The DQ Week awards go West

Heavy rains could not stop channel partners in Mumbai from attending the 10th
The DQ Week awards function held on September 15, 2008. The event wrapped up the
four-city The DQ Week awards for the year, where 39 channel partners were
felicitated for their performance.

Almost 450 partners turned up at the Mumbai awards night making it a grand
success. Even more surprising was that despite the bumper-to-bumper traffic and
heavy downpour, most partners managed to reach the venue on time.

The winners are decided by an independent panel, comprising eminent
representatives from vendor and distribution companies. The Mumbai event was
backed by the Traders Association of IT (TAIT). Chetan Shah, VP, TAIT gave a
short presentation about the association and the activities it conducts. For the
first time, a joint award was given by The DQ Week and TAIT to the upcoming
entrepreneur in the city. This was bagged by Umesh Mehta of Chipcom Traders.

Anil Pant, VP-Channel, Sify Technologies also made a presentation on Sify's
solutions for the channel. Sify also used the platform to launch its thin client
solutions.

(L-R) Chetan Shah, VP, TAIT; Ibrahim Ahmed, Group Editor, The DQ Week and Pravin Dhoka, President, TAIT presenting The DQ Week-TAIT award for Upcoming Entrepreneur 2008 to Chipcom Traders	Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia presenting the Gold award in the Sub Distributor category for Mumbai Aar Vee Computers

This was followed by the awards presentation wherein channel partners from
various cities of western region were given the trophies by the leading people
of the industry.

Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, The DQ Week extended his vote of thanks to the
gathering and gave a ceremonial end to the stage program for the evening.