BULLETIN Tech Data launches Embrace Tech Data has launched Embrace, a business resource group (BRG) focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and dedicated to ensuring that people of all races, religions and cultures feel welcome and comfortable, and represented within the company. David Watts, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, said: “Tech Data is committed to maintaining a culture that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion and we are really looking forward to getting Embrace underway and seeing how it can make a positive difference, not only for those employees who belong to racial, cultural, or religious minorities, but also for everyone in the UK and Ireland organisation.” www.TDSYNNEX.com Midwich raises £45k for charity partner Midwich employees have raised £45,058 for their mental health charity partner, Norfolk and Waveney Mind. Through its fundraising efforts over the past 10 years, Midwich has raised in the region of £200,000 for worthwhile local and national charities that have positively impacted the lives of thousands of people up and down the country. Midwich’s employees voted Norfolk and Waveney Mind as their chosen charity in 2020 and over the past two years, have raised money through several different initiatives including their annual quiz, festive raffle, and physical activity challenges. As well as donating funds, Midwich employees have volunteered more than 100 hours to the Mind charity shop and donated 315kg of worthwhile items. Alex Wiseman, Partnerships Manager, Norfolk and Waveney Mind, said: “As Norfolk and Waveney’s leading mental health charity, we supported circa 29,000 local people last year through our wide range of services and support programmes. We couldn’t continue to do what we do without the help of our corporate partners and can’t thank Midwich’s employees enough for their incredible support over the past two years.” www.midwich.com 60-day free trial offer SYNAXON UK has announced that the full range of online capabilities offered by distribution partner Exertis are now available on its EGIS stock and availability platform, enabling resellers to see their personalised prices and manage details of their orders, including live order tracking and RMAs. At the same time, the company is announcing extended 60-day trials of EGIS for new partners. Resellers can register for the platform to check on current availability and pricing, and place and manage their orders with more than 40 distributor partners that provide live data feeds for the platform. Managing Director Mike Barron, said: “Now that we are providing access to the full capabilities of Exertis, it’s the perfect time for partners to give EGIS a try. The 60-day free trial is a zero-risk offer for them and we will provide full training, so they can really see how EGIS can benefit their business.” www.synaxon-services.com EMEA distribution agreement Arrow Electronics has announced an EMEA distribution agreement with networkas-a-service (NaaS) provider Megaport. The agreement makes Megaport’s private software defined network platform available to companies in EMEA looking to modernise their networks and accelerate digital transformation. Megaport offers agile networking capabilities that help reduce operating costs and increase speed to market compared to traditional networking solutions. The NaaS platform provides private, scalable, on-demand connectivity to the world’s leading cloud service providers. “After security, cloud optimisation is a top priority for the CTO, and having the best cloud connections to optimise costs is top of mind for most organisations going through digital transformation,” said Alexis Brabant, Vice President of Sales for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business in EMEA. “We’re pleased to be working with Megaport to help them expand and deepen their channel relationships.” www.arrow.com Cisco EA accreditation Tech Data has become the first distributor accredited to offer Cisco Enterprise Agreements (Cisco EA) through partners in the UK and will be working with Cisco partners to extend the availability and reach of Cisco EAs to more mid-market customers. With immediate effect, Cisco partners will be able to apply to offer EA plans to their customers through Tech Data without having to attain a formal Cisco EA accreditation of their own. Tech Data will manage all the administrative tasks to ensure that the customer is fully registered for their agreement. To become fully authorised as a Cisco EA partner, Tech Data was required to achieve specific technical accreditations across the region. Jon Sawdon, Business Unit Director – Cisco and enterprise networking, at Tech Data, said: “Cisco EAs offer customers simplicity and flexibility and enable them to maximise the value of their investment in Cisco software. The additional resources we have put in place to achieve this accreditation means that our Cisco partners can now offer EAs to their mid-market customers, extending both the value that they provide and the reach of the Cisco EA programme.” www.TDSYNNEX.com PRINTITRESELLER.UK 7 (l-r) Charlottle Catalano (Midwich), Tracey Spillings (Midwich), Holly Mayston (Midwich), Alex Wiseman (Norfolk and Waveney Mind), Lesa Orford (Midwich), Ben Thompson (Midwich) HOW TO ENTER SEE PAGE 22 Alexis Brabant David Watts
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