Holiday Celebrations Around the World
Asia Pacific
It’s Official: Comstor in Australia
In the last issue we brought you the great news of Comstor’s expansion to New Zealand, and they didn’t stop there. Our dedicated Cisco shop, Comstor, has launched in Australia.
“Comstor is one of two go-to-market brands within Westcon-Comstor and is well established globally as a dedicated Cisco business unit. Therefore, it makes sense to now also unite Cisco’s products under the Comstor brand in Australia and New Zealand to make it easier for solution providers to buy and sell Cisco,” said Dolph Westerbos, CEO WestconGroup.
Australia is one of the last markets in our multi-country network to experience the our dedicated Cisco business. Check out the full article in ARN.
Exchange Opportunity Benefits Staff and Company
What if you could not just visit, but get to live in another country, exploring new places and meeting new people without the hassle of having to start over looking for a great job? That’s exactly what two Westcon-Comstor Services team members were able to do. Dana Oertel, internal sales, and Felix Buehl, project manager, both call Berlin home, but for several months they got to be Australians living and working in Sydney.
Dana Oertel, Joe Mazza, Sam Zhang and Dean Hutchinson
Sam Zhang, Darryl Grauman, Joe Mazza, Dean Hutchinson and Felix Buehl.
From April through June 2015, Dana worked out of the Sydney office and was so thrilled with the experience, she wrote a blog about her time in Australia. Felix is currently covering the European night shift for the Support Hotline from the Sydney location.
“I’ve seen so many amazing things, been a part of some awesome activities and met a lot nice people,” says Felix of his Australian experience.
This exchange is great not only for the people who get to explore some place new, but it also improves how we work globally as a company. The cultural exchange improves our intercompany cooperation and lets Westcon-Comstor exchange more than staff, but also share best practices worldwide. It's an excellent way to use our greatest asset, our people, to make our company better.
Asia Pacific Update in Pictures
EMEA
Growth in the Nordics
Have you seen the new Business Transformation video? Check out the team’s growth in the Nordics.
Central Transformation Team Evolves
Jeremy Butt and David Grant explain why change is needed and which changes are coming as a result of the EMEA Business Transformation Programme.
EMEA Update in Pictures
Latin America
Westcon-Comstor Opens Operations Center in Ecuador
From left to right: Augusto Galindo, Santiago Cortez, Julio Cesar Carrion, Gabriela Robalino, Ricardo Caballero, Doris Reyes, Adriana Leon, Catalina Herrera, Helio Guimarães, Marcos Murata and Daniela Monar
From its new offices in Quito, Ecuador, Weston-Comstor will provide more opportunities to its local network of resellers, with large and efficient office spaces to provide training and networking.
“Our business model is 100 percent sales through our partners. We want to help our partners in their development and in their demand generation so that they can grow in the solutions that we distribute, which are specialized in Networking, Security and Data Center,” said Ricardo Caballero, regional director for Colombia and Ecuador.
The Quito office will only serve the local market, but it will still receive support from the Colombia office.
Latin America Update in Pictures
North America
Annual CONNECT Event “Connects the Dots” to Success
Westcon-Comstor’s annual CONNECT event in November united our teams, vendor sponsors and top reseller partners to share big moves and bold strategies. The event’s high-impact agenda focused on maintaining a competitive edge in Cloud, Networking, Services, Security, IoT/IoE, and Unified Communications and Collaboration.
Check out this video to see how Westcon-Comstor is “Connecting the Dots” to Success.
