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April 2025, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, proudly announces that it has received two prestigious distributor awards at the Motorola Executive Partner Forum 2025, held in Madrid on Thursday 10th April.  The awards were presented to Mayflex representatives Matt Brayshaw, Converged Technology Account Manager and Hani Roumieh, MEA Regional Director.


Paxton’s longstanding access control system Net2 receives its latest software update. The highly anticipated new feature Checkpoint Control supports COVID-secure sites and officially launched on the 24th September 2020. This additional functionality helps Net2 users to protect employees and visitors by monitoring and approving people as they enter buildings.

Throughout the first half of 2020 the creation of Checkpoint Control was underway, along with the unforeseen global spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. During this time lockdown and social distancing restrictions in many…

Excel Networking - the copper and optical fibre infrastructure provider - is delighted to announce that they are the number one cabling brand in the UK market, with 21% market share.

BSRIA, the UK-based testing, instrumentation, research and consultancy organisation, published their World Market for Structured Cabling report in April 2020, where the announcement was reported.

Andrew Percival, Managing Director commented, “This is a fantastic achievement and I’m proud of everyone in the team who has played a part in pushing Excel to reach this point.  The market is very…

September 2020, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, is pleased to announce the  appointment of Melanie Day, who joins the business in the role of Head of Channel Sales for Hikvision, a new position focused on the management and development of sales of Hikvision solutions into the reseller market.

Melanie joins Mayflex with a wealth of experience in the security industry, and in particular, the leading manufacturer of CCTV solutions, Hikvision.

Commenting on the appointment Tom Filce, Director of Sales for Security said ‘I’m delighted that Melanie is joining…

September 2020, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, is pleased to announce that Simon Jacobs has joined the business in the role of AV Market Manager.

This newly created position will see Simon responsible for developing and introducing a range of passive AV products and accessories to add to the Mayflex product portfolio.

Andrew Percival, Managing Director commented “We are pleased to welcome Simon to our business, we believe that he is the perfect fit for this role bringing with him over 20 years’ experience of the AV market.

Andrew continued “Simon…

Excel, the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of its Enbeam Blown Fibre Solution with immediate effect.   

The system includes a range of microducts from single to multiway in designs suitable for either internal or external applications, complemented with Enhanced Fibre Performance Units (EPFU) of 4 through to 12 fibre in both single and multimode.  Systems installed by authorized Excel partners will be able to include this new system within the standard Excel 25-year warranty programme.

Ross McLetchie, Mayflex Sales Director…

September 2020, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, is pleased to announce that Andy Murray has joined the Mayflex team in the role of Infrastructure Field Sales Account Manager with responsibility for the M25 corridor.

Andy Murray comes to Mayflex with extensive knowledge and experience having previously worked for Comtec for over 6 years and TE Connectivity as a Distribution Manager for 10 years prior to that.

Ross McLetchie, Sales Director said ‘We are delighted to welcome Andy to the team, he has an excellent reputation within the industry, and we believe…

August 2020, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, is pleased to announce that Avigilon has now achieved the ‘Secure by Default’ certification across their product range.   This means that all four security camera vendors available from Mayflex including; Axis, Avigilon, Hikvision and MOBOTIX as well as open platform VMS provider Milestone are now ‘Secure by Default’ certified.

Secure by Default is a standard set out by the Surveillance Camera Commissioner to ensure that the default configuration settings of a product have the most secure settings possible, thereby…

August 2020 – Excel, the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider, has announced the availability of a new range of unscreened RJ45 field terminated plugs, boots and tools with immediate effect.  

The FAST solution is also easy to use. The plugs are compatible with both Category 5e and 6 cables and can be purchased with or without blade style high density transparent strain relief boots.

The fast and easy installation is achieved thanks to the push through design of the plug body, as well as the use of a single tool to terminate the plug, position the boot…

Suprema, a global leader in access control, biometrics and time & attendance solutions, announced on 4th August that it has integrated its devices with Paxton’s access control system, Net2. The integration will enable organizations to use Suprema’s devices in combination with Net2.

Clients using Paxton’s Net2 can now easily add Suprema fingerprint or face recognition devices to existing PIN or RFID card-based access control systems by installing Suprema Integration with Paxton Net2. The integration lets Suprema devices communicate with a Net2 controller via Wiegand by matching…