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face="Arial, sans-serif">One of the biggest highlights
of the third edition of the Disti Summit was The Hall of Fame awards
night that was held to honor the best sub-distributors in India. The
awards which are the only national level awards for the sub-distributor
community, aim to award business excellence. Supreme Computers Chennai
walked away with the Gold award in the Best SD All India category this
year. Last year the company had won the silver award in the same
category. Speaking after winning the award Rakesh Jain, CEO, Supreme
Computers said, “It is not a single person's effort, it is a team
effort that has brought the company here. This has all been possible
because of the blessings of my parents, that is the reason why despite
the slowdown we have managed to retain a very healthy growth pattern
last year. And I do hope that we will continue doing the same and do
even better this year.”
face="Arial, sans-serif">The silver award in the
category was won by Kolkata-based Technocrat Infotech. In north region,
the Best SD Upcountry Gold award for the second year in a row went to
Kanpur-based Comexcell Technologies while Indore-based Computer Gallery
notched up their first award, a silver.
face="Arial, sans-serif">South India saw a repeat of
last year with both Cochin-based Aldous Glare Trade and Exports (AGTE),
and Coimbatore-based Bloom Technologies emerging as winner again for
the Gold and Silver award for Best SD-Upcountry South respectively. The
west region however, saw two new winner emerge with Pune-based Data
Care Corporation winning the Gold award for Best SD-Upcountry West and
Ahmedabad-based Care Office Equipment notching up the Silver award.
face="Arial, sans-serif">In the eastern region it was
again a repeat performance like last year with both Guwahati-based
Datamation and Bhubneshwar-based SA Infosys emerging winners walking
away with Gold and Silver awards for Best SD-Upcountry East
respectively.
face="Arial, sans-serif">Talking about their companies
second successive win at the Hall of Fame awards, Dinesh M, VP, AGTE
said, “I feel honored after winning an award of this stature from The
DQ Week. It feels good to be recognized as a winner that too in an
event like the Disti Summit.”
size="2">While the awards night, were cynosure of
all eyes, there was a lot of other things that marked the Disti Summit
this year. The third edition of the summit was inaugurated by Dr
face="Arial, sans-serif">Ajay Kumar,
Secretary IT, Kerala by lighting the traditional ceremonial lamp. Dr
Kumar also gave an interesting keynote briefing the assembled partners
about
size="2">the prospects of IT trading in government
and the way and means by which the channel partners can venture into
the government business segment.
face="Arial, sans-serif">In his keynote PS Neogi, CEO,
Redington India discussed the challenges and opportunities in the IT
distribution industry especially with regards to the slowdown which was
seen as an inflection point in the business. Speaking about the trends
Neogi said, “We need to pick up growth numbers and targets in a way
that we meet those easily and do not strain ourselves in the process.”
size="2">In his session about the trends in IT
space Sumanta Mukherjee, Sr Manager, IDC India clearly laid down that
the notebook and laptop segment is overtaking the desktop space at a
fast pace. Anil Gupta, Director, Artek Enterprises took a keynote about
the need for converging solution and distribution to maximize profits
while Chand Narayan, Co-founder, Value Inc Solutions talked t
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face="Arial, sans-serif">mportance
of building a brand through developing your people. The last session of
the summit was taken by
face="Arial, sans-serif">Shyam
Malhotra, Director, CyberMedia India, who spoke about nurturing
innovation in the organization and its importance in managing and
growing the enterprise.
size="2">But the summit was not only about gyaan sessions only. In
fact the session were interspered
face="Arial, sans-serif">gaming
sessions and even an early morning game of cricket on beach which saw
partners enjoying themselves and also a boat ride across the scenic
backwaters. “These games were of great fun and have offered us relief
from the busy schedule that we normally have. Truly, it is a
much-needed breather in our space,” said Kapil Wadhwa, of Delhi-based,
Champion Computers.
size="2">Symantec, Microsoft, Zicom, BPE, e-Scan
Microworld and Supertron were associated with the Disti Summit.
face="Arial, sans-serif">Admiring
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Week
size="2">for its efforts in bringing the top
channel partners together every year Kolkata-based KL Lalani of Lalani
Infotech said, “The Disti Summit provides an excellent platform for us
to interact in a better form. The way in which this event was organized
was too good and I look forward to participating in the next Disti
Summit as well with full enthusiasm.”
face="Arial, sans-serif">SD HALL OF FAME 2010
face="Arial, sans-serif">Winners
face="Arial, sans-serif">Best Sub-distributor-All
India
face="Arial, sans-serif">Gold: Supreme Computers,
Chennai
face="Arial, sans-serif">Silver: Technocrat Infotech,
Kolkata
face="Arial, sans-serif">Best SD Upcountry-North
face="Arial, sans-serif">Gold: Comexcell Technologies,
Kanpur
face="Arial, sans-serif">Silver: Computer Gallery,
Indore
face="Arial, sans-serif">Best SD Upcountry-South
face="Arial, sans-serif">Gold: Aldous Glare Trade &
Export, Cochin
face="Arial, sans-serif">Silver: Bloom Electronics,
Coimbatore
face="Arial, sans-serif">Best SD Upcountry-West
face="Arial, sans-serif">Gold: Data Care Corporation ,
Pune
face="Arial, sans-serif">Silver: Care Office Equipment,
Ahmedabad
face="Arial, sans-serif">Best SD Upcountry-East
face="Arial, sans-serif">Gold: Datamation Services,
Guwahati
face="Arial, sans-serif">Silver: SA Infosys,
Bhubaneshwar