Official début for Brightstar
Germany : Tech Data’s telephony arm Brightstar has made its official début in the country during Tech Data Forum in Münich. The distributor has unveiled its first partnerships with Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile and T-Home), Samsung, LG, Motorola, RIM/BlackBerry, HP, Asus and Garmin. Other vendors should follow soon (source : Channel Insider Deutschland).
Supertron to sell Unistal-BitDefender product combo
India : Unistal Systems, a provider of data care, data recovery, anti-virus and Internet security products, services and training, has appointed Supertron Electronics as its national distributor for Crash Proof + BitDefender Internet Security product combo (source : Channel Times India).
Elko drives with Mio
Baltic countries : broadliner ELKO Group has started co-operation with GPS vendor Mio for distribution of its products in the Baltic countries through its offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Mio joins TomTom as Elko second GPS partner.
Nordic Games for Global Distributie
Netherlands : game specialist Global Distributie has expanded its offer with Nordic Games Kart Racer, Truck Racer and DanceParty (source : Digitailing Nederland).
Gandalf acquires Marinex
Sweden : broadliner Gandalf has announced that it was acquiring its competitor Marinex, which has met difficulties because of slow sales last Christmas. David Nicander, manager of Gandalf, thinks he can keep about 2/3 of Marinex turnover (estimated to €16.66m in 2008) and as much customers as possible (source : IT Branschen Sverige).
Tech Data hires a Cooler Master
Italy : broadliner Tech Data has expanded its catalog with Cooler Master PC components and accessories (source : ChannelCity Italia).
ISA France under recovery proceedings
France : supply specialist ISA France has been placed under bankruptcy protection by its owner, Nessink. All this happens because of an uncontrolled growth race (source : Channel News France).
Veracomp distributes Kramer
Poland : multispecialist Veracomp has added Kramer AV connectivity products to its catalog (source : Computer Reseller News Polska).
QNAP takes on VIP
United Kingdom : broadliner VIP Computer Centre Ltd has addition QNAP’s sophisticated NAS range to its offer.
GTI in audioconferencing with Polycom
Audioconferencing specialist Polycom has chosen broadliner GTI as new official distributor both Portugal and Spain (source : Channel Partner España).
