Ingram Micro acquires majority interest in Armada

Ingram Micro has acquired a majority interest in Armada, the largest value-added technology distributor in Turkey with 2013 sales of over $280 million. Ingram Micro plans to make a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares in accordance with Turkish capital markets regulations.

Ingram Micro Training MEA launches new training lab

The lab is a strategic investment by the company to meet the growing demand for its vendor authorised training, to improve the speed and accessibility of course materials, and to strengthen and extend Ingram Micro’s training deliveries across the Middle East and Africa.

Ingram Micro scoops Microsoft WPC awards

Microsoft has awarded Ingram Micro the Original Equipment Manufacturer Distributor of the Year Award and the Distribution Revenue Growth Award for fiscal year 2014 at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C.

Global ambitions

Reseller ME finds out how Global Distribution plans to grow to the next billion in the next three to four years.

Kaspersky shake-up

Last month, Kaspersky Lab’s long-serving regional managing director, Tarek Kuzbari, announced he was resigning from his post and that corporate sales manager, Khalid Abu Baker, would replace him with immediate effect.

Issues and opportunities

Given the record number of attendees at this year’s Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Conference, it was clear that the region’s channel players wanted to hear how to tackle new challenges.

Top marks

The concept of value-added reselling or distribution has reached its zenith in the Middle East. Since the economic crash of …

A little help, please?

Having done a shed-load of research for the training and certification feature in this month’s issue, I’ve been left wondering one thing: Why aren’t vendors providing more free training courses to the channel?

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