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01732 759725 WORKING TOGETHER 10 Working together This month’s round-up of new distribution agreements Altona has strengthened its 10-year relationship with Midwich by making it the company’s sole AV distributor in the UK and Ireland. Since 2003, Atlona has been designing and engineering AV and IT signal distribution and connectivity solutions for residential and commercial markets. The company’s full product range will be available from Midwich in the UK and Square One in Ireland. Thorsten Goecke, Atlona Director EMEA Sales, said: “We’ve recently restructured our model in the UK and Ireland, with Midwich being chosen for the AV-focused market and Anixter looking after the IT market. Atlona has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with the Midwich Group. We already have a sole distribution agreement in Germany, Italy and Spain, so we’re delighted to extend this agreement into the UK and Ireland.” Westcon has strengthened the IoT security pillar within its NGS (Next Generation Solutions) go-to-market strategy through a global distribution agreement with Ordr , which specialises in securing connected devices, including unmanaged IoT (Internet of Things), IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) and OT (Operational Technology) devices. Ordr’s platform, purpose-built for visibility and security of all connected devices, automatically discovers and classifies every device and continuously analyses them to map communication patterns, detect any malicious or anomalous traffic and proactively secure each device through dynamic policy generation and segmentation. Daniel Hurel, VP Westcon EMEA – Cyber Security & Next Gen Solutions, said: “With the global IoT security market predicted to grow from US $12.5 billion in 2020 to US $36.6 billion by 2025 and the number of IoT devices globally soaring towards 75 billion, this new distribution agreement with Ordr is set to play a crucial part in bringing our IOT security offering to market.” www.ordr.net WestconComstor.com In an exclusive agreement, Arrow Electronics has become the first distributor in the UK to offer 8th Sensus Inc’s next-generation identity access management software EVE. Its patented machine-learning software embedded in endpoint agents enables customers to do away with passwords, pins, tokens and complicated hardware and recovery procedures and instead identify authorised users by their unique behaviours. Mark McHale, Vice President Sales for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business, North-West EMEA, said: “This agreement combines 8th Sensus’s innovative approach to next- generation identity access management with Arrow’s already strong portfolio and strength in the channel. EVE software offers value to our customers and will enable them to secure their end-point devices and protect the data on the screen at all times.” fiveyearsout.com Hypertec , the value-added distributor of own brand and third-party memory, storage, accessories, assistive technology and security products, has entered into a supplier agreement with AddOn Networks , a supplier of compatible networking and connectivity products. Hypertec Managing Director Lianne Denness said: “The AddOn Networks portfolio fully supports and complements our current OEM- matched product ranges by providing the infrastructure products that we can wrap around them. This is an exciting opportunity for our resellers and system integrators, providing them with access to a complete range of high-margin compatible network products that can be deployed in a multitude of vertical markets.” intY , a ScanSource company, has expanded its Microsoft cloud services offering through a new partnership with Nerdio , specialists in the deployment, packaging, pricing, management and optimisation of Microsoft Azure cloud services, including basic infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solutions and Windows Virtual Desktop. Nerdio CRO Joseph Landes said: “Nerdio is excited to partner with intY to make it easier for MSPs across the UK to build successful cloud practices in Microsoft Azure. The move to cloud services is one of the biggest opportunities for MSPs to profitably grow their practice and we are pleased to partner with intY to make every MSP a Cloud MSP.” Nerdio products include: Nerdio for Azure, which enables MSPs to set up a complete Azure environment in a few hours; Nerdio Cost Estimator, which eases the pricing of Microsoft Azure cloud services; and Nerdio Auto Scaling functionality, which optimises and monitors usage to ensure partners and their customers only pay for what they use. www.getnerdio.com • www.inty.com Cybersecurity VAD e92plus is helping partners embrace the scale and flexibility of the cloud through a new agreement with iboss , a leader in SASE cloud network security services. Providing fast and secure access to the Internet from any device and any location, the iboss cloud platform provides network security as a complete SaaS offering. e92plus CEO Mukesh Gupta says iboss eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances, such as firewalls and web gateway proxies, which are ineffective at protecting a cloud-first and mobile world. He said: “Increasingly, customers are looking at alternatives to legacy VPNs or on-premise gateways that require unnecessary data backhaul and additional complexity. The iboss cloud-first approach offers an exciting new approach to cloud security and Zero Trust Network Access and a fantastic growth opportunity for partners looking to replace legacy solutions.” www.e92plus.com CMS Distribution has expanded its storage portfolio through a new distribution deal with Scality , provider of a software-defined file and object platform designed for on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Commenting on the relationship, Douglas Williams, Northern Europe Alliance & Channel Director at Scality, said: “We are pleased to announce CMS as Scality’s first value added distributor in the UKI. Their vast experience and strong reputation in the storage market makes them a great fit with Scality and provides a unique offering to CMS partners and their customers.” www.scality.com www.cmsdistribution.com Mark McHale Daniel Hurel