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ASBIS to launch its own smartphones
2012-05-22
Cyprus-based broadliner ASBIS, which also owns offices in Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dubai, Egypt, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, is planning to launch its own offer of smartphones by the end of the year, under its Prestigio brand.

Avnet Memec announces new technical marketing structure
2012-05-22
Semiconductor specialist Avnet Memec has unveiled a new focussed technical marketing strategy for Europe, headed by the company's regional vice president for Northern Europe, Bill Walker. As part of a broader restructure, Walker will absorb the role of vice president, technical marketing, in addition to his existing role. From 2004 to July 2005 Walker was president of demand creation for the Memec Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to that, he held the position of CEO Insight Memec EMEA. During 20 years with Memec, Walker held a range of senior sales, marketing and management positions. In addition, he served as the Memec representative for the Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA executive team on the successful integration process of Memec into Avnet Electronics Marketing. With his appointment as technical marketing vice president, the current management structure will remain largely unchanged regarding supplier ownership. However, Walker will initiate a new and more streamlined approach to technical marketing activities, which will primarily focus on major vertical markets and key technologies such as low power devices and power management, convertors, energy harvesting, wireless and wired technologies.

Sysob signs with FatPipe
2012-05-21
German network and security VAD Sysob has signed a european-wide distribution, marketing and support partnership with WAN, LAN and VPN optimisation vendor FatPipe Networks. Beside its German headquarters (which will cover move European countries), Sysob will also push FatPipe Networks products through its offices in Austria and Switzerland.

EET distributes VariPOS
2012-05-17
Broadliner and sparepart specialist EET is strengthening its POS portfolio, through a partnership with German vendor Poindus Systems, whose VariPOS POS systems it now distributes through its offices in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The distributor has also launched a newsletter dedicated to the POS business, to show its seriousness about this market.

Xavier Reliat in the Custom Arena
2012-05-16
France : Xavier Reliat, who was previously working for Supreme Factory until the company pulled out from France, has opened its own company, Custom Arena. This gaming distributor is specialized in hard-to-find and original accessories for PS3 and Xbox, as well as a selection of audio and video products. Among the first brands distributed by Custom Arena, we can find Sharkoon, Gunnar Technology Eyewear, Aimon, Gaems or Penguin United. Custom Arena will initially focus on the French market, but is ready to work with any interested etailer and retailer within the European Union.