Visit our other websites:    Consumer IT    On CE    Mobile Channels    ECI news    rAVe Europe    Digital Signage News    

 

eSP - IT Solution Providers in Europe

  • Full Screen
  • Wide Screen
  • Narrow Screen
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size

Harman Opens Experience Centre, EMEA HQ in London

E-mail Print PDF

Harman Professional Solutions opens an Experience Centre in London-- a 2400-square-metre facility serving as EMEA region HQ complete with demonstrations of the various brands owned by the company.

Harman EMEA HQ“The opening of the experience center in London represents a major investment in the EMEA region, enabling us to deepen relationships with our customers and greatly expand our presence across critical markets,” Harman EMEA VP Chris Smith says. “Not only will the facility offer customers the opportunity to experience Harman innovation firsthand, it provides our staff with a state-of-the-art headquarters that will allow us to pursue new opportunities with greater speed and efficiency.”

VMware Names Microsoft Veteran Channel Chief

E-mail Print PDF

VMware announces a new worldwide channel chief-- Microsoft channel veteran Jenni Flinders, who takes over the development and execution of overall channel strategy and programs for the virtualisation giant.

Jenni FlindersFlinders fills the position left by Brandon Sweeney, who was promoted to VMware global sales VP back in August 2017. She has 15 years of experience in several channel, sales and marketing executive roles across multiple geographies and customer segments at Microsoft, and most recently was CEO of consulting practice Daarlandt Partners.

Collaboration Market at an All Time High

E-mail Print PDF

The collaboration market is at an all-time high, Synergy Research Group reports, as Q4 2017 revenues total $10 billion, thanks to strong growth in hosted/cloud solutions.

Synergy collaboration

The analyst includes enterprise voice, UC applications, telepresence, email software, enterprise content management, enterprise social networks and housed/cloud communications and applications as part of the collaboration market. The quarter sees "particularly strong" growth in teamwork applications, cloud/hosted email, cloud file sharing and contact centre as a service (CCaaS), while teamwork applications such as Cisco's Spark and Slack are "an emerging and super-high growth area."

Barco Sells X2O Media to Stratacache

E-mail Print PDF

Stratacache buys Montréal-based X2O Media from Barco, with plans to provide X20 with an enhanced focus and new growth opportunities. The financial details of the deal are not available.

Barco Stratacache“The decision to divest X2O Media comes after a careful evaluation of its profitability and growth opportunities,” Barco says. “As digital signage is no longer a strategic focus for Barco, we are convinced that selling X2O to a major player like Stratacache will provide the company with the focus and contacts it needs to reach the next level of scale and success.”

Barco acquired X2O back in 2014, when it became part of the Barco Enterprise division working on meeting and control room solutions. Over the years X2O secured a number of top tier customers, including John Deere, Verizon, FoxNews and Accenture. X2O should continue managing all current customer agreements to ensure continued support and service.

IDC: Double-Digit Growth for Cloud Infrastructure Revenues

E-mail Print PDF

According to IDC, private and public cloud infrastructure product (server, storage and ethernet switch) revenues total $12.8 billion in Q4 2017, a 27.3% Y-o-Y increase.

IDC cloud infrastructure

Full-year 2017 revenues also see double-digit growth of 21.7% to reach $43.4bn. CEE sees the fastest growth within the EMEA region at 34.1%. MEA follows at 27.5%, while W. European growth is at 16.6%.

Page 190 of 200