As a leading value-added distributor for data center solutions, Miel will promote Minicom's Remote Access Management™ and KVM over IP solutions.

Jerusalem and Paris, April, 2011 – Minicom Advanced Systems, a global leader of KVM and IT management solutions, and Miel, a leading VAD from France- announced today that they have signed a Distribution agreement to resell Minicom’s comprehensive KVM IP portfolio and Remote Access Management solutions, as part of its larger solutions offerings to IT resellers, VARs, system integrators.

“This is a very important milestone for Minicom in France” says Denis Adda, Minicom AVP Sales for Europe, "while our sales are growing and our portfolio of solutions expands , we see the need to get in front of more and more IT end users. Miel provides excellent channel experience and market know-how as well as a deep reseller base. We are confident Miel is the ideal partner to further establish our presence in the French market and make it easier for our customer to get service”.

"We are very excited to be able to offer our customers Minicom's suite of IP KVM and remote access management solutions”, said Jean-Baptiste Pommé, General Manager of MIEL. "By adding Minicom to our full range of our data center solutions, we are now able to provide IT managers the full control and access they need to optimize their IT and business operations. We look forward to working with Minicom in order to be able to offer our resellers more complete solutions to provide to their end users”.

Minicom’s remote access management solutions dramatically increase security and operational efficiency in data centers. By consolidating all access protocols and access rights under one single IP address IT staff are prevented from mistakenly powering down the wrong server or letting user names and passwords leak out of the organization. Minicom’s open architecture puts complete order in the chaos of heterogeneous, multi-vendor data centers.

About Miel 

Established in 1985, Miel, a leading French Value Added Distributor, imports and distributes advanced hi-tech products from companies like Citrix, Blue Coat and Digi. Miel’s success is built on its dedication to providing its customers with top-tier technical and maintenance assistance as well as comprehensive training programs. Its services range from system, network and Cloud computing solutions to industrial and embedded computing. For more information, visit www.miel.fr

About Minicom
Since 1988 Minicom is a global leader of KVM and remote access management solutions for data centre, server rooms and rack environments. Minicom operates in over 70 countries worldwide. For more information visit www.minicom.com