CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 17, 2026--
Arrow Electronics has expanded its IBM distribution coverage to seven additional countries. The expansion enables Arrow to distribute IBM solutions to channel partners in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
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This will enable channel partner organizations in the select areas to deliver scalable, enterprise-ready solutions that support customers on their transformation journeys.
Arrow will distribute IBM’s portfolio across infrastructure, automation and data, including software and services designed to support modern application development, hybrid cloud deployments and resilient IT operations. Channel partners will benefit from Arrow’s deep technical expertise, local support, and value-added resources including Arrow’s experience centers and the channel partner-focused IBM Practice accelerator program that help drive growth.
The enhancement builds on Arrow’s longstanding global relationship with IBM. Arrow has worked closely with IBM in regions including Benelux, Estonia, France, Hungary, Iberia, Ireland, Morocco, Nordics, Poland, UK and across North America, supporting the delivery of IBM solutions with a combination of strong commercial capability, technical depth, experience centers and proven channel accessible enablement programs. This global experience allows Arrow to deliver both strategic reach and tailored in-country support to help the channel unlock more value from IBM’s technology.
“This coverage expansion strengthens our longstanding relationship with IBM and reflects Arrow’s focus on bringing high-quality solutions and services to the market in seven additional countries,” said Salesh Rampersad, chief revenue officer for Arrow’s global enterprise computing solutions business. “By providing greater access to IBM’s technologies, combined with Arrow’s local expertise, we are helping channel partners create meaningful outcomes for customers navigating complex IT environments.”
The addition of seven new countries is part of Arrow’s continued focus on strengthening the channel with access to enterprise-class technology and support.
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Salesh Rampersad, Chief Revenue Officer, Global Enterprise Computing Solutions, Arrow Electronics
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death. He pleaded not guilty, but if convicted, faces life in prison.
Davis entered the courtroom in a blue suit and tie and scanned the audience to see who was there before sitting next to his lawyer Michael Sanft once the jury was sworn in and seated.
Members of Shakur’s family, including his stepbrother Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur, sat quietly in the front row of the courtroom behind prosecutors.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal showed jurors a picture of the Mike Tyson fight with the date “September 7, 1996” and showed video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’ nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson.
“Let’s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew, Palal said. “Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself."
The long-unsolved drive-by shooting gripped the hip-hop community, partly because no one was charged until Davis was indicted in 2023.
Shakur remains a cultural icon and is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time, despite dying at 25. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
In recent years, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, had a street in Oakland named in his honor and inspired a character in the upcoming video game "Stranger than Heaven.”
A few fans lined up early Monday for a coveted seat in the courthouse to watch the first day of testimony. Din Malone took a bus from Denver and hopes to stay for the entire trial.
“As a brother and a fan, I felt like he talked through his music,” said Malone, who wore a Tupac shirt and played Shakur’s music from his phone while waiting to get inside.
Over the course of the trial, which could span weeks, prosecutors plan to call 35 to 45 potential witnesses, and the defense will call only a handful to testify.
Maurice Shakur recently told The Associated Press that sitting through the trial will be retraumatizing for the family, but it's important to be there.
“We’re gonna stand by Pac as we always have,” he said.
Along with Shakur's family, friends and fans traveled to Las Vegas to show their support during jury selection.
Darryl Harper, a veteran music producer who collaborated with Shakur at Death Row Records on songs released after the 1996 shooting, said he booked a plane ticket as soon as the latest trial date was set.
“He became a personal friend of mine as I worked with him almost every day of his last days here,” said Harper, who flew in from his home in Georgia.
Shakur's cousins Kendrick Lesane and William Lesane flew in from Atlanta last week. William Lesane said he wants someone held accountable.
“For me, justice has long left the station 30 years ago,” he said.
The gunfire that killed Shakur came from a white Cadillac that Davis was riding in with three others, all who have since died.
In 2008, Davis spoke to investigators looking into the deaths of Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace. During the investigation, Davis was under an agreement that what he said about Shakur's killing couldn't be used against him. But nearly 10 years later, Davis published a book with those details and participated in media interviews in which he laid out his role in the shooting.
The book and his public statements revived the Las Vegas investigation and became key pieces of evidence, prosecutors say.
"Had he decided to never write the book, he would not, probably, have ever been prosecuted for the crime,” prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo recently said.
Sanft says Davis co-authored the book “Compton Street Legend” to make money, not to tell the truth. He argues it's impossible to tell which parts — if any — Davis wrote and which parts author Yusuf Jah penned.
Jah, who is on the list of potential witnesses, recently told an investigator he didn't believe Davis fully read his own book, according to court documents.
Prosecutors say the book is sensationalized but that they'll show “what is true, what is exaggeration, and what is an outright lie,” they wrote in court documents.
Associated Press journalists Ty ONeil in Las Vegas and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed to this report.
Duane Davis, left, appears in court with his attorney Michael Sanft during opening arguments in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool via AP)
Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal gives an opening statement during the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)
Duane Davis appears in court during opening arguments for his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)
People walk from the Regional Justice Center ahead of opening statements in the murder trial of Duane Davis, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Duane Davis enters the courtroom after a break in the third day of jury selection in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool)
Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal questions a prospective juror during the third day of jury selection in Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool)
Chief Deputy District Attorneys Marc DiGiacomo, left, and Binu Palal confer during the third day of jury selection in the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool)
Duane Davis appears in court during the third day of jury selection in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool)
