News Austria

A new brand for SSD Distribution
2010-09-02
Netherlands : storage specialist SSD Distribution has expanded its portfolio with Hana Micron products.

Avnet strengthens down under
2010-09-02
Australia : American multispecialist Avnet has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of VAD itX Group Limited (itX), in an all cash merger valued at €52.5m. The acquisition is subject to the approval of itX's shareholders, Australian court approval and other customary conditions for a transaction of this type. itX distributes software, hardware and services from the world's leading suppliers including Oracle, IBM, HP, VMware, Apple, Citrix, Red Hat, and Trend Micro. In addition, itX includes Briell Marketing, a distributor of specialized printers and media for personal identification and security cards, medical and photographic imaging; Sydmed, a distributor of medical devices; and ICO, which provides IT hosting solutions. With approximately 150 employees, itX has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, itX generated revenue of approximately €100m.

Arrow ECS in deal with Thinprint
2010-09-01
Network and security VAD Arrow ECS has inked a distribution partnership with Cortado, the mobile business unit of Thinprint. Arrow ECS will distribute Thinprint/Cortado mobile virtual desktop tools through its offices in the DACH region (Austria, Germany and Switzerland).

ADN trains on RES
2010-08-31
Thin computing and security VAD ADN has been appointed official training center for RES software in both Austria and Germany (source : IT Business Deutschland).

SOS under the StarWind
2010-08-30
Software VAD SOS Software Service has been appointed official distributor by ISCSI SAN software editor StarWind, whose products are mainly intended to be used in virtualized environments, in whole DACH region, through its offices in Germany and Switzerland.