France : feeling that boxed software would live their last years, software specialist Avanquest is preparing his future by launching a download service dedicated to its resellers and named Avanquest Partner Online, therefore adding a dematerialized service to its offer. According to Laurent Guerry, commercial director of the French subsidiary of the company, this download offer is due to rapidly amount up a sizeable part of its sales, and will feature additional rebates for the resellers, compared to its retail e-commerce website. This will allow the resellers not to buy boxed products through Avanquest distribution partners in the country (broadliners Ingram Micro and Tech Data) whenever necessary. This new service is also available to Avanquest British and German resellers.