Northamber Regulatory News (NAR)

30 Oct 2008 07:00



30 October 2008

Invu Announces Distribution Contract with Northamber

Invu announces the launch of a distribution contract with Northamber today. Northamber, one of the largest and longest established trade-only distributors of IT equipment in the UK ,will sell Invu's range of document management software which operates, amongst other things, with the Microsoft Sharepoint platform and Fujitsu scanners. The products will be sold to the Microsoft Partner Channel. Partners will be able to sign up to a Certified Partner programme. Northamber provides products to approximately 1,200 Microsoft resellers throughout the country.

Henry Matthews, Northamber Managing Director said, "This is an important initiative for Northamber. We are constantly exploring ways to provide high margin  and recurring revenue opportunities to our reseller customer base and this fits the bill perfectly. As the peak sales months for scanners are approaching we are extremely excited and focussed on ensuring rapid take up of this product set in our Microsoft channnel. Invu has clear brand leadership and vision in the market and we are looking forward to using that to everyone's benefit."

David Morgan, Invu CEO commented, "I am very pleased to have Northamber as a distribution partner. This gives Invu a terrific opportunity to expand our brand and our route to market very quickly. Many thousands of SME customers rely on the local service, support and expertise of their Microsoft reseller. Northamber will be able to provide them with an easy to install and use product set which adds real value to the Microsoft Sharepoint software which is becoming an industry standard."

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About Invu

Invu [LSE, AIM, Symbol; INVU] develops, markets and sells software (under the brand name of Invu) for the electronic management of all types of information and documents, such as forms, correspondence, literature, faxes, e-mail, technical drawings, electronic files and web pages. Invu targets the small-to-medium size enterprise ('SME') market and individual departments of larger organisations with a range of products which the Directors believe strongly adhere to Invu's brand values of ease of use, high quality and price performance. Founded in 1997 and based in Northampton, Invu has 61 employees and operates in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South East Asia, Australia, the United States of America and Africa. Invu's products have been sold to over 4,000 customers, 

representing nearly 80,000 licensed users. Invu has a proven reseller business model and has established a network of more than 180 Value Added Resellers, 10 of which are in Benelux.

Invu is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a member of the Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA). Its version 5.4 and Series 6 software have been accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). In January 2006 Invu became the first EDM ISV to join SAP's portfolio and is certified for integration with SAP Business One. In September 2006, the Invu Series 6 product was selected by Sage to be marketed by them into the Professional Adviser market in the UK.

For more information on Invu see http://www.invu.net

About Northamber

Formed in 1980, Northamber plc is the longest-established and widely recognised as the largest UK-owned trade-only distributor of IT and communications equipment in the UK. Northamber recognised at an early stage the increasing requirements and legislation for all companies to manage and maintain their documents and communication and the subsequent document managent solutions. A new division was created to address this market and focus on the sales opportunities brought about by combining Scanners, Storage, Software Applications and Services for the UK reseller. This is backed up with strategic alliances of over 100 of the industry's market-leading manufacturers covering Servers, Desktop and Notebook PCs, Printers, Software, Storage, Components, Networking and Telephony equipment to cover the entire information technology and communications requirements of the UK reseller. With such a wide product portfolio backed by acknowledged logistical excellence, Northamber has become the UK's document management partner of choice, as over 5,000 actively trading resellers will attest.

For further information, visit www.northamber.com