Ongoing Trends in Distribution

Channel Futures: Is this merger indicative of any trends that are taking place in your industry?

Synnex’s Bob Stegner: You never know, but I don’t see a lot more expansion from our standpoint because this kind of checks all the boxes for Tech Data and for Synnex as far as geographic reach, vendor offerings and customer breadth.

CF: Any challenges ahead once the deal closes?

BS: There are always challenges, but both of us have been through this before, them with Avnet and we brought back Westcon Comstor. And you go back when we really expanded our Concentrix, which has since spun off, this isn’t new to either of us. We both have purchased other companies and blended them in. There are challenges with everything. But the good news is I think that we’re both well-versed in blending companies together.