Night of the Winners

02 Apr 2006 00:00 IST

Updated On 02 Apr 2006 16:44 IST

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It was the night for the winners. And the air was crackling with anticipation
of who these victors of the DQ Channels Choice awards would be. The ceremonies
were interspersed with dance performances by a troupe, Rhythm, which kept many a
foot tapping to the beat.

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DQ CHANNELS CHAMPIONS 2006

WINNER, AGE NO BAR: HP might have snapped up the Channel Champions 2006 Gold award, but Lenovo held on fast to the Silver Award. Though the youngest vendor in the show Lenovo displayed a stellar performance winning two Gold and two Silver awards in the main categories. Vivek Malhotra took the Silver Channel Champions award from Pradeep Gupta, Publisher and MD of CyberMedia India Ltd
	COMPERE EXTRAORDINAIRE: The vivacious Tarana Singh, who was the compere for the evening kept the audience in good humor with her witty remarks
POTLUCK WINNER: Representative of Buffalo, Japan is congratulated by Yogesh Sharma, Country Manager of Netgear Technologies on winning the lucky draw sponsored by Netgear. The vendor gave away gifts worth Rs 20,000 of networking products in this contest
	HERALDING THE ERA OF SOLUTION PROVIDING: Prasanto K Roy, Chief Editor (BMG) of CyberMedia spoke about the emergence of the solution providing community and their growing importance in the IT business space
WHO IS GONNA WIN NEXT:The tension was palpable as members in the audience kept their fingers crossed as each award category was announced
	SAP TALKS ABOUT ITS SUCCESS: Purendra Kishore, Regional Manager of SAP highlighted how business continuity software is playing a key role in the IT infrastructure of enterprises
THE RHYTHM GONNA GET YOU: The dance troupe, Rhythm, belted out some popular Bollywood numbers keeping the audience entertained to the hilt
Product Category Awards 2006

	INKJET PRINTERS Rajiv Khanna, President, Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association hands over the award to Ashwini Agarwal of HP
	LASER PRINTERS Ashwani Agarwal and Sameer Shah from HP accept the award from Rajiv Khanna, President, Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association
	MFPs Ashwini Agarwal tells the audience how it is not just important to bag an award, but keep repeating that feat consistently, while Rajiv Khanna, President, Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association looks on in the background
	DOT MATRIX PRINTERS Jeevan Dugal from Epson claimed the award from Rajiv Khanna, President, Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association, breaking the stronghold that HP had on the printer category
	SECONDARY STORAGE Raj Kumar Punia, President of the Rajasthan Computer Traders Association gave away the award to Avijit Basu
	NETWORKING Tushar Sighat of D-Link took the award from Raj Kumar Punia
	DIGICAMS Manisha Sood claimed that when it came to analog or digital cameras, Kodak had the top of the mind recall, as she accepted the award from Raj Kumar Punia
	UPS Puneet Singhal, President of the Delhi-based Computer Media Dealers Association gave away this trophy to Anand Vardhan of APC India
	SECURITY SOLUTIONS This newly introduced award was won by Symantec and Ajay Verma claimed this award from Puneet Singhal
	DESKTOPS and LAPTOPS HP India won the award in two categories - 'Desktops' and 'Laptops' - for its good product quality and strong brand image. P Raghuraman of HP took the award from Rajiv Khanna, President of the Jalandhar Computer Dealers Association
	X86 SERVERS Viswanath Ramaswamy of IBM India accepted this award from Rajiv Khanna
	ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE Microsoft was the winner in this new category which was introduced to honor integrated end-to-end enterprise solutions. Amit Kumar of Microsoft accepted this award from Puneet Singhal

DQ Channels Choice Awards 2006
	BEST ONLINE SUPPORT Avinash Purwar of Cisco Systems took home the Gold award for this category Dharmendra Jain, President of the Madhya Pradesh Telecom and Computer Traders Association gave away the Silver award for the 'Best Online Support' to Vivek Malhotra of Lenovo.

	BEST RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Lenovo bagged the Gold trophy in this category. Vivek Malhotra stated that for a year old company to achieve this feat is remarkable Cisco bagged the Silver award in this category for its well-planned training, certification and reward systems. Avinash Purwar claimed this award from Dharmendra Jain

	BEST COMMERCIAL TERMS For a one year old, Lenovo seems to have its processes well in place, which is why the channel community gave it the Gold award in this category. Vivek Malhotra of Lenovo accepted the award from RK Malhotra, President of Delhi's Progressive Channels Association of IT With better product pricing, profitability, transparency in policy and quick settlement of back-end incentives, APC walked away with the Silver prize in this category. Anand Vardhan took the award from RK Malhotra

	BEST MARKETING SUPPORT HP was voted as the most supportive vendor and walked away with the Gold award in this category. Dipti Dang of HP accepted this award from RK Malhotra, President of Delhi's Progressive Channels Association of IT Partners who approach vendors for increasing marketing spend found it as easy going with Lenovo which bagged the Silver award in this category. Vivek Malhotra collected yet another award for Lenovo from RK Malhotra

	BRAND IMAGE Cisco was voted as the Gold winner in this category for its strong brand positioning. This award was given away by Shyam Malhotra, Director and Editor-in-Chief of CyberMedia It's tough for a brand like HP to go unnoticed and partners see it as prestigious to be associated with such a brand. Dipti Dang accepted the Silver award in this category from Shyam Malhotra

	AFTER-SALES SUPPORT Support after a sale is completed can either help a partner retain a customer or lose him, said George Paul as he accepted this Gold award from Shyam Malhotra, Director and Editor-in-Chief of CyberMedia Prompt after-sales support bagged the Silver award for this category for HP. Vivek Dwivedi accepted this award from Shyam Malhotra

	BEST PRODUCT QUALITY Cisco was the topper in this category for its reliable product quality. Avinash Purwar collected the Gold award from Pradeep Gupta to a deafening round of applause Introduced for the first time, HP scored very well in this category, especially on price-performance. Sameer Mathur of HP India accepted this award from Pradeep Gupta, MD and Publisher of CyberMedia


WHAT A NIGHT: The scintillating dance performances and anticipation of who the next winner would be, kept the audience glued to their seats