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Azlan completes management team as Dunn takes HP role

People in a contract negotiation

Distributor puts finishing touches to organisational reshuffle with appointment of Nigel Dunn to oversee key vendor's sales

24 Jan 2012

Colin McGregor

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14 Dec 2011

Corrigan grabs hold of Azlan’s mane

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Former Arrow man to spearhead rival’s Enterprise and Access Networking activities

13 Dec 2011

Welch and Walker depart in TDAzlan rejig

Azlan parts ways with Avaya in UK

Good week/Bad week

We round up who's on a high and who's gone awry over the last seven days

28 Nov 2011

Welch and Walker depart in TDAzlan rejig

Veteran execs moving on to pastures new as distributor implements vendor-specific management roles

16 Nov 2011

Azlan parts ways with Avaya in UK

But parent group Computer 2000 will continue to work with the networking vendor in other EMEA territories

30 Sep 2011

Azlan "committed to UC" despite Avaya rumours

Questions raised over future of Avaya's relationship with one of its four UK distributors

23 Sep 2011

Ex-Azlan man Shepperd replaces Shorten as Avaya UK boss

Andrew Shepperd appointed vendor's UK chief as Lee Shorten hits road to pursue other opportunities

26 Aug 2011

Avnet in the picture with LifeSize

Distributor adds video vendor to UC portfolio

15 Jul 2011

Azlan wins a Ward

Distributor appoints new HP ESSN business manager to spearhead value-add drive

09 Jun 2011

Jewell purpose

ChannelWeb catches up with Brocade's new channel chief Marcus Jewell

12 Apr 2011

Steady as she goes for LifeSize distribution

Video conferencing vendor plans no further shake-ups post-Azlan split

11 Mar 2011

LifeSize leaves Azlan's pride

Videoconferencing vendor parts ways with distributor in the UK, but continues to partner with Tech Data elsewhere

01 Mar 2011

Azlan sinks claws into Pillar

Distributor and vendor join forces for unified storage push

01 Feb 2011

Azlan accelerates value shift

The distributor’s head honcho Ian French talks credit, communications and cloud as he lays out his plans for 2011

26 Jan 2011

Tandberg distributors prepare assault

TDAzlan and Comstor gear up for video push

21 Jan 2011

Avnet brushes off Tandberg axe

Distributor points to Avaya success after Cisco trims UK distribution line-up for recent acquisition

12 Jan 2011

Snow-hit distributors battle on

No repeat of January’s carnage, despite heavy snow in parts of the country

01 Dec 2010

Regret but little surprise at Nimans Avaya axe

Vendor was always likely to streamline UK distribution line-up after buying Nortel, say channel observers

17 Nov 2010

Avaya wields distribution axe

Resellers fear for Nimans as comms vendor prepares to rationalise UK line-up

29 Oct 2010

Azlan tears off chunk of VC-NET’s business

£10m VAR to begin purchasing Tandberg and Cisco products from distributor

18 Oct 2010

Azlan snares BT Engage IT director

Joe Breen joins distributor's enterprise team

07 Oct 2010

TDAzlan on prowl for Avaya partners

Distributor to launch roadshow, telemarketing and lead generation activities to help claw in resellers for new vendor partner

13 Sep 2010

Hungry Azlan pursues value-add success

Distributor eyes up services move after sealing Avaya deal in the UK

09 Aug 2010

Azlan brings Tandberg distribution deal to UK

Comms distributor expands it relationship with Cisco-owned videoconferencing player

27 Jul 2010

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