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SMART distributor contract with Steljes now includes Adriatic region
2012-05-23
Collaboration solution vendor SMART Technologies has extended its contract with British AV VAD Steljes into the Adriatic region (that is Albania, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). Steljes has selected Maribor, Slovenia, as its headquarters for the region and is setting up demonstration centers in each country featuring the comprehensive range of products from SMART Technologies for both education and business customers. The demonstration centers will include customer briefing and training rooms to ensure that existing and prospective customers receive the information, product training, professional development and services they may require. The new office will be managed by Mari Bojmalieva as Regional Category Manager. This is an internal promotion for Mari who has held a number of roles in the training department since she joined Steljes six years ago. Her most recent role was that of Head of Training in the UK and Ireland. Under her leadership, she has increased the department's revenue by 30% year on year with over 5000 receiving training in the last 18 months alone. As part of her remit, she will be responsible for up-skilling resellers and helping them to achieve SMART Reseller Accreditation programme (SRAP) status. As a native of Macedonia, Mai understand the cultural implications of working in this region and speaks fluent English, German, Serbian/Croatian and Macedonian.

Comstor hires Thomas Kind
2012-05-23
Germany : Thomas Kind has been appointed Enterprise Data Centre business development manager for Cisco specialist Comstor.

OCS on the phone with teXet
2012-05-23
Russia : broadliner OCS Distribution has added teXet DECT phones to its offer.

Forcetop gets official with Targus
2012-05-23
Poland : accessory specialist Forcetop has strengthened its portfolio with Targus mobility products.

Tech Data promotes Filip Waelkens
2012-05-23
Belgium : Filip Waelkens has been appointed Sales Director Belux by broadliner Tech Data. He will work with a team made of Bart Roeland (SMB Sales Manager), Annick Van Den Abbeele (Corporate Sales Manager), Catherine Meert (Retail Sales Manager) and Jurgen De Biscop (Specialized Sales Manager for Apple, Components, Licensing, Supplies and Xerox).