Hammer says yesso to Neso
Storage distributor Hammer has signed an exclusive deal with hard disk drive vendor Neso, to offer the product via its consumer storage team. Hammer’s consumer storage team launched eight months ago with Kingston flash products. These products should also be available through Hammer offices in Belgium, Italy and Sweden (source : Computer Reseller News United Kingdom).
Lama sees Epson in big
Supply specialist Lama has expanded its Epson offer with ink cartdriges for the wide-format printers of the vendor. This new offer is valid both in Czech Republic and Slovakia (source : ChannelWorld Cesko).
SMC chooses 4G after Actebis withdrawal
Denmark : network vendor SMC has decided to sign a new distribution partnership with VAD 4G Distribution after broadliner Actebis announced it would drop it. Actebis decision is motivated by the fact that SMC does not focus enough on local market, resulting in insufficient demand (source : Computer Reseller News Danmark).
Bajtel on the road with Garmin
Poland : mobility specialist Bajtel has expanded its GPS offer with Garmin products (source : Computer Reseller News Polska).
Merlion takes pictures with Olympus
Russia : broadliner Merlion has signed a distribution partnership with Olympus around both its digital picture cameras and digital voice recorders.
BestIT draws a Sapphire
Italy : PC component and peripheral specialist BestIT has expanded its offer with Sapphire graphic cards and motherboards (source : Channel Insider Italia).
TSB closes its doors
France : Lille retailer and distributor TSB has definitively shut down its doors. The company’s distribution business reached about 20% of its turnover, which lately came down to around €5.5m. This bankruptcy is seamingly to be related to the difficult PC component market in France.
Maxcom gets G.skilled
Germany : broadliner Maxcom has signed a distribution partnership with memory vendor G.Skill (source : Computer Reseller News Deutschland).
A new marketing director for GTI
Spain : Álvaro Elorriaga has been appointed Consumer Marketing Director by broadliner GTI (source : ChannelPartner Portugal).
Jabra to expand India Channel
India : Denmark-based Jabra, a hands-free mobile communication vendor, has decided to expand its channel business in India along with its Delhi-based national distributor, Innova Telecom. The vendor is looking to expand its market share in the growing Unified Communication (UC) space and domestic and international call centers. To tap theses opportunities, GN Netcom is scouting for system integrators and technology resellers within contract centers and the office/enterprise space (source : ChannelTimes India).
