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Online electronics retailer, reichelt
elektronik, has opened a new logistics
centre in Sande, Germany, increasing its
warehouse logistics capacity to 150,000
items.
The extra capacity will support the
company’s ongoing overseas expansion,
which has already taken in Austria,
Switzerland, the UK (in 2016) and, most
recently, France.
Ulf Timmermann, managing director of
reichelt elektronik, said: “Our successes in
Austria, Switzerland and the UK show us that
our concept of high quality at fair prices and
short delivery times is well received outside
Germany. The opening of the logistics centre
forms the basis for further development of
the company.”
Channel Telecom celebrates
an ‘incredible’ six months
Channel Telecom is celebrating an
‘incredible’ first six months of Nimbus
UC sales, including the appointment
of 50 active Nimbus UC resellers and
the installation of well over 1,000 user
licences.
Selling points include a highly
competitive pricing structure, with
licences from £2.75 and free UK calls,
and impressive features like free Skype
for Business integration and full-time
monitoring of call quality as standard.
Tim Nelson, head of IP Voice at Channel
Telecom, said: “A platform-wide deployment
of RTCP-XR means that all calls involving
Polycom and Yealink handsets are routinely
monitored. Any call in the last five days can
be examined to see how good the audio/
video portion of the call was, with each call
being given a Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
based on parameters such as packet loss,
delay and jitter.
“All this information is collated to get a
view of the whole system, averaging all the
MOS scores across thousands of calls an
hour. This overall score takes into account
the platform, internet peering and all
customer internet connectivity”.
Microsoft adds more Surface Hub partners
Reichelt prepares for further European expansion
Enhanced Entanet quoting tool
Wholesale connectivity provider Entanet has released an enhanced version of its
Ethernet Quoting Tool (EQT), with additional bandwidth options from a select group of
trusted carriers.
In addition to existing options of up to 100Mbps, resellers can now get immediate
quotes for 200Mbps, 300Mbps, 400Mbps and 500Mbps leased lines on 1Gbps bearers.
For added convenience, they can add multiple options to each quotation, rather than
having to generate separate quotes for each.
Accessed from within the synergi portal, the Entanet EQT presents resellers with a single
page, from which they can choose the bandwidth, bearer size and contract term required
(between one and three years). A backup service and PSTN line can be added if required.
Entanet Sales Manager Paul North explains that the new bandwidth options have been
added to meet growing demand.
He said: “We’ve seen an increased number of requests for 200Mbps, 300Mbps or
more on 1Gbps bearers in recent months. We could provide these before, of course, but
they weren’t on the quoting tool, which we have always wanted to keep as simple as
possible. The desire for higher bandwidth is being driven by increased use of the cloud
and digital transformation, both of which are raising awareness of just how important
connectivity is for organisations that depend entirely on their digital systems.”
To keep things simple, Entanet works with a select number of carriers that it knows to
be fast and dependable from both a provisioning and a service delivery perspective.
Strong performance for
CCS Media
CCS Media has reported a 27% rise in
first quarter sales to £43 million, up
from £34 million in Q1 2016.
The IT reseller reports year-on-year
growth of more than 20% for all core
product groups, with Software and
Advanced Engineering Services performing
particularly well, with year-on-year sales
growth of 45% and 80% respectively. The
average spend per customer grew by 32%.
Terry Betts, managing director of
CCS Media, said: “We are both proud
and pleased with our performance this
quarter. Our performance is in line with our
expectations and we remain on track to
deliver on our outlook for the year.”
Paul North
Microsoft has added 15 more resellers to the
Microsoft Surface Hub partner programme
in response to strong demand for its
collaboration solution. Available in 55- and
84-inch versions, the Microsoft Surface Hub
enables multiple people to work on-screen
at the same time or collaborate remotely
using Microsoft services, such as Skype for
Business.
Ulf Timmermann
Terry Betts
Build it and they will come
More than 500 people toured the new
headquarters of IT@Spectrum and The
One Point in the three months after the
two partners issued an open invitation for
customers and prospects to visit The View.
The £2.75 million building located on the
Bridgehead business park in East Yorkshire
combines state-of-the-art technology,
working practices and office design.
