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Westnet, a member of the Olympia group of companies and a leading distributor of IT and high technology products in Greece and Cyprus, adds in its portfolio the new models of Huawei laptops, MateBook D14 & D15.

Huawei is a global leader in the technology segment, providing innovative products and services.

The two new Huawei MateBook D, which were announced a few days ago in Barcelona, are here to change the reality in the category of laptops. The two new MateBook D14 & MateBook D15 models inherit the DNA of Huawei’s quality PC products, offering modern design, innovative technology and smart user experience. The FullView display with 1920×1080 Full HD resolution, the powerful performance, the quality of construction and the new features that come with the brand new models, such as the Huawei Share Multi-screen Collaboration feature, which allows for connectivity between laptop and smartphone with a simple touch, create a tempting proposition for technology-loving professionals. Equipped with a full, powerful and flexible range of smart features, the Huawei MateBook D series is the most loyal companion for those who want a laptop that will make their daily live enjoyable and productive.

In addition to their aforementioned features, the MateBook D14 and MateBook D15 have the all-new Huawei Share One Hop mode, through which smartphone and laptop connect and communicate on one screen, offering a unique experience with many features. Through this feature, the user can pass files from one device to another, see the content stored on his mobile directly on his computer screen, or use the keyboard, mouse and other peripheral devices to control his smartphone. The two devices “work together” harmoniously with each other, creating a working environment that is easy to use, fast and at the same time efficient. Another feature that makes the two new models standing out, is their small weight and size, making it easier to transport them.

Regarding the addition of Huawei’s new laptops, Westnet’s Commercial Manager – Consumer Division, Panos Kakoulidis, stated: “We are deepening our partnership with the global leader in technology, Huawei, and enriching our product portfolio with the latest releases of the company. We continue to faithfully serve our strategy, which aims to distribute the latest technology to our network of partners in Greece and Cyprus”.

Westnet, a member of the Olympia group of companies and a leading distributor of IT and high-tech products in Greece and Cyprus, enriches its product portfolio and announces the beginning of its cooperation with the company of telecommunications systems Avaya.

The Unified Communication & Collaboration solutions of Avaya enhance the productivity of a company’s employees by providing industry-leading integrated telecommunications capabilities such as calls, messages, video conferencing and meetings, regardless of whether users are in the office, work from home or move due to professional reasons. A complete range of telecommunications systems, advanced telephones, multimedia devices, video conferencing systems are offered to support the modern telecommunications needs of businesses, being an integral part of Avaya’s solutions. These tools are designed to provide simplicity while enhancing the user experience. This results to user satisfaction, increased productivity and at the same time a top communication experience.

The network of Avaya products that Westnet brings to Greece and Cyprus is complemented by the Contact Center solutions. They are designed with the aim of enhancing key measurable indicators of customer satisfaction who communicate through different channels (voice, chat, sms, video, email, web and social media) with a business. At the same time, the skills of employees (agents) who become more effective through the interactions with their customers, but also of Contact Center Managers who can now handle complex calls and better analyze customer behaviors, are upgraded, so that they finally draw complete conclusions that will lead to the increase of the company’s revenue.

Regarding the distribution of Avaya’s products and services, Westnet’s General Manager, George Daviotis, stated: “Westnet continues to support businesses in Greece and Cyprus with the most advanced and innovative solutions that create value and upgrade their operating model. Based on this goal, we do not stop developing existing partnerships but also building new ones that enhance the product portfolio of each business, confirming in practice our strategy”.

Avaya is a leading company in the telecommunications industry providing software, services and devices designed for businesses of all sizes. Typically, 19 of the world’s 20 largest banks trust Avaya’s solutions, while 93 of Forbes 2018’s 100 brands use its systems. Through the distribution of Avaya’s products and services, Westnet continues to offer technological products and customized solutions that respond to the modern, demanding and constantly changing business environment.

About Avaya

Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) is a global market leader in the industry of Contact Center, Unified Communication & Collaboration and Cloud. It develops open, convergent and innovative solutions to enhance and simplify corporate communications —in the cloud, on-premise or hybrid—enabling organizations and businesses of all sizes to digitally transform themselves and ensure technologically optimal ways of communication for customers, partners and employees. Learn more: https://www.avaya.com/en/

Westnet is deepening its collaboration with PFU, expanding its product portfolio to include the new professional scanners, a practical solution for businesses of all sizes.

The new additions include Fujitsu fi-800R, a new image scanner designed for the front desk environment, combining passport, ID and document scanning. The latest model in the fi Series delivers an innovative compact design with a state-of-the-art dual path mechanism that enables staff to complete all of their tasks in one place – meaning ID and documents never leave the customers’ sight.

Westnet is also adding two other PFU’s new scanner series to its product portfolio, both of which are ideal for small and home offices:

• The ScanSnap family includes scanners for personal use: compact and portable scanners, and larger ones mainly for use with desktop computers.
• Fujitsu fi & SP series offer innovative functions and cutting-edge technology for scanning files, and they also provide the speed and quality required by today’s office environments, regardless of the size of your company.

Through its distribution of PFU (EMEA) Limited’s new scanners, Westnet is continuing to provide technological products and targeted solutions that meet the current demands of the constantly evolving business environment.

Westnet’s General Manager, George Daviotis, stated: “We remain faithful to our commitment to provide our customers in Greece and Cyprus with state-of-the-art practical solutions for the professional needs of every company, regardless of size, deepening our already very successful collaboration with PFU (EMEA) Limited, the world’s leading scanner manufacturer. PFU (EMEA) Limited’s professional scanners are the last word in technology and enable professionals in every sector to do their day-to-day work quickly and effectively, maintaining a high level of quality in their services. The addition of the Fujitsu scanners to our product portfolio confirms our commitment to continuing to support small and large enterprises, providing them with reliable growth tools”.

• State-of-the-art professional wired and wireless network solutions for successful transition into the Internet of Things era
• Yet another successful strategic partnership with HPE

 Westnet, a member of the Olympia Group of companies, recently announced the launch of its distribution of the state-of-the-art professional networking solutions of Aruba, as subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), to its network of partners.

Through this expansion of its already longstanding partnership with the global technology giant HPE, Westnet is further enhancing its product portfolio with Aruba’s leading network switches and Wi-Fi access points, providing wired and wireless networking solutions that meet the high-performance needs of the most demanding networking applications.

Today, when mobile internet and IoT applications are changing the market at a rapid pace and are constantly creating new challenges for professionals and businesses, Aruba is the partner with the right tools to support successful transition to the new digital era. Changing networking rules through ready-made solutions for developers and partners, Aruba is client-centered, setting the goal of meeting the most difficult challenges that can arise in business operations.

Commenting on this major new partnership, Westnet’s General Manager, George Daviotis, said: “Aruba’s professional solutions are specially designed to meet the increasing demands of today’s wired and wireless networking, ensuring the successful digital transformation that every kind of business currently needs to achieve. Through this new addition to our product portfolio, we are faithfully implementing our strategy, the main points of which are to provide comprehensive solutions for our clients and to support Greek enterprises with trusted tools for digital – and other – growth”.

Westnet, a member of Olympia Group, received the great distinction “Best Performance – Distribution Business” in the Cypriot market for 2018, in the context of the special annual event held this year by HP for its partners.

This new award by the technological giant HP, following the corresponding distinction that Westnet was awarded in 2015 for the Greek market, comes to top off the long-standing, high-level collaboration between the two companies. At the same time, this distinction constitutes, yet again, practical recognition of Westnet as an exceptional strategic partner of HP, guided by continued business excellence with the criteria of excellent economic performance, the promotion of innovative business solutions, and achievement of excellent levels of customer satisfaction.

Nikos Tsarouchas, Country Manager for Westnet Cyprus, received the award, stating: “This distinction confirms the faith in our vision of creating long-term relationships of trust with our suppliers. The fact that it comes from the international leader HP, one of our most strategic partners for a number of years, gives us great joy, as well as strength to continue to be a proven reliable distributor of integrated technological solutions with high added value that strongly increase our customers’ competitiveness.”

The award ceremony took place on Wednesday, 29^th May 2019, at the “Gaia” Centre of the Goulandris Natural History Museum, in the context of the “HP Annual Partner Event”, in celebration of the 80^th anniversary of the founding of Hewlett Packard.

Westnet has been doing business in Cyprus since 2017, providing the local market with its entire extended portfolio of products. Westnet Cyprus is already growing at a fast pace, representing a strategic choice for clients and suppliers for the distribution of top technology products.

• Strong growth in turnover for 2018: €101.2 million (+11% y.o.y.)
• Significant improvement in EBITDA 2018: €2.36 million (+18% y.o.y.)
• Increase in profit before tax by 188% y.o.y to 784,000, up from 272,000 in 2017
• An effective business strategy and strong prospects for 2019

The financial figures announced by Westnet, a member of Olympia Group, paint a successful year for 2018, completely affirming the strategic plan that the company is adhering to. More specifically, Westnet, which is active in the field of distribution of computer and high technology products, announced a turnover of €101.2 million for financial year 2018, which exhibited a significant rise of 11%compared to 2017 (€91 million). In addition, operating profitability (EBITDA) marked a significant rise of 18%, which reached €2.36 million, compared to €1.99 million in 2017. Finally, Westnet’s profit before tax for 2018 exhibited a spectacular rise, as this appeared to be up by 188% y.o.y, amounting to €784,000, up from €272,000 in 2017.

Westnet’s positive financial results for 2018, despite the difficult economic environment, confirm the company’s strategy in practice, which led to strengthening of Westnet’s exclusive partnerships with regard to new product categories, the development of a new client base and increased maturity in categories such as Notebooks, Smartphones, Gaming, and televisions.

As milestones for the past year, the significant growth in sales of Westnet’s subsidiary in the Cypriot market is notable, as well as the addition of new categories in the company’s diversified product portfolio and the inclusion of Toshiba consumer batteries. The additional investment in the company’s workforce was significant, both in terms of training as well as  attracting experienced executives for the new product categories in which Westnet entered to.

Commenting on the year’s financial results, Westnet’s General Manager, George Daviotis, noted: “2018 was a year of strong performance for Westnet. Despite the continued obstacles in the country’s macroeconomic environment, we managed to mark significant growth and to overcome, for the first time, the €100 million mark in sales. Committed to our strategy, we look forward to another strong year in 2019, with additional growth of our share in Greece and Cyprus, further development of strategic partnerships, as well as attracting new.”

Westnet, a member of the Olympia Group of Companies, organized its first partner meeting in Cyprus. At the event, which took place on Wednesday, March 6^th at the Hilton Cyprus Hotel, innovative products and solutions were presented from HP Inc. and HPE – Aruba, which Westnet represents both in Cyprus and Greece.

The event was attended by more than 100 executives, representing more than 80 companies operating in Cyprus. HP Inc. and HPE – Aruba were represented by HP’s Distribution & Commercial Channel Manager, Harris Amourgis and HPE Territory Manager – Aruba, Kostas Libanos respectively. The event was opened by Nikos Tsarouchas, Country Manager of Westnet Cyprus, presenting the company, which has gained a significant share in the distribution of technology products in a year of presence in the Cypriot market.

George Daviotis, General Manager of Westnet, said: “Westnet Cyprus is growing rapidly, and just one year after our expansion to the Cypriot market, we have managed to develop a significant network of partners which gave a dynamic presence to our first event in the country. By partnering with a number of leading companies in the global market, such as HP Inc. and HPE – Aruba, we are able to offer value-added services and products to our clientele, which includes companies in a wide range of activities. Such meetings, in which the most experts offer direct information and know-how on the latest technology regarding the products of our portfolio, are an integral part of our strategy and will be organized frequently in Greece and Cyprus”.

Westnet, a leading distributor in Greece and Cyprus of top IT and tech products, has selected the ECOS E-Invoicing and ECOS EDI cloud services of SoftOne (a member of Olympia Group of companies).

The ECOS E-Invoicing and ECOS EDI services have been fully integrated with Westnet’s existing business software, leading from the very first day to the modernization of all receiving and shipping processes as well as to significant improvements of service quality, thus further strengthening the company’s relationships with existing customers, suppliers and other business partners.

Operating on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform, ECOS E-Invoicing allows Westnet to easily manage the huge number of issued invoices, freeing it up from the time-consuming and costly processes of printing, archiving, enveloping and mailing paper invoices.

At the same time, ECOS EDI helps the company to instantly exchange electronic data and paperless documents with its partners, regardless of the business software they use, ensuring maximum data accuracy and eliminating processing delays and manual errors in registration. Utilizing ECOS EDI, Westnet has real-time visibility across its entire supply chain, including warehouse receiving, stock replenishment, occurring delivery delays etc. In this way, Westnet is able to better schedule goods receipts and deliveries, efficiently manage orders, sales and stock items, as well as timely inform its customers (and their accounting departments), drastically accelerating the total sales cycle.

Konstantinos Magouras, CFO of Westnet, stated: “ECOS cloud services fully meet our need to effectively communicate with a large number of suppliers and customers. The instant and secure exchange of electronic data and documents is totally aligned with our philosophy for building long-term relationships of trust with every partner.”

Westnet, a member of the Olympia Group of Companies, announces that Mr. George Daviotis, until recently Commercial Director of the company, took over as General Manager of the company from 1/1/2019.

Mr. Daviotis has been with the company since its inception in 2005 and has many years of experience in the market of products distribution.

In these past 13 years Mr. Daviotis contributed decisively to Westnet’s dynamic growth through the important role of Commercial Director with extensive responsibilities in the company’s commercial development with new product categories and new collaborations, while enhancing its nationwide customer network.

ASUS recently launched two new ultramodern portable computers, further strengthening the spectrum of the high-end models it currently offers in the market. The new models, which will be made available by Westnet in the Greek market, are the following: ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 and ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II.

Under the slogan “Unleash your creative power”, the ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 model is a powerful laptop designed for special as well as demanding creative applications, whereas the model ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II constitutes the latest gaming laptop of ASUS with high requirements which will fully and absolutely satisfy even the most demanding users and outperform all the other new product releases in the market of video games.

At the same time, having always the objective to offer not only cutting edge technology products but also a top user experience to all consumers, ASUS presented also the ASUS ROG CLUB, which is a target group created exclusively for the owners and users of the ASUS ROG laptops. The group offers to its members unique presents as well as many benefits.

The two new notebooks of ASUS are available in the Greek market by Westnet. The already successful partnership of the two companies with regard to the import and distribution in Greece of laptops, gaming laptops, computers, mobile phones, peripherals and other technology products of this leading technology group, ASUS, has been further strengthened, thus demonstrating the effective strategic plan of Westnet towards the creation of partnerships with multiple benefits.

THE NEW ZENBOOK PRO
The new ZenBook Pro 15 from ASUS, features the new ScreenPad ™ which is an unparalleled innovation exclusively made by ASUS combining in a smart way an auxiliary high definition touch screen with a touchpad, and therefore offering the ability for flexible and simultaneous use of classical Windows applications along with special apps such as the ScreenPad Apps. The other features of the powerful ZenBook Pro 15 include the processor of up to 8th generation Intel® Core ™ i9, up to 16GB RAM, the graphics card GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti as well as a hard disc PCIe x4 SSD up to 1TB allowing the non-stop use of the laptop from demanding both business as well as gaming users. There is also the most updated wireless and wired connectivity, featuring the 802.11 ac gigabit class Wi-Fi, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3, USB Type A and standard ports HDMI, Wi-Fi gigabit ports as well as Thunderbolt™ 3. Finally, the model has an LCD 15,6” screen, 4Κ, UHD NanoEdge PANTONE® with 100% color quality ΔΕ (Delta-E) with <2.0 color accuracy, as well as a powerful certified sound system Harman Kardon of leading standards. All above features are combined on ideal manner with the laptop’s lean and elegant design from aluminum, along with the metallic finishing in a luxurious Deep Dive Blue color with pink and golden details.

ROG Strix SCAR II
The latest model of the popular ROG series of ASUS gaming notebooks, ROG Strix SCAR II, has an almost brand new design distinguished for the very thin margin of the screen, the new structure of the keyboard with signs that have been inspired from the Kevlar and the front lighting lamp Aura Sync. All these features make the new model absolutely unique. ROG Strix SCAR II is a brand-new version of the successful portable gaming computer “esports” exclusively created for FPS games. It has an 144Hz screen monitor with the ultrafast 3ms GTG response time, a HyperStrike Pro keyboard for much improved control along with the HyperCool Pro technology for an even more efficient cooling of the CPU, therefore offering the highest GPU performance. Moreover, it is the first portable computer in the world featuring a Wi-Fi multi-antenna for even more improved connectivity.

ASUS ROG CLUB
Anyone purchasing the model ROG Strix SCAR II, as well as any other model of the ASUS ROG series from the company’s authorized distributors in Greece, have the ability to become members of the ASUS ROG Club, which is the club with the most exclusive benefits for the owners and users of ROG laptops. The members of the ASUS ROG Club have the opportunity, among other things, to test the new ROG portable computers as soon as they become available in the Greek market, to participate in tournaments organized by ASUS, to have special access and get free-of-charge tickets for various events organized by ASUS as well as to collect and cash out points therefore being awarded various gifts and other tournament awards which are exclusive granted to the members of the club. More information about the model ASUS ROG Club can be found at the web-page https://www.asusplus.gr/gr/rogclub/.