Confed ITA Summit ends successfully

The Confederation of IT Associations (Confed ITA) held its third annual
summit in Ooty last week. About 500 dealers from 17 associations participated in
the summit. The main objective of the summit was to provide a platform for
vendors to showcase their products, share roadmaps and take feedback to improve
channel partnerships.

The other important decisions taken included, implementation of SOUL project,
increase of insurance cover for all members, details of newly formed
associations, forming of an arbitration council and imparting members on various
soft skills.

Toshiba was the main sponsor of the summit, while Microsoft, Samsung and HP
were co-sponsors. Confed now has elected its new board and they will be in
charge from April1, 2010.