Five years after it bought its enterprise IT distribution business, Avnet has returned to the table to acquire the remainder of Germany-based datacentre solutions distributor Magirus for an undisclosed sum.
Privately-held Magirus has made in-roads into the world of datacentre virtualisation, building a substantial value-add business around Cisco, EMC and VMware solutions, a big turn-on for Avnet, according to Paul Gallagher, global president of Avnet Technology Solutions (ATS).
In a move designed to save money Avnet Technology Solutions has announced plans to reduce the number of Northern offices it keeps open reducing the number from two to three, with its Leeds base to be closed.
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