PrintIT Reseller - issue 67

01732 75972 5 8 BULLETIN Charity support Exertis’ employees raised over £12,600 for a variety of local charities during July and August. The money has been raised through events organised by members of the Exertis UPGRADE trainee management programme and held by teams in Basingstoke, Harlow, Burnley and Elland. Managing Director Paul Bryan, said: “This is a fantastic achievement by our employees who have organised events in their own time with local charities of their choice. From family fun days and casino nights to cake sales, raffles and auctions.” The Exertis UPGRADE programme is an 18-month internal trainee management programme linked to a Level 3 apprenticeship in leadership and management. Aimed at employees wishing to develop their career into management roles, it follows a structured programme of development and covers a wide range of topics including, finance, project management, coaching and performance management, among others. www.exertis.co.uk 10 We can buy your unused toners As a Managed Print Service provider, we understand how important it is to deliver the best value and performance to your customers. After all, your business is all about helping your customers to reduce costs, optimise efficiency and automate processes. Our dedicated team at The Jolly Savage work closely with many Managed Print Service businesses to handle their customers’ surplus toner stock; if you have unused toners that you are interested in selling, contact us today for a no obligation quote. Are you a Managed Print Service provider? 01462 60 50 50 · [email protected] · www.thejollysavage.co.uk SMART Certified Trainer accreditation Three employees within Midwich’s UK Collaboration Technology Specialists (CTS) team have successfully qualified as SMART Certified Trainers. Ian Strange, Alex James and John Soden completed 12 modules and three exams towards the full accreditation. The SMART Certified Trainer qualifications enable those who qualify to demonstrate gamification, create real- time classroom lessons and accurately show the benefits of SMART inking tools. www.midwich.com CMS Distribution expands French market Value-added distributor CMS Distribution has acquired Avesta, a French distributor based in the outskirts of Paris. Avesta is a specialist distributor of hardware technologies specialising in mobile solutions and high-tech products, is focused on the French market and employs 32 people. Frank Salmon, CMS Distribution Founder and CEO said: “We are delighted to welcome Avesta to the group, they have a great reputation for excellent customer service and product knowledge which perfectly complements CMS’ values. Going forward our French customers will gain access to an increased product portfolio, additional sales and marketing resources and more competitive offerings. We are very excited to offer our vendor partners new routes to market, allowing them to explore new business opportunities.” www.cmsdistribution.com Nuvias signs with Dropbox Nuvias is broadening its vendor portfolio to incorporate Dropbox, the smart workspace. Nuvias is the first independent distributor signed by Dropbox, covering key Northern European markets. With more than 500 million registered users across 180 countries, Dropbox helps people and teams focus on the work that matters. Complementing the communications and collaboration technology solutions from Nuvias Unified Communications (UC), Dropbox brings all of a team’s content together with the tools they love, helping users cut through the clutter and surfaces what matters. “We are excited about the new partnership with Dropbox, demonstrating our continued commitment to help our channel partners tap into new revenue streams and strengthen existing customer relationships,” said Nuvias UC CEO Steve Harris. www.nuvias.com Distribution agreement with Alibaba Cloud Arrow Electronics has entered into a distribution agreement with Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to offer cloud solutions built on Alibaba Cloud’s robust infrastructure to businesses and channel customers in the EMEA region. The platform offers a comprehensive set of cloud solutions to support channel customers with DevOps, elastic computing, relational databases, cloud storage, disaster recovery, security, content delivery networks and many other solutions. “Growing rapidly, Alibaba Cloud is one of the biggest public cloud providers globally, and our agreement will bring, in particular, smaller and medium channel players the opportunity to work with Alibaba Cloud in the EMEA market,” said Alexis Brabant, Vice President Sales of Arrow`s enterprise computing solutions business in EMEA. www.arrowecs.co.uk Steve Harris