Ricoh Europe makes double swoop on European VARs

Ricoh Europe has announced acquisitions of two European VARs in as many days as it looks to bolster its IT services clout across the continent and transform itself into a "digital services company". The Tokyo-based print vendor has snapped up Düsseldorf-based DataVision and Warsaw-based SimplicITy. DataVision is an AV and workplace integrator with 100 employees and 10 sales and services offices across Germany. The firm works with device vendors including Canon, Epson, Cisco, Microsoft Samsung...