Azlan, the pan-European networking equipment distie, has issued a bullish trading update and says it is confident of the outcome of the financial year (ending March 31).

The company continues to "enjoy the strong growth experienced in the first half across all of its 15 European territories".

Progress "has also been made in the Training Business," with a growing franchise for Nortel optical switching, and a "number of supply contracts with major organisations including AT&T and Granada".

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Logitek is the latest casualty of broadline distribution, Microscope reports.
The company is making an orderly withdrawal from commodity lines such as Toshiba, and will regroup around its networking and security lines. The move will see job losses in the "single digits".

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PPortable Add-ons, the mobile peripherals distie that escaped from the ashes of bust distie Datrontech, officially relaunched yesterday, with new offices and an "enhanced" management team.