Pair of resellers look to start afresh
LANsition and Entec relaunch after liquidation and merger respectively
The channel still faces major economic and consolidation challenges, as two VARs faced the prospect of relaunching their businesses last week following trading complications.
Security reseller LANsition has been placed in voluntary liquidation and is relaunching as Think Secure, after its directors parted ways.
Paul McKinley, one of the directors at the firm, will leave to pursue other interests. Other directors Steve Jennings and Mark Woodward are taking charge of the new VAR.
Jennings said LANsition was placed into liquidation to enable the new company to start afresh.
"The firm was wound down in a controlled manner, and our customers and vendor and distribution partners have not been affected," he said. "We are now looking to expand our partner portfolio aggressively over the next few months." The company said it expects to pay its creditors.
LANsition launched in 1997 as a networking integrator but evolved into a mobility and security products and services provider.
Separately, anti-virus VAR Entec has entered administration as part of a merger deal.
It is merging with security consulting and managed services provider Evolution Systems, and has entered voluntary liquidation as part of the process.
Andi Robinson, managing director of Entec, who will take up the same role at Evolution, said the move was made because "only certain parts of the firm will be taken into the merger".
Entec said all employees will remain with the joint firm.
Nick Morse, managing director of Entec distribution partner MindShare, said it is good news that Entec's skills will be retained.
"We will deal with the merged company so nothing will change for us," he said.