PrintIT Reseller - issue 67

01732 759725 BULLETIN New apprentices at Tech Data Tech Data has given 13 young people the chance to forge a career path in the technology channel. The new apprentices based in Basingstoke will be given three months of classroom-based training before gaining their initial experience working in a sales team, overseen by appointed mentors. Over the next 12 to 15 months they will go through a carefully-planned programme that will include sales training, product training, systems knowledge, CompTIA certification and an outward bound team building course in the Lake District in December. “The apprenticeship will give them all the essential skills required to become fully-fledged members of the Tech Data team, delivering great service to customers,” said Sandie Jackson, Apprenticeship Programme Manager at Tech Data. Although this is only the second year of Tech Data’s apprenticeship scheme, it has already been recognised nationally, coming 60th in the overall Rate My Apprenticeship awards and third in the regional award. www.techdata.com 10 Double success for Nimans Nimans is celebrating a double success. It has been recognised for sales growth by the Sunday Times. The Group is ranked as one of the country’s top 250 growth companies, after annual turnover eclipsed £130 million. The rankings are based on overall business performance of Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. The firm has also retained its Gold Investors in People status. www.nimans.net NetAlly appoints Nuvias Nuvias is adding NetAlly, a global leader in wired and wireless network testing tools, to its portfolio of advanced networking business solutions. NetAlly network testing tools enable technicians to act rapidly by validating and troubleshooting network connectivity issues. NetAlly’s innovative business solutions help enterprise customers design, deploy and optimise wired and wireless LANs for improved performance, security and compliance. Nuvias will be distributing NetAlly’s wired and wireless network testing portfolio through its EMEA partner network, offering training and demo units to ensure expert sales consultancy as well as other value-added services. www.nuvias.com Hypertec adds Just Lamps Distributor Hypertec has announced that it is providing the entire range of original OEM and equivalent Diamond Lamps from Just Lamps projector lamp distributor to its reseller customer base. Managing Director Lianne Denness, said: “Our OEM matched memory, SSD and power proposition now extends into projector and smartboard lamp equivalents with the Just Lamps portfolio, they provide exceptional product performance, value for money and healthy reseller margins. In addition, to make it easy for our customers, we have taken the Just Lamps range and produced a channel friendly on-line configurator where our resellers can choose from over 8,500 projector models.” www.hypertec.co.uk BPGI appoints executive committee Business Products Group International (BPGI), has voted on its Executive Committee for the next two years. Last year saw one of the best performances of the group in terms of overall growth and support to the vendor community in the European market. The board unanimously reappointed Aidan McDonough, CEO of Integra Business Solutions, as Chairman; David Cabezon, Director of Makro Paper as Vice Chairman and Tim Beaumont, Managing Director of Nemo, as Treasurer. www.bpgi-llp.com Custom partners with Ingram Micro Custom has entered into a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro which includes professional printing solutions, scanning and image systems, mobile computing and service. Ingram Micro will provide distribution access to Custom products to its 115,000 resellers throughout EMEA and bring a more widespread coverage distribution of Custom solutions already used by partners globally. The new alliance will serve as a growth ramp for Custom, allowing it to meet expanding global demand. www.custom.biz At Quest Logistics we have built up a reputation specialising in photocopier removals in the UK and Europe. With over 12 years’ experience we are experts in all types of photocopier handling. This includes: installation, collection, removal, delivery, disposal and storage. Contact our friendly team today so we can assist you with photocopier removals/ installations in the UK and Europe. Tel: 01234 381099 [email protected] www.questlogistics.co.uk Sandie Jackson