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Bell Micro Appoints Phil Roussey Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing
11/29/06
by CNN Money
Roussey, who previously held the position of executive vice president of the enterprise solutions division for Bell Micro, will assume new duties within the company, working directly for Don Bell, president and CEO of Bell Microproducts. As executive vice president of corporate marketing, Roussey will lead several important initiatives, including world-wide marketing, global supplier franchise strategies and corporate branding.
Bell commented that, "As a Bell Micro co-founder and industry veteran, Phil is an invaluable component of the Bell Micro team, and has contributed greatly to the company's growth and success over the years. In his new capacity, Phil will work closely with me and the executive staff to develop corporate positioning and strategies that will enhance Bell Microproducts' global market share and profitability."
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Bell Names EVP
11/29/06
by Byte and Switch
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bell Microproducts Inc. (NASDAQ:BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced the appointment of Phil Roussey to the position of executive vice president of corporate marketing.
Roussey, who previously held the position of executive vice president of the enterprise solutions division for Bell Micro, will assume new duties within the company, working directly for Don Bell, president and CEO of Bell Micro. As executive vice president of corporate marketing, Roussey will lead several important initiatives, including world-wide marketing, global supplier franchise strategies and corporate branding.
Distribution Executives Forge Tighter Links
11/27/06
by Scott Campbell
JIM ILLSON: This year we subtitled our annual report, "From Design to Deployment." The point was, we actually mapped out a report in which we offer a continuum that goes from design on the front end to deploying and maintaining on the back end, and there are four or five stages in there. Only one of those is what you would think of as being a traditional distribution route and shipment. Our goal in terms of helping people focus on storage solutions is really to look at how we can add value to what happens and how we can generate a revenue stream for ourselves, but also to add value to our partners by bundling our services into what we do. I see that percentage increasing.
SilverBack Pricing Play Shakes Up MSP Platform Arena
11/24/06
by Dan Neel
Just when solution providers looking for MSP platforms thought prices couldn't get any lower, SilverBack Technologies drops the big one.
SilverBack, widely considered the 800-pound gorilla of the platform makers, recently slashed its entry-level price to $2,999 from $76,500. The bombshell effectively reshapes the competitive landscape in the highly charged MSP platform arena. The price cut comes just weeks after perennial low-price rival LPI Level Platforms made a market-share grab by inking an exclusive deal with distribution giant Ingram Micro, and follows SilverBack's own wider grab at market share by way of a similar deal with Bell Micro.
Game On! Wintel Faces Challengers On The Desktop
11/22/06
by Edward F. Moltzen
The Galesburg, Ill., company's co-founder and president, Nathan Rockhold, isn't naive about the limited prospects for Linux on the desktop in 2007. R Cubed supports five different Linux desktop distributions but sells only about 30 Linux desktops per month.
Still, Rockhold believes that the compelling economics of an open-source desktop will drive more conversions once the stigma of running Linux on PCs dissipates. He noted that a Novell-supported Linux desktop with OpenOffice costs $50 per user per year while a similarly configured Microsoft desktop, without support, is more than $500.
That could be attractive for custom-system solution providers that have been struggling with profitability on desktop units. The more choices customers have, after all, the more competitive custom systems become.
As it is, the growing acceptance of Advanced Micro Devices processors as an alternative to Intel appears to be working to the custom-system channel's favor by driving down prices, spurring innovation and creating choices. And distributors say their system-building solution providers are increasingly embracing Linux in server and other applications. "We're seeing more customers putting investment behind Linux, and the feedback I'm getting is the margins are good," said Gammon, vice president of marketing at Bell Micro, San Jose, Calif.
Bell Micro Appoints John Vossoughi as Senior Vice President of Computer Products Marketing and System Builder Sales
11/15/06
by Bloomberg
Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced the appointment of John Vossoughi as senior vice president of computer products marketing and system builder sales. Vossoughi will draw upon his 18 years of technology sales and marketing experience to enhance, support and maintain Bell Microproducts' current position as the leading distributor of disk drives in the Americas. The addition of Vossoughi to the Bell Micro management team demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment to hiring the industry's best talent in order to address and respond to channel partners' needs. Tasked with expanding Bell Micro' market share and increasing product breadth and depth, Vossoughi will report directly to Jerry Kagele, president of North American distribution.
Bell Micro Names SVP
11/15/06
by Byte and Switch
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bell Microproducts Inc. (NASDAQ:BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced the appointment of John Vossoughi as senior vice president of computer products marketing and system builder sales. Vossoughi will draw upon his 18 years of technology sales and marketing experience to enhance, support and maintain Bell Microproducts' current position as the leading distributor of disk drives in the Americas.
Bell Micro Names Jerry Kagele as President of North American Distribution
11/14/06
by USA Today
Having previously served as executive vice president of computer products and the OEM division at Bell Micro, as well as in several executive level positions at other top tier distributors, Kagele is uniquely qualified to lead the company's North American distribution operations. Kagele will report directly to Jim Illson, president of the Americas and COO for Bell Micro, and will be responsible for all sales and marketing business units for North American distribution.
Bell Micro Names Jerry Kagele as President of North American Distribution
11/14/06
by Forbes
Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced the promotion of Jerry Kagele to president of North American distribution. Kagele brings over 18 years of experience managing commercial distribution and OEM markets to his new position.
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Bell Micro Partners With Fujitsu, LSI, Supermicro for SFF Connectivity
by Computer Technology Review
Bell Micro will deliver small form factor (SFF) serial connectivity in partnership with Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc., LSI Logic Corp. and Supermicro Computer.
Featuring Fujitsu's SFF Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives and LSI Logic's SAS3442X host bus adapter, the eight-drive bay Supermicro canister is designed to fit into existing enterprise enclosures. Users can now leverage SCSI technologies that customers expect in data centers with increased device support and bandwidth scalability, while reducing the overhead that challenges many SCSI environments.
Bell Micro names new president of North American distribution
11/14/06
by eChannel Line
Distributor Bell Microproducts Inc. has announced the promotion of Jerry Kagele to president of North American distribution. Kagele brings over 18 years of experience managing commercial distribution and OEM markets to his new position.
Sony resellers stick with AIT tape
11/14/06
by Jo Maitland
Jacques Guilloton, regional vice president for Bell Microproducts Inc. southwest division, said AIT technology is still a great product despite the recent compatibility issues. "All products go through a lifecycle, and if you don't reevaluate technology you could be cutting off your nose to spite your face." He added that more Bell Micro partners are sticking with the product than not.
Presto, Storage!
11/13/06
by Stan Gibson
Another option would have been to call on a storage service provider, such as IBM and its on-demand service. But Patel said the cost of Bell Micro' Hammer Z-Box SOIP (storage over IP) appliance was more attractive. "You're better off buying a box now, compared with using IBM or other services," said Patel.
Patel chose to deploy several Hammer Z-Box SOIP appliances. With only six employees, EOB One has little room on its payroll for a storage specialist, one reason Patel was attracted to the Hammer Z-Box, which he found very easy to use. Over the summer, Patel deployed the first Hammer Z-Box, which he was able to do in about 15 minutes without the aid of a network administrator. "Managing the drives and storage is very straightforward," said Patel.
Presto, Storage!
11/10/06
Broomfield, Colorado-absed eSoft, a provider of security gateways, said today that it has partnered with Bell Microproducts to distribute its products in Europe. Bell Micro will distribute eSoft's entire line of security gateways across Europe. Bell is a current distributor of eSoft's products in the United States. eSoft's gateway appliance provide firewall, VPN, anti-virus, IPS, web content filtering, and other security features.
Channel reveals Awards favourites
11/6/06
by Simon Meredith
Alex Tatham, director of commercial products at Bell Micro Europe, said: “I think IT Dealer will win. It is innovative and progressive and offers an outstanding service.”
But Steve Lockie, managing director of distributor Computer 2000 (C2000), thinks that Symbol Technologies deserves to win this award.
“Specialist vendor of the year is a great category,” Lockie said. “Interestingly, my tip for next year – Symbol Technologies – is already in this year’s nominations.”
Channel reveals Awards favourites
11/1/06
by Vanessa Ho
To help Bell Microproducts Inc. deliver security and networking products to its customer base, the value-added distributor of storage and computing technology has announced it has signed a distribution deal with NIKSUN Inc. to distribute NIKSUN's network performance monitoring and network security solutions.
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