Siemens parts ways with Ingram for Cellnet
Siemens Gigaset has parted company with Ingram Micro to bring on Cellnet as its master distributor.
Siemens Gigaset has parted company with Ingram Micro to bring on Cellnet as its master distributor.
Ingram Micro’s chief remains confident its optimisation plans will help the distributor get through the recession, despite a double-digit drop in quarterly global and regional revenues.
Ingram’s local chief claims its [[artnid:301260|acquisition of retail point-of-sale and data capture distributor, Vantex|new]], will secure its position as the leading supplier in the region.
Ingram Micro has acquired retail point-of-sale (POS) distributor, Vantex, as part of plans to expand its presence in that market.
What is the colour of a carrot? Whatever you think the channel needs it to be. And in the current economic climate, that means the industry is witnessing the birth of a mottled bunch of incentive programs aimed at grabbing mind share and boosting sales.
Ingram Micro has expanded its relationship with Trend Micro to represent the vendor in the retail space.
Dell has brought on its first two distributors in the US and flagged plans to extend the model globally. The news came off the back of the launch of a new enterprise product series.
Dell has brought on its first two distributors in the US but has played down plans to bring the model to Australia.
Ingram Micro will distribute Google’s Enterprise Search Appliances.
EMC has become the latest vendor to recruit a second distributor in Australia in recent months.
As we grow closer to the 2012 ARN IT Industry Awards and our 21st birthday celebration, we thought it was time to look at some of the events and moments in history that have taken place during that time. For the next few weeks we'll be looking at some of the events from 2008 and 2009. In this slideshow we revisit Ingram Micro's 2009 expotech in Sydney. About 1000 resellers descended on Sydney's Convention Centre to check out the latest products at Ingram Micro's expotech tradeshow. The event was supported by the distributor's key vendor partners and included prize giveaways, a technology accessories fashion show, and presentations from the likes of CA, Citrix and Symantec. There are plenty of faces here - is yours one of them? And remember, Nominate Now for the 2012 ARN IT Industry Awards. Nominations close on July 13.
Ingram Micro has trimmed 7 per cent of its headcount and closed two state branches as part of a significant restructure of its national operations. The news comes a week after the distributor shed 16 staff from its credit department and offshored the positions to Malaysia.
Several resellers have brushed aside concerns that Ingram Micro’s decision to close its South Australia and ACT offices will affect business in those states.
Ingram Micro is closing its Adelaide and ACT branches as part of a broader restructure of the group’s staff and operations.
See a slideshow of the changes being made at Ingram Micro.