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Excel Networking Solutions, the copper and optical cabling infrastructure provider, has been announced as a finalist in two categories for this year’s DCS Awards. The categories are Data Centre PDU Product of the Year for the Intelligent PDU Family, as well as Data Centre Cabinets and Racks Product of the Year for the Co-Location Rack, launched into the comprehensive series of Environ racks and cabinets in Q4 2017.

The DCS awards are designed to reward the product designers, manufacturers, suppliers and providers operating in the data centre arena. The awards ceremony is taking place on the 24th May at The Grange St Paul’s Hotel, London.

Tracey Calcutt, Marketing Manager commented “It is great news that products from the Excel family have been acknowledged by the Data Centre industry. Our product range is constantly evolving and expanding to ensure we can offer a variety of solutions to a whole host of applications.”

The full list of finalists for every category is available to view online.  Voting opens on 9th April and will close on 11th May, ready for the London-based awards ceremony at the end of the month.

Tracey continued “Excel recently showcased a selection of new products at the Data Centre World show in London and the Cloud Computing Exhibition in Paris, both of which featured new Copper and Enbeam fibre products, Enbeam fibre duct trunking and a range of Environ racks with accessories, including the Co-Location Rack in London.”

Tracey concluded “In addition to the products we have also recently published the latest Excel Encyclopaedia edition 4 which is an excellent educational tool for any data centre manager to reference with regards to their network infrastructure. Alongside this we have a range of new and informative videos on our Youtube channel.”

For further details on how Excel products can provide the right solutions for the Data Centre market, visit the website.

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Excel Networking Solutions – the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider – has appointed a new Business Development Manager in France. Enzo Loupy joined the business on 3rd April 2018, beginning with a three week induction programme to familiarise himself with the Excel Networking team.

Enzo joins Excel’s international team after a year-long Technical Sales internship with Sonepar France as well as almost two years’ experience working with electrical and digital building infrastructure company, Legrand.

Aurelie Pernin, Excel Country Manager – France, commented, “I am delighted to welcome Enzo on board.  He has a wealth of experience in the industry, and his knowledge and confidence will be pivotal in helping Excel to secure more market share in the French region.”

She continued, “Enzo will be working closely with our existing international team. He will be the driving force behind enhancing our communication and activities throughout France to help promote the Excel System Offering to new contacts.”

Speaking of the role, Enzo commented, “I am looking forward to facing the challenges of this new role with Excel. I am confident that I can use my experience in the industry to promote the Excel product range throughout France to support the existing international team.”

Enzo continued, “I am looking forward to working closer with one of Sonepar’s companies to identify new opportunities to support the business’s future growth.”

To find out more about Excel Networking, please visit our website.

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Excel Networking Solutions – the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider – has appointed a new Director of Sales for the North America region, widening their international footprint as a worldwide brand, striving to maintain and improve their global vision and values to deliver the Excel brand across the globe –without compromise.

Nadeen Tisi, International Sales Director for Excel Networking, commented, “Positioning the Excel brand in the Americas is not only a massive step forward in terms of our international status, but also a financial and impressionable message to all our customers and competition that we are a true global brand, seeking to continually evolve our products and service within the worldwide market.”

Paul Mills joined the business on 5th March 2018, although this is not the first time he has worked with the company.  In 2005 Paul was the Sales Manager for Mayflex, owner of the Excel brand. He has since gained a wealth of experience in the field with his own installation company in the UK, as well as working in America for a number of years within the structured cabling and distribution industry.

Nadeen continued, “I am pleased to welcome Paul back to the business. He has an extensive knowledge of the American market opportunities and product requirements, so this is an exciting time for Excel’s international team.”

Talking about the role and the challenges to come, Paul commented, “I am very excited to be back working with some familiar faces and look forward to meeting some of the team members I have not worked with before.”

Paul continued, “The Excel brand has continually grown in West Europe and the Middle East, giving a solid foundation to support further growth and become a key player within the USA.”

Paul concluded, “I truly believe that we have the product portfolio, technical expertise and marketing prowess to establish ourselves in North America; I am looking forward to the challenge!”

To find out more about Excel Networking, please visit our website.

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March 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has made some improvements to its website to enhance and improve the experience of its visitors. The enriched search and navigation functions now make it far easier for visitors to browse, find and buy the products that they are looking for. In addition, users can also search by product code to take them to a specific item.

The new intuitive navigation allows a user to browse and traverse through all departments,categories and featured brands quickly and easily. This not only saves time but locates key features quickly and easily with a single click. The powerful predictive search finds products, popular searches and categories as a user types in the search field, again making it faster and easier to find exactly what is required.

Tracey Calcutt, Marketing Manager at Mayflex comments. “These new features are providing our customers with the tools needed to quickly and easily locate product information and in turn assist them with the online ordering process. The main homepage has also been re-designed to better equip us to highlight and convey useful, relevant and important information to users.”

Tracey continued, “Our in-house web development team allows us to take customer feedback on board and incorporate it quickly into our existing site. It is one of our primary goals to continually improve our customer’s online digital experience.”

The Mayflex website, also gives users access to the Xtra online ordering system which has many benefits including, viewing actual account pricing, ordering online up to 8pm for next day delivery, QuickEDI which allows for a list of product codes and quantities to be uploaded plus much more beneficial information that customers can access quickly.

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March 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has recently seen a team of staff from across the business complete a 12-month Talent Development Programme (TDP). The Mayflex TDP started in early 2017 and was completed in February 2018. The programme which will run with a new set of candidates throughout 2018-2019, looks at developing individuals personal and business knowledge recognising that not all development is focused at heading towards an ultimate goal of becoming a manager.

6 delegates from a range of departments across the business attended a series of workshops covering strategic leadership, applied finance, Sonepar management training and presentation skills as well as participating in team building events, a volunteer day and completing a group project to present to several company directors. All of this ran alongside individual mentoring sessions with a company director.

Clare Lundberg, HR Director at Mayflex commented, “I am delighted with how well the Talent Development Programme has been received within the business. It has been a great success with some wonderful feedback received from all those that took part. Each individual experienced a number of different benefits from the many aspects of the content delivered.”

Clare continues, “Well done to all involved on the completion of the programme. We look forward to seeing each member of staff continue on their development journey”.

The TDP is one of the many initiatives that have been introduced at Mayflex to ensure employees are given the opportunity to develop and grow their knowledge and skills within the business. Running alongside this Mayflex is also launching a new Wellbeing initiative, to encourage and recognise the importance of health and general wellbeing on employee engagement. 

For further details about the product ranges distributed by Mayflex, visit www.mayflex.com.

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February 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has launched a new brochure to showcase a number of services that it provides to support its customers. ‘Specialist Support Services’ from Mayflex formerly ‘Mayflex Channel Assist’ are a range of services which are ideal for projects with limited time available onsite or for rapid deployment projects.

The services available include, product labelling, pre-terminated copper and fibre assemblies, the pre-staging of IP devices, camera and bracket spraying, configured racks, on site rack assembly, ‘Placement Plus’ delivery and Fluke support services.

Richard Cann, Technical Services Manager at Mayflex comments, “Having a partner that can deliver fully tested, readymade or ready configured and pre-assembled solutions helps remove the pressure of delivering a project in a limited amount of time. These services assist our customers with the fast deployment of products whilst at the same time reducing their costs by removing the need to invest in specialist equipment, labour and management costs.”

Richard continues, “Each service is carried out by our team of trained experts who are located in our Birmingham headquarters. The configured cabinet on site build service actually deploys members of the team to site to carry out an installation on behalf of our customers. Camera and bracket spraying is the newest of our services introduced towards the end of 2017. This is a service which sprays cameras and the associated brackets and fittings to a bespoke RAL colour. A service that we are seeing more and more demand for, providing clients with a discreet and stylish security system for their establishments.”

Richard concluded “Our Fluke Support Services is ideal for customers that buy a Fluke tester with Gold Support but don’t have the time or capacity to keep track of when servicing or re-calibration is required.  We will look after this completely and what’s more there isn’t a cost for doing so if the tester has been purchased from Mayflex.”

For further details on the full range of ‘Specialist Support Services’ from Mayflex download the new brochure.

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February 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has seen its 100th trainee successfully complete accredited vendor training at its offices in Birmingham. Nina Waugh, CCTV engineer at Videcom Security Ltd completed the Dahua certified installer course during January and passed with a class leading perfect score of 100% in her end of course exam.

Videcom Security Ltd is a specialist CCTV and secure PtP Wi-Fi video surveillance installation and maintenance company. They are a Dahua Technology UK Integrator Partner who have worked with Mayflex for a number of years as their distribution partner of choice.

James Vian, Training and Vendor Manager at Mayflex comments, “Our training academy is equipping customers with the industry recognised qualifications they need to go out into the marketing place and successfully win projects and complete installations for a range of vendor partner products and services.”

James continues, “A wide variety of courses are run on a regular basis at our offices in Birmingham, London, St Neots and Scotland, giving customers the opportunity to attend free training in a location accessible to them.”

Bill Mead, Managing Director of Videcom Security Ltd comments, “I am delighted that Nina has completed the training course with such an outstanding score. Videcom continually invests in its staff to ensure they are qualified to the highest levels for a wide range of vendors. Obtaining Dahua certified installer status is providing us with further opportunities and product ranges to offer our customer base.”

Bill continued, “Once again, well done Nina, lets add this recognition to the list of your existing achievements. Thanks to James and Mayflex for providing the training.”

For further details on the full range of training courses available via the Mayflex Academy, visit the Mayflex website.

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January 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has introduced a regular monthly session for customers to conduct an official guided tour of its Birmingham Headquarters. The tours will take place on the last Wednesday of every month with the first date scheduled to take place on Wednesday 28th February.

The itinerary for the tour will include the Excel Environ cabinet assembly facility, the newly refurbished M-Tech product demo room and the Specialist Support Services area. Each tour will take approximately 4 hours to complete and will give visitors the chance to get an up close and personal insight into what Mayflex can offer.

Tracey Calcutt, Marketing Manager at Mayflex comments, “Towards the end of 2017 we completely refurbished our HQ M-Tech facility which not only displays a variety of the products we distribute but also encompasses full meeting room facilities, this room along with our main meeting rooms are available for customers to utilize for training courses, seminars and meetings, free of charge.”

Tracey continues, “Customers will also get to see the Specialist Support Services facility and review the environment where the pre-termination of copper and fibre products takes place, along with the pre-staging of IP devices and bespoke laser engraved labelling. Now that we have made the investment in these great facilities and services we want to maximise our investment and show them off.”

These regular tours will give new and potential customers the opportunity to understand how Mayflex operates and to see for themselves the wide variety of products and services available.

If you would like to register for the first official guided tour of the Mayflex headquarters or book on to a future session please email admin@mayflex.com with your company name and the number of delegates, you wish to register.

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January 2018, Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, is working with MOBOTIX to deliver an informative series of road shows that look at the Importance of Cyber Security in Video Surveillance Systems. The Mayflex and MOBOTIX teams will work side by side to deliver these sessions at Mayflex offices towards the end of February in Birmingham, London and Scotland.

These sessions will provide delegates with updates on how MOBOTIX an industry leader within digital surveillance is addressing the increasing risks of disruption or exploitation from criminal or terrorist attacks to security systems. The session will also look at the key product features that can help minimise these risks and other significant benefits of working with MOBOTIX and Mayflex.

Steve Proctor, Director of Sales, Security at Mayflex comments, “At the end of last year we announced an exclusive distribution agreement with MOBOTIX for the UK. We are working closely with MOBOTIX to ensure that our customers are kept up to date with the latest MOBOTIX product and industry news. A quick and easy way to reach a wide audience is via a series of short and educational regional roadshows.”

Steve continues, “As well as the road shows, our sales team have just completed an in-depth accreditation course to equip them with the knowledge they need to support customer enquiries whatever the project specification. We will continue to demonstrate our commitment to the MOBOTIX brand by undertaking on-going training to deliver expertise and knowledge to our customer base.”

If you would like to register for one of the roadshows taking place on the 20th February in Birmingham, 21st February in London and the 22nd February in Scotland visit www.mayflex.com/events or email admin@mayflex.com

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Every year Excel exhibits around the world at a range of events and exhibitions, as well as hosting their own roadshow events around the country.  2017 saw the Excel team travel to Gothenburg, Sweden for the ECOC Exhibition, to Paris, France for Data Centre World as well as to London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Leeds in the UK for the Excel Cabling Partner Events, as well as supporting numerous events together with their distribution partners in Europe and the Middle East. 

Speaking of Excel’s presence at international events last year, Tracey Calcutt, Marketing Manager at Excel commented, “Events and exhibitions are an excellent opportunity to position the Excel brand amongst key players within the industry. Over the past 20 years since it was launched, Excel has grown to become an award winning brand sold in over 70 countries.”

Tracey continued, “It is this continued development of Excel that puts the brand on a level playing field with competitors at worldwide events, supporting the business’ expansion of its geographical reach into new international markets.”

Tracey concluded, “In 2018 Excel will be celebrating a significant milestone; it’s 21st Birthday! We would not have been able to achieve this milestone without the support of our customers, many of whom have supported Excel events over the years. We are excited for the opportunities that lie ahead, wherever they may be!”

Starting off the year as they mean to go on, Excel has various events and exhibitions lined up for the next few months:

Swedish Expo – Malmo, Sweden (24th & 25th January 2018)
Distributor Kick-Off Event – Drammen, Norway (25th January 2018)
Data Centre Summit – Stand 18 - London, UK (8th February 2018)

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Excel Consultant Briefings – London/Birmingham/Scotland, UK (9th, 13th & 20th February 2018)

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Data Centre World – Stand D830 – London, UK (21st & 22nd March 2018)

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Events and exhibitions are a chance for visitors to see some of the latest additions to the Excel product range and how they can work together to create a complete solution.

Excel Product Manager, Neil Payne, commented, “Excel Environ Racks will be showcased at events throughout 2018, loaded with a variety of Excel copper and fibre solutions, including the latest additions to the Enbeam fibre range as well as Excel’s new professional support service, bespoke laser engraved labelling.”

Neil continued, “The products on display will be supported by a range of catalogues and brochures, as well as a team of Excel product specialists who will be on hand to discuss the products and their capabilities to suit a diverse range of vertical markets.”

The above events only mark the start of what Excel will be up to in 2018. To find the latest information about where the Excel team will be and when, simply visit the Events page on our website or contact us via email at admin@excel-networking.com.

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