Madge Signs Wireless Distribution Agreement with
Northamber
Northamber to offer its reseller customers Madge’s range
of enterprise-class wireless security and management products
London: 23 March 2005 Madge, a supplier of enterprise
Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) management and security technology,
has announced the signing of an important distribution agreement with
the UK’s largest trade only IT distributor Northamber.
Under the terms, Northamber will offer its reseller customers Madge’s
range of enterprise-class wireless security and management products.
“This new agreement significantly enhances our distribution
network in the UK, by enabling us to leverage Northamber’s reputation
and close relationships with networking resellers.” said Martin
Malina, CEO of Madge.
"With this agreement, Northamber continues to develop and deliver
high margin opportunity product lines for its resellers. Wireless
is a key area of growth in today's IT industry, and provides our resellers
with a host of high-value service opportunities. The new WiFi products
fit perfectly with our existing wireless solutions, and strengthens
our successful relationship with Madge," said Henry Matthews,
managing director of Northamber Plc.
"A Wireless Intrusion Detection System (IDS) adds an indispensable
layer of security when deploying wireless solutions today. Its interoperability
with all wireless LAN infrastructures supporting any 802.11g/b/a,
and / or Bluetooth, ensures every reseller can take advantage of this
important business tool, independent of which vendor’s APs they
have deployed. Madge IDS competently answers today’s wireless
security concerns and we are currently introducing this to our customers
working on major UK projects,” said Rob Duggan, Networking Project
Manager, Northamber Plc.
About Northamber
Northamber is the longest-established
and widely recognized as the largest UK-owned Trade-Only distributor
of IT equipment within the UK. With strategic relations with industry-,
market- and technology-leading vendors such as IBM, Acer and Fujitsu
Siemens among many others, Northamber's acknowledged expertise and
breadth of product in Server, Storage, Networking, Security, Software,
Desktop, Notebook, Printing and Digital Imaging areas has meant that
Northamber has become the IT resellers' distribution partner of choice.
For more information about Northamber, please visit www.northamber.com.
Press contact: David Hennell +44 (0) 208 296 7000
About Madge Limited
Madge Limited is a global supplier of advanced networking product
solutions to enterprises, and is the market leader in Token Ring
networking. Madge is pioneering next generation networking solutions,
which enable the painless and secure deployment of Wireless networks
in enterprises while protecting customers' investments in existing
LAN’s. Madge has offices in UK, Germany and USA and distributors
and support services throughout the world. For more information
visit www.madge.com, or call +44 1628 408000
Press contacts:
UK: Tom Burgess +44 845 12 22 007
USA: Valerie Harding +1 617 536 8887
madge@bondpr.com
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