Westcon Group European Operations announced that Comstor and
Westcon France have consolidated to become Westcon Group France. The
combined operations will be headed by General Manager Fabrice Tusseau,
formerly general manager of Comstor France. Olivier Frerebeau,
formerly general manager of Westcon France, has been appointed as
European new business initiative director, a position which
capitalizes on his previous success in developing customer markets.
In combining these divisions, Westcon Group France provides a
single point of contact to its customers, enabling them to source the
latest solutions in convergence and security. From an operational
perspective, this simplifies the sales, back office and logistic
functions, bringing a breadth of efficiencies to Westcon Group and, in
turn, its customers.
Barry Shakespeare, executive vice president, European sales and
operations, Westcon Group, commented: "The decision to optimize the
efficiency of our Westcon and Comstor organisations in France even
further has come about through direct requests from our customer
community -- the vast majority of who already sell multi-vendor
solutions.
Ultimately, this change will increase their ability to compete by
giving them access to our total range of convergence, security and
mobility solutions and support services. This organizational structure
has already been implemented in the UK and Benelux with great
success."
Tusseau will oversee the overall operations in France and be
responsible for all aspects of the business including sales, finance,
operations and marketing. Meanwhile Frerebeau, in his new role, will
be responsible for managing and developing relationships across EMEA
on behalf of Westcon Group France.
"Resellers in France are looking for a seamless way to obtain
advanced solutions from a single source," added Fabrice Tusseau. "The
best solutions in convergence and security indisputably involve
multiple vendors and a high degree of technical expertise. Nobody is
in a better position to deliver this than us, and our combined
operations strengthen our ability to carry this out."
About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty distributor of
networking, security and communications equipment for leading
technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks
Corporation and Avaya, Inc. Through its Westcon, Comstor and Voda One
divisions, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers,
systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has
particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video
applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol,
or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote
access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks,
videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information,
visit www.westcongroup.com.
