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VIDEO IN-A-BOX LAUNCHED BY KONFTEL
KONFTEL HAS OPENED up the
video conferencing market to all
resellers following the launch of
its ‘video in-a-box’ innovation.
Konftel Collaboration is a range of
plug and play solutions designed
to make video conferencing
easy and great value for any
type of meeting room – based
on single USB cable to connect
a conference camera, speaker
phone and the room’s screen to
an app on a laptop.
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CALLWARE
The Sabio Group has acquired
Callware, a Spanish provider of
Workforce Optimisation (WFO), Unified
Communications and Cloud contact
centre solutions. The acquisition
follows Horizon Capital’s original 2016
strategic investment in Sabio, and is
part of an ongoing growth strategy.
1PORTAL
Virtual1 has released more
functionality which automates the
majority of moves and changes
requested by its partners and makes
the control of these all available
via 1Portal. The release delivers
features to optimise the flow of traffic,
including control of Quality of Service
settings and IPV4 routing.
GOING GREEN
Nimans has signed an environmental
management partnership with a
pledge to divert 100% of its waste
from landfill. Nimans has teamed-up
with local specialist JWS Waste to
reprocess over 100 tonnes of waste
consisting of tonnes of card, paper,
plastics and general waste.
UK Sales Director, Jeff May,
says with the explosion of huddle
rooms and wider collaboration
trends, now is the time for all
resellers to embrace video
conferencing.
“In the past we know many
resellers have been reluctant to
enter the VC market, avoiding
complex camera and codec
set-ups because it was too
complicated. They felt AV was
not for them so just stuck with
traditional audio conferencing.
But our latest innovation is
a great upgrade and upsell
opportunity as it’s a high quality
plug and play solution; video
conferencing for anyone and
every reseller can embrace this
type of technology.”
Flexible and modular with
different options depending on
room size and budget, prices
for a huddle room package start
from £419 RRP (ex VAT).
Westcon creates Tech Xpert
Community for partners
WESTCON HAS ANNOUNCED
the Westcon Tech Xpert
Community, an initiative
for partners to grow their
technical expertise and
solution-selling capabilities
without any hard-sell involved.
It is free to join and open to all
partner technical staff looking
to expand their knowledge,
build their skills and contribute
to a supportive and mentoring
community. The Tech Xpert
Community is for technical
people only, vendor agnostic
and led by Westcon’s pre-sales
solution architects.
Members benefit from
exclusive access to community
events, both online and offline.
Knowledge share events see
topics and issues aired where
members can engage in an open
dialogue with guest speakers,
vendor technical leads and
Westcon pre-sales team.
Mike Cox (pictured), Westcon
Vendor and Alliances Director,
said: “There is a lot of pressure
on partners to deliver ever
greater value to customers in a
more technologically complex
world. By sharing experiences
and building relationships with
technical peers, the Tech Xpert
Community gives individuals
the opportunity to learn from
each other and deepen their
understanding of technologies.
Ultimately everyone will be
able to design and build better
solutions at the crucial presales
stage and deliver greater
customer value.“
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