Motorola signs Azlan
2013-05-15
Motorola Solutions has entered into a pan-Europe, Israel and Africa (EIA) distribution agreement with network, security and infrastructure VAD TD Azlan. The agreement covers the distribution of Motorola Wireless Networking solutions products in EMEA through TD Azlan offices in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Azlan will offer the full Motorola Solutions' portfolio of WLAN products and solutions including TEAM pocketable virtual office, AirDefense WLAN security and network management systems and Motorola's MESH networks.

A new owner for Headtechnology
2013-05-09
Bankrupt German VAD Headtechnology has been acquired by Raber+Märcker, a subsidiary of Konica Minolta, for undisclosed price. The company will be used as a security-specialized system integrator on the German market, and will thus be removed from ITdistri database. Raber+Märcker did not acquire the foreign subsidiaries of Headtechnology, in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, which have taken their independance under a new ownership and will continue to work as security VADs, under the management of Alexander Kunichik, the former managing director of the company in Ukraine.

Ingram Micro Europe and SNIA Europe partner at World Hosting Days
2013-05-06
Broadliner Ingram Micro Europe, together with SNIA Europe, the industry association dedicated to the storage industry, will jointly attend the World Hosting Days Global 2013 on March 19-21 in Rust, Germany. With more than 100 exhibitors and media partners and over 4,200 visitors, the WHD.global is the largest cloud and hosting industry event in Europe, and provides the ideal venue for Ingram Micro and SNIA Europe to help promote storage trends, industry standards, and channel enablement. By joining forces at WHD, Ingram Micro and SNIA Europe further show their commitment to helping their reseller and vendor partners' success in the advanced technology solutions, Cloud Services, and mobile device markets. Both organizations recognize that today more IT resellers and solution providers are transforming their business models and choosing become hosters and Cloud Service Providers. Becoming a Service Provider is a new and different business model. In the past year SNIA Europe and Ingram Micro have worked together as part of the Channel Transformation Alliance to develop enablement and education tools to help channel partners address the challenges and opportunities that arise with this new Cloud Service Provider business model. Ingram Micro is a major distributor as a "one stop shop" from the datacenter to the device providing software licensing from Microsoft, Symantec, VMware, Citrix, Trend Micro, and others, combined with a portfolio of datacentre and network infrastructure hardware from Cisco, HP, IBM, NetApp, and others.

Cebit 2013: less visitors, but more professionals
2013-05-02
Germany: with only 285000 people, the 2013 edition of Cebit has registered 12% less visitors than last year. According to the organizers, this is not really negative, as they are working more on quality than numbers. Among the 285000 visitors, 240000 were qualified as IT professionals, down from 250000 last year: a more limited drop and even a growth in percentage, according to Frank Pörschmann, CEO of Deutsche Messe AG. Poland, which was the invited country, raised the bar high compared to the former countries in the past years, with 150 participating companies. The invited country for 2014 edition, which will take place from March, 11th to 15th, has not been yet unveiled. According to visitors, the Mobile World Congress, which took place just a few days before, is more and more a competitor to Cebit, as almost 40% of the IT vendors present in Planet Reseller were also in Barcelona, which is strictly limited to professional visitors. A competition which will without doubt be more thoroughly analyzed by the organizers of Planet Reseller.

Cebit 2013: less visitors, but more professionals
2013-05-02
Germany: with only 285000 people, the 2013 edition of Cebit has registered 12% less visitors than last year. According to the organizers, this is not really negative, as they are working more on quality than numbers. Among the 285000 visitors, 240000 were qualified as IT professionals, down from 250000 last year: a more limited drop and even a growth in percentage, according to Frank Pörschmann, CEO of Deutsche Messe AG. Poland, which was the invited country, raised the bar high compared to the former countries in the past years, with 150 participating companies. The invited country for 2014 edition, which will take place from March, 11th to 15th, has not been yet unveiled. According to visitors, the Mobile World Congress, which took place just a few days before, is more and more a competitor to Cebit, as almost 40% of the IT vendors present in Planet Reseller were also in Barcelona, which is strictly limited to professional visitors. A competition which will without doubt be more thoroughly analyzed by the organizers of Planet Reseller.