Print.IT Reseller - issue 85

BULLETIN Tech Data Cisco team raise money for MIND Every year, Tech Data flies the top-performing Cisco partners from its ACES community to San Jose for a special briefing session at the vendor’s HQ. As that was not possible this year, the team came up with a novel way to bring the ACES community together with the Active ACES Challenge. The plan is to raise money for a great cause and asked partners and members of its own team to virtually run, walk and cycle, swim, scoot, skate, or even skateboard, 10,252 miles – the distance between its own UK HQ in Basingstoke and Cisco’s in San Jose. All this effort will be in aid of the UK mental health charity, MIND. www.techdata.com Fledging appoints Holdan Holdan, part of the Midwich Group, will be taking over the exclusive distribution of Fledging products in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. David Fidler, General Manager, Holdan, said: “This new and exciting partnership, offering premium and innovative products for storage, iPads and wireless charging, perfectly complements Holdan’s portfolio for the creative market.” Ethan Summers, Chief Executive Officer, Fledging, added: “Fledging's mission to bring premium electronics to everyone is taking its biggest step yet with this partnership with Holdan. We're excited to bring our best products to the European markets.” www.holdan.co.uk Exertis enhances cybersecurity offering Exertis has partnered with UK-based cyber security company CyberSmart to offer organisations, no matter their size or expertise, a strong security posture by combatting the threat of cyber-attacks. CyberSmart’s intuitive platform will support Exertis’ customers by automatically and continuously assessing devices against security and compliance standards, alerting users when these have not been met. As a result of this partnership, not only will Exertis benefit from a bolstered cybersecurity offering to its customers. In addition, this will enable CyberSmart to reach thousands more companies across the country. “We pride ourselves on making the complex simple and going above and beyond to delight our customers,” says Matthew Swindail, Vendor Development Manager (Security & Cloud) – UK & Europe at Exertis Enterprise. www.exertis.co.uk Maverick AV Solutions adds to growing portfolio Maverick AV Solutions, the specialist audio visual business of Tech Data, has signed a new distribution partnership with Optoma, extending the choice of laser projection solutions it makes available to AV professionals. As well as key models from Optoma’s ProAV laser projector range, partners can access Optoma’s consultancy and design service through Maverick. Alongside the expert support provided by Maverick’s own team, this enables partners to offer a complete service to customers for professional deployments and non-standard installations where there are specialist requirements, such as blended projection or image warping. Anna-Marie Constantinou, Business Unit Director, Maverick AV Solutions, UK, said: “The Optoma ProAV range is a significant and highly complementary addition to our projector portfolio. With these excellent solutions and the combined knowledge and services capabilities we have within both Maverick and Optoma, AV partners have the opportunity to differentiate their proposition and deliver more added-value for their end-user customers.” www.techdata.com 01732 759725 8 Strategic partnership SYNAXON UK and Integra Business Solutions have renewed their strategic partnership under which partners and members of each organisation will be able to access the benefits of the other at preferential rates. Under this agreement SYNAXON partners can sign-up as members of Integra, gaining access to the company’s preferential trading terms with leading office products distributors, such as Antalis UK and VOWWholesale, and direct with over 100 suppliers. SYNAXON partners will also have access to Integra’s own- brand range of Initiative office products. Similarly, Integra members will receive discounted SYNAXON UK fees, giving them access to stock and availability from more than 30 IT distributors via the EGIS procurement platform. They will also benefit from exclusive offers available from SYNAXON Distribution and the support resources the group offers to help resellers develop their managed services business. The potential of this partnership and the benefits it delivers, gives our members another competitive advantage within the industry said Integra CEO, Aidan McDonough. “Being able to access up-to-date stock availability and pricing from all of the leading IT distributors via SYNAXON’s EGIS e-procurement platform will save members considerable resource and give them the reassurance that they are getting the best deal. There are always great offers available from SYNAXON Distribution, and for a growing number of our members who are looking at developing a managed services business, SYNAXON provides an ideal platform on which to build their confidence and capability.” www.synaxon.co.uk , www.integra-business.co.uk Mike Leary, Cisco Security Business Development Manager at Tech Data, getting into training for the Active ACES Challenge Anna-Marie Constantinou Mike Leary