financing to technical support, is on www.scansource.eu in Czech, Polish and Hungarian.
The alliance will provide significant wireless and mobile telecommunications solutions for retail, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing and security industries.
Synaxon UK has signed an official supplier agreement with Epson UK adding further strength to the group’s growing list of UK vendor partners.
NEO will be added to the portfolio of Auto ID solutions offered by a new company and website being launched by Worldwide in May called Worldwide Scanstore.
The Forum of Private Business is concerned that the 2009 Budget has failed to address the main issues threatening the UK’s struggling small businesses.
Following sustained market growth, this latest appointment is set to further Fortinet’s penetration into the UK market.
StorMagic, a fast-growing developer of iSCSI SAN management software for virtualised server environments, has announced details of its enhanced channel partner programme.
Fortify says that research from Gartner - which predicts a surge in the Software-as-a-Service (Saas) email in the next three years - may be a little off the mark.
Avnet Technology Solutions has launched a sales promotion to drive the channel to register and close business between now and Oracle’s financial year end, the 31st May.
Budding entrepreneurs get to pitch their ideas to top business travellers.
Vocollect has announced the appointment of Anna Wright as channel marketing manager for Vocollect EMEA.
As 16 brave contestants prepare to battle it out to become Sir Alan Sugar’s next apprentice, a new report reveals what Britain’s small business owners look for in a role model.
THUS Mobile resellers now have a great opportunity to sell customers a wider set of solutions including hosted IT, data and software services following the sale of the business to Genesis Communications.
Both companies have committed to providing IT solution for the fuel distribution industry.
Magirus launches new vPartner programme in response to research from VMware
AnyDoc Software Inc. have announced that Results Engineering, a long-standing AnyDoc value-added reseller has won the 2009 Channel Connection Award.
According to the agreement, Wincor Nixdorf will integrate Datalogic Mobile products in its solutions offer to its customers and prospects all around the world.
Partners Can Access one of the AIDC Industry’s Broadest and Most Advanced Product Portfolios.
Printronix's Acquisition of U.S.-Based Assets of TallyGenicom Permits Printronix to Benefit Global Community of End Users and Channel Partners
LXE Re-aligns Sales Activities, Focusing on Indirect Business with Two-tier Distribution.
AnyDoc Software has been named Kodak’s 2009 Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year.
Even under challenging economic conditions in 2008, the Imaging Group of Fujitsu Europe achieved solid growth in the EMEA imaging market.
Avnet Technology Solutions wins Sun Channel Development Partner of the Year Award for the Second Year running.
It had barely been invented when the UK was last in recession, but less than 20 years later, the Internet is providing a life line to small businesses fighting the recession.
If all the 17 million UK office workers turned off their computer at night the carbon saving is equivalent to removing 243,440 cars from UK roads
ScanSource, Inc. has been named to Forbes Magazine’s annual Platinum 400 - Best Big Companies list for the fourth time.
Extreme Networks has announced the success of its Channel Partner Programme for EMEA and SAM regions.
This year the public can, for the first time, text a £5 or a £1 donation to Comic Relief knowing that EVERY penny will go to the charity.
Under the terms of the deal, Sematron will resell, install, support and maintain AEP Networks' range of satellite communication systems across mainland Europe.
A new report from Opal could bring new revenue opportunities and change selling practices for resellers as it reveals the UK’s broadband hotspots.
Toshiba has extended its distribution agreement with Trident, now an Avnet company, to include all Avnet Embedded businesses in France, Germany and Italy.
With more efficient IT buying methods schools and local authorities can stretch the reach of their IT budgets by at least 15%.
In 10 years’ time we will be able to put an entire year’s worth of our waking experience - in digital quality - on a laptop. By 2039 that could extend to a record of our entire lives.
Survey provides useful insight into reseller sentiment about the recession and what they expect vendors to do to help them.
A New Brand Symbolizes the Start of a New Chapter for the Unified Company Dedicated to Building Successful Customer Relationships.
AnyDoc Software, Inc. has announced the addition of Doctodata SL, a Spain-based digital archive and document management services provider, to their VAR programme.
Box will be will be key in supporting Tipro Keyboards UK distribution, service and project related activities.
Solution Partners will benefit by adding InstallFree's front-leading solution to their portfolio of end-to-end application and system management solutions.
The SR-15 is claimed to provide significant end-user ergonomic benefits that increase productivity and worker satisfaction.
Avnet, Inc. has completed its joint venture with Sanko Holding Group in Turkey.
Avnet Technology Solutions is offering its new and established IBM Business Partners continued support through these difficult times.
5280 Solutions LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, has launched a global partner programme.
TallyGenicom, a leading global provider of quality printing solutions, has filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Code Red Distribution has announced that from February 2009, they will be full distributors of the Opticon range of scanners and mobile data collection systems.
Jacada have announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Tieto a leading global IT services company.
ScanSource Europe resellers throughout Europe now have access to the complete Honeywell Scanning & Mobility portfolio
Gerald McNerney to Open AIM Technology Leadership Summit
The agreement enables Avnet to distribute and support I.R.I.S.’s entire range of software solutions
Synaxon UK has signed an official supplier agreement with Ingram Micro, giving its growing membership base access to the full range of product lines stocked by the broadline distributor.
Ensim Corporation has signed reseller agreements with two new channel partners in Europe for its Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition
Avnet Technology Solutions, the value-added IT distributor, was recognised at the recent Juniper Networks JUniversity with two awards for its contribution to the channel.
Box Technologies has launched Elo Touchsystem’s first All in One EPoS Terminal, the Elo 15D1.
IT resellers need to change their focus in 2009 towards software-as-a-service (SaaS) or risk losing traction in the SME market.
Although Salesforce.com has been the poster child for successful on-demand software vendors, the company has the long-term vision to see that, in order to continue its stellar growth pace, it needs to expand into new areas.
ScanSource now offers resellers a complete Technical Support portfolio, featuring both pre and post sales support.
Tieto and Jacada focus on many of the same vertical markets, including banking, insurance, telecommunications and retail
The Home Office is planning to force all internet service providers (ISP's) to track every email sent in the UK in what is being called an attack on civil liberties.
EDS still number one followed by IBM
Fortify Software has warned companies with even the remotest connections to the Middle East to be on guard against a malware or similar cyber-attack as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Phil Jones, Brother UK sales and marketing director, has lobbied David Cameron to adopt policies that will help to lift the economic and market pressures being felt by the channel.
Internet, data and telecommunications company, Stripe21, is concentrating on building up its reseller base by making sure it has a very cost effective, Quality of Service enabled portfolio for attracting resellers.
DMSL, a leading distributor of BT services in the UK, has welcomed BT’s recent announcement of significant price reductions in its managed MPLS offering, IP Converge, as a good opportunity for channel partners.
The BT Tradespace research, which examined how small businesses market themselves, how they network and the technology they use to do so
Avnet Technology Solutions, the value-added IT distributor, picked up a prestigious award at F5 Networks’ 3rd Annual Partner Conference
Bluebeam Software and QBS Distribution have teamed together to distribute Bluebeam's market-leading PDF software through QBS's Value-Added Resellers and their top 100 corporate account resellers
The value added distributor’s latest catalogue is packed with 190 pages – 20% more than the previous year’s version
Further strengthening its channel market focus, LXE Inc., has entered into a new agreement with MCL Technologies that gives partners greater access to MCL software tools on LXE equipment
Christian Lefort has been appointed President of the Datamax·O'Neil Business Group reporting to Omar Kerbage, President & CEO, Dover Product Identification Group
'The Performers Club' is a comprehensive online portal for current and potential dealers of Toshiba’s bare and external hard disk drives
A study commissioned by Easynet Connect reveals that a large proportion of UK small-to medium businesses are not implementing policies to manage personal use of the internet
APC by Schneider Electric and CA, Inc. have announced a partnership that will provide enterprise customers with a fully integrated solution set for assessing and fully optimising their data centre energy consumption
Astaro has announced that its email and web security appliances would be made available for organisations to trial for 30 days without charge
Reseller promotion sees sales of SwitchBlade x908 increase by 28%
P1 Technology Partners in Norwich is bringing advantages to East Anglia on two fronts
BlueStar has announced a recent agreement with Motorola to market its entire product line-up throughout Latin America
Stortext, one of the UK’s leading outsourced document management providers, has launched its Strategic Alliance programme
BlueStar has announced the promotion of Bill Nix to Vice President of Global Distribution
Canon UK has selected 18 resellers and distributors in the Large Format Printer market to become part of its highly regarded partner programme
Insight will be selling one-year Mobiu subscription licenses direct to its business customers
OKI Printing Solutions has moved its channel partner incentive scheme, RED fully online and made it much simpler to use as a result
Epicor Software Corporation announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 its support of Microsoft’s cloud computing initiative Azure Services Platform
Eagle Technologies, a leading distributor of desktop printers, has won the contract to supply FTSE 100 company DSGi Business with Evolis card printers
BlueStar has awarded nearly six figures’ worth of FUSION business revitalization services in 2008
Varlink has become a UK distributor for Tripod Data Systems, Inc.
Honeywell Batteries provides mobile power solutions for mobile computers, hand held data collection devices, printers, two-way radios, wireless telephones and uninterruptible power supply systems
Avnet Technology Solutions has launched a new Pan European reference guide
Citizen Systems Europe announces a change of MD as of the 1st November 2008 with the appointment of Mr Yasuhiro Kiuchi
Psion Teklogix has appointed Paul Westmoreland as its new Managing Director UK - his brief is to maintain the company’s leading position in the UK’s mobile computing technology solutions market
Vocollect has announced that its EMEA partner network has successfully completed the Vocollect Voice Partner Programme
The 27th of June 1967, the day the first ATM was installed at a Barclays branch in North London, may forever more remain the most important date in self-service
The site has been completely refreshed and is now packed with even more information than before
Research sponsored by Sims Lifecycle Services has shown that organisations are still disposing of their gadgets without removing personal information
Extreme Networks has initiated a recruitment drive to attract new channel partners and is looking to recruit 15 extra resellers by the end of the year.
Datalogic SpA has approved the acquisition of Datasensor SpA, a company 100% owned by Hydra SpA, controlling shareholder of Datalogic SpA
Avnet Technology Solutions and InfoGuard AG have announced a distribution agreement for the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria
Actuate Corporation has announced a new OEM Quick Start programme designed to provide Actuate partners with an opportunity to improve their existing product offerings and generate opportunities for revenue growth
BakBone Software has announced a new distribution contract with Hammer, effective across Europe
Canon has announced an agreement with specialist distributor Midwich to sell its Large Format CAD/GIS and General Use Printers
BlueStar’s CFO was presented the award by The Cincinnati Business Courier
Bell Micro to distribute the ClusterScale product range of load balancing and storage solutions to its UK and International reseller base
Derek Hutchinson, sales and marketing manager at Vista Retail Support, outlines how retailers should maintain their tills and keep them running smoothly to ensure customer service is maintained at all times
Varlink, the York based specialist Mobile Computing and Data Capture hardware distributor, has been short listed for a prestigious industry award for second year running
Intact Integrated Services has launched a Gap Analysis service to help channel partners clearly identify the different process steps they need to take to achieve ISO certification
Industry Association Taps Pat Byrne for Board of Directors
Ingram Micro EMEA, the European, Middle Eastern & African operating division of Ingram Micro Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase all the shares of Intertrade A.F. AG
The fixITlocal network is staging a series of events around the UK giving resellers an opportunity to hear about the full range of benefits that are now available to member companies
BlueStar has announced the recent addition of Santiago Arias (pictured) to the BlueStar Latin America team
