The sudden and strange rumors about the purchase of Ericsson seems to have died out as quickly as they arose, but Cisco spender pants have nevertheless gone on during the week.
networking giant is namely going to buy British Acano, a company that supplies hardware and software for Web conferencing.
Cisco’s bid is the equivalent of 6 billion and the deal is expected to close in the third quarter of Cisco’s fiscal year.
– Acano have a solution very appealing to many clients and has quickly made a big impression on the market. Their portfolio includes, among other things, bridges and gateways for audio and video conferencing with the high level of interoperability, says Cisco’s Sweden-CEO Niklas Andersson about their upcoming buddies.
Google’s Sweden-president drop out
After about two years leaves Anders Berglund job as CEO of Google Sweden. He will, however, be retained for a transitional period, and replaced initially by David Sneddon, who is the business manager for Google in Germany. But the plan is that a new Country Manager Sweden will be recruited.
Anders Berglund says to Dagens Media that it is his own decision, explaining why he chose to leave after only two years as follows:
– You can , of course, like that two years is a short or long time, but at Google we have such a speed that two years is quite a long time.
Industry acquaintance takes over on Fortinet
Lars Berggren will be the new Country Manager Sweden at security company Fortinet. His mission is primarily to build a strong channel business in Sweden.
– Fortinet want to invest in Sweden and build a strong team of skilled employees and a market leader partners. It feels fantastic to join the team and build on past successes, he says of the mission.
Lars Berggren has once worked in IT brancshen in 30 years. He comes from Check Point, but he has also served as Country Manager Sweden at Extreme Networks and has worked on Måldata.
Evry replace the chairman after the arrest
Evrys Chairman Jo Lunder, who was recently arrested at Gardermoen in connection with the investigation into Telenor’s business in Eurasia, now leaving his assignment at the Nordic consultancy giant. He justifies the decision to get off Evryuppdraget that he “need to focus on their personal situation”. Salim Nathoo from the major shareholder Apax will now take over as the new chairman.
Blekinge Cloud buying games running
Swedish cloud provider City Network buys his Karlskrona Colleague Fragnet, which specializes in management services for the gaming market. These include games like Battlefield, Day Z and Minecraft among the company’s operating customers. Fragnet, with six employees, will be integrated in the City Network and all the staff and customers accompany the acquisition.
– The gaming market has has long been one of the driving verticals for cloud-based solutions, and companies in other industries often use them as a reference in their work to make their infrastructure more flexible and cost effective, says City Networks CEO Johan Christenson of the acquisition.
Middle East next to Nexus
Swedish Nexus is now moving into the Middle East, and it is done with the help of the Dubai-based distributor Shifra. The new initiative primarily concerns the company’s platforms within the Public Key Infrastructure, PKI.
– the Middle East an economically sound region and we feel that there is a strong demand these types of security solutions, says Nexus CEO Lars Pettersson.
Aller communicate with TDC
TDC has been commissioned to deliver a communication solution to Aller in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Newspaper publishing company hired former Global Connect, but has now chosen to switch to a WAN solution from TDC. An exact number is not specified, but it is according to TDC for millions, and the contract period is three years.
Småland party for Konica Minolta
Koneo and Konica Minolta has won a local business in Småland. The procurement of MFP printers have been carried out jointly by the Scottish local authorities and its companies. The agreement is valid for two years with a possible extension of one year plus one year. Konica Minolta will account for the products and Koneo in Jönköping stands for the installation, operation and service.
– Konica Minolta met all pledged to be requirements in the tender and submitted the lowest tender price Therefore, we have chosen Konica Minolta as a supplier, Helen says Engdahl, Eksjö municipality, which is responsible for procuring.
HTC wants to reach businesses with Overpriced
Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC takes the help of the distributor Overpriced. The new Scandinavian agreement is HTC’s smartphones, and the focus is primarily corporate market.
– Overpriced is a strong player in the B2B segment where we are not yet have fulfilled our potential. Now we look forward to establishing a mutually beneficial partnership, reads the comment from HTC’s Nordic leader Jan Costa Thiele.
Lenovo takes the HP-treat
HP-profile Pascal Bourguet picked up by Lenovo for leading product and channel business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He comes from HP, where he worked on consumer PCs. He previously held other heavy tasks at HP and has also worked at Philips.
– His experience speaks for itself, but his passion and way of doing business to will be a great addition to our management team, says Lenovo’s EMEA chief Eric Cador.
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