Bell Micro brand to be history by October
2010-08-23
Multispecialist Avnet Technology Solutions has put a timetable in place to axe the Bell brand and have all front office staff in place by the end of september. The current phase, which is about 85% determined, is to put in place the structure for the vendor/reseller facing teams to ensure there is minimal or no disruption to business. Although Avnet employs around 1900 staff in Europe, it has refused to discuss headcount cuts. The grand plan is to wring out $50m to $60m in "synergy savings" from the expanded Avnet by reducing staff duplication, consolidating systems and premises. For example, the distributor has in the region of four ERP systems, which should be standardized to SAP in the mid-term, after a migration from Bell to Avnet's infrastructure by Q1. The brand Bell should have disappeared by October, 1st (source : Microscope United Kingdom).
Bell Micro appointed as pan European Distributor for Minicom
2010-07-22
Storage multispecialist and VAD Bell Micro has signed a pan European distribution agreement with Minicom for its digital signage media infrastructure equipment. Bell Micro will distribute and support a wide range of Minicom products, services and solutions and will specialise in providing end-to-end digital signage solutions to its European sales channels, through its offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Irish and Dutch offices seems not to be covered by the partnership, at least currently.
Bell gets supported with Aavara
2010-05-28
Multispecialist Bell Micro has expanded its digital signage portfolio with Aavara HDMI splitters, switchers, extenders, matrixes and cables as well as wall supports. This partnership is pan-european, which means Aavara products are available through Bell offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It although does not cover its Irish office.
