Electromaster invades UK
United Kingdom : British telecom specialist Electromaster has acquired Freerose and made it its British subsidiary, in order to cover more efficiently local market.
M-Tech hits back in Sun legal row
United Kingdom : after losing a High Court judgement against Sun Microsytems, distributor M-Tech Data is appealing to the European Court of Justice with accusations the server giant is "in breach of European law". The Manchester-based firm was found by the High Court of Justice to have imported Sun products into the European Economic Area without authorisation. "We are seeking to overturn the judgement entered against the company and have the matter referred to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg, as we honestly believe that Sun use their trademarks in an anti-competitive manner, which we believe is unlawful and in breach of European Law," said M-Tech’s statement, which added that the process could have been handled more discreetly (source : Computer Reseller News United Kingdom).
Compuspain on television with Hauppauge
Spain : broadliner Compuspain has expanded its peripheral offer with Hauppauge TV tuners (source : Dealer World España).
Comdasys signs TMTS as new distributor
Benelux : mobile unified communications vendor Comdasys has signed a distribution agreement with Dutch telecom VAD TMTS. Under the agreement, TMTS will offer Comdasys’ range of enterprise Mobile Unified Communications Solutions to its network of value-added resellers (VARs) across all of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
A Marvel for Packard-Bell
Russia : broadliner Marvel has started to distribute Packard-Bell notebooks through its reseller in the country (source : Astera Rossiya).
ERC hand in hand with Samsung
Ukraine : PC component and peripheral specialist ERC has been appointed official distributor by Samsung for its printers, multifunctions and related print supplies (source : Computer Reseller News Ukraina).
Komsa in the star(DSL)
Poland : telephony specialist Komsa has expanded its catalog with satellite-based Internet access subscriptions from StarDSL (source : Computer Reseller News Polska).
Hama plays with Raptor
France : cabling and accessory vendor and distributor Hama has added Raptor gaming accessories and mice to its catalog.
Wick Hill trains on Barracuda and distributes Lumension
Germany : network and security VAD Wick Hill has been appointed first official training center for security vendor Barracuda. Trainings will start at the beginning of 2010. The VAD has also started the distribution of Lumension security products in the country (source : Channel Insider Deutschland and IT-Business Deutschland).
NT Plus insures with Assona
Germany : telephony specialist NT Plus has inked a partnership with insurance company Assona. Its resellers will then be able to complete their sales with theft or break insurance contracts from Assona, thus substancially increase their margins (source : IT-Business Deutschland).
