Sea Infonet organizes dealer meet

In a bid to consolidate its channel presence across eastern India and
recognize dealers for outstanding performance in the anti-virus space, Sea
Infonet organized an award ceremony for Kaspersky dealers in Kolkata. This was
conducted in association with Zoom Technologies.

“We started the Kaspersky award last year, which turned out to be a huge
success. This year, we have come up with various incentive schemes recognizing
the sincere efforts of our Kaspersky dealers Last fiscal year, we received an
excellent response, as Kaspersky sales increased. We hope to see a similar
performance by them this year as well,” said Biswajeet Saha, Jt Director, Sea
Infonet.

The session inaugurated by Aadil Haveliwala, VP, Zoom and QA Tapia,
GM-Business Development, Zoom. The award also featured Pawan Jajodia, President,
Compass as the guest speaker.

Congratulating the efforts made by the dealers to popularize Kaspersky in the
anti-virus space, Haveliwala said, “Today, Kaspersky has achieved the number one
position in terms of sales across India, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the
dealers. The end-user segment accounts for over 60 percent of its growth while
the corporate sector contributes to about 30 percent. This year, we will focus
on increasing our sales further with improvising on the research and development
programs.”

As dealers rejoiced with incentives awarded to the top performers, Sea
Infonet gave away prizes worth Rs 4 lakh, which included watches, TV sets,
washing machines, refrigerators, etc.

Also, speaking about the plans of Kaspersky for this FY, Haveliwala said,
“Soon, we are coming up with new editions of the anti-virus, which is the 2010
version and a special package for the enterprise segment.”

The anti-virus major, after achieving a robust sales last FY is now
concentrating on having an edge over its competitors by innovating its editions
and come up with new licensing plans.

The new version will have an enhanced user interface with default settings
and advanced options for users. Also, the company has claimed that it has
improvised on its heuristic scanning features, virus outbreak and detection
reports have been made faster from its Moscow laboratory.

The anti-virus major is now planning to concentrate on the enterprise front.