Distributors stories - Page 62

Distie deals, court cases, calls to action - and a $400 million investment in NZ courtesy of Huawei. Welcome to channel-land's week that was.

Unify says Circuit, launched with Arrow Electronics, enables resellers to deliver 'powerful and intuitive' team collaboration to customers.

​UpGuard continues its streak in APAC, with the announcement that it has sealed a partnership with NEXTGEN as its exclusive distributor in NZ.

Avnet today announced the promotion of Frederick Fu to the role of president for Asia Pacific – effective immediately.

Demand is high in Vietnam for real time business intelligence and a robust IoT infrastructure, Avnet says as it rolls out its latest IoT solutions.

Ingram Micro says a new agreement with NetEnrich will allow any partners to become cloud managed services providers using Azure and other platforms.

iGel has ambitious plans for the local market in the coming six months. Marc Doehnert outlines the plans - and the importance of the channel.

Ingram Micro Australia is offering resellers DragonWave's microwave solutions after signing a master sales and services deal with the Canadian vendor.

While quieter than last week (perhaps everyone was out celebrating St Paddy’s Day), there was still a lot going on in the Kiwi channel this week.

Exeed is gearing up to offer resellers new services, including third party logistics, after moving to a new warehouse – with new vendors also likely.

Hitachi Data Systems has continued its channel team revamp with the appointment of a new APAC distribution and VAR lead.

Tech Data will make Zadara Storage solutions easily accessible to channel partners worldwide through its Avnet Cloud Marketplace.

Negotiations are continuing for Westcon-Comstor and Logicalis parent Datatec for a 'significant transaction' first flagged in January.

Nextgen Distribution has become sole NZ distie for CA Technologies full portfolio of offerings, with two specific product sets a key focus initially.

Duo is calling on resellers to step up to the plate and provide more thought leadership as demand for security soars locally.

APTs compromise their target system with advanced code techniques to circumvent security barriers - and stay under the radar as long as possible.

Ingram Micro’s cloud referral program has hit the local market, enabling resellers to earn additional commissions on Office 365 subs via a new site.

Ingram Micro has added Polycom to its stable in a deal which sees greater emphasis on creating cloud-based solutions with partners including Microsoft.

Synnex has signed a deal with IoT hardware and software company Advantech in a move it says will make IoT more accessible for resellers.

Channel veteran and highly respected and accomplished IT executive, David Gage will soon take the reins at the AU Westcon-Comstor headquarters.