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Top European Distributor Esprinet Joins the Global Technology Distribution Council
Global Technology Distribution CouncilJanuary 20, 2021 GMT
CEO Alessandro Cattani will also join the GTDC Executive Committee, help drive organization’s strategic direction in 2021
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) today announced an expansion of its global reach and influence with the addition of Esprinet (PRT.MI), a leading distributor in Europe, to its membership ranks.
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“The addition of Esprinet strengthens the caliber and expertise of our world-class membership base,” said GTDC CEO Frank Vitagliano. “They position us to better serve the needs of today’s technology vendors, resellers, solution providers and retailers with their innovative approach to the channel and set us up for continued success in 2021.”
Jan 14, 2021
The ICT channel pivoted to the cloud in 2020 and is poised to reap rewards as a result, new research from market intelligence group Context reveals.
The finding is just one of several highlighted in the company’s ChannelWatch Report 2020. In this latest edition, Context captures the behaviours, opinions and attitudes of ICT channel companies which are responsible for the sale and integration of hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of goods and services annually.
To compile the annual ChannelWatch report, Context polls partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The ChannelWatch Report 2020, which polled more than 7 000 channel partners, reveals several important findings. The number of resellers that provide cloud technology solutions to their clients, for example, jumped sharply in 2020 compared to 2019. In particular, the percentage of ICT channel companies that implemented cloud backup, disaster recovery and storage solutions in 2020 increased to 70% in 2