Sizzle and sparkle at the Mumbai DQ Week awards night

Mumbai

September 17th, 2007

After covering three cities and as many regions of India, The DQ Week awards
night made it's final stop for the year in Mumbai. In an evening that sizzled
and sparkled, 39 partners from across the western region walked home with the
crystal trophy, which symbolizes excellence. The fifth edition of the awards saw
partners from all corners of the western region turn up in large numbers. The
awards were decided upon a panel comprising of Vicky Pathak of Intel India,
Dinesh Vazirani of HP, Kiran Morgaonkar of Ingram Micro and Manish Joshipura
from Redington.

The night also saw participation from some of the biggest names in the vendor
and distributor community from West India, which included Rajesh Gupta,
Director-Sales and Marketing, Intel Technology, Sanjeev Gupta, Regional Sales
Director-APAC, Linksys, Mridul Chauhan, National Sales Manager-Upcountry, Ingram
Micro, Tapas Moitra, GM, Redington India and Paras Shah, MD, Neoteric
Informatique among others. Also making his first public appearance was the newly
appointed Country Manager for Kingston Technology, Nitin Malhotra.

The night started with an opening remark from Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor,
The DQ Week. This was followed by a presentation by Sanjeev Soni, Country
Manager India, Amconics International, who were the presenting sponsors of the
awards across India. Linksys was the associate sponsor for the award.

Felicitated at the awards were TAIT, who were adjudged the best channel
association across India for the second year in a row by a survey carried out by
IDC for DQ Channels. To accept the trophy the TAIT team turned up amidst
resounding claps from the present partner community.

One of the highlights of the evening was a quiz contest, which was enjoyed by
partners to the hilt and many walked home with prizes by Linksys and Amconics.

Awards Winners:

Mumbai

Best Media Reseller: Bon Moyar Computers

Best Software Reseller: Gold-Softcell Technologies, Silver-PH Teknow

Best Retailer: Gold-@Gigahertz, Silver-Info City

Best System Builder: Ockam Infotech

Best Reseller: Silver-NC Infotech, Gold-Mek Peripherals

Best System Integrator: Gold-Ashtech Infotech, Silver-CDP India

Best Sub-Distributor: Gold-Sunrise, Silver-Aar Vee Computers and Kay Kay
Overseas

Goa:

Best Retailer: Syscon

Best Sub-Distributor: Magnamious Systems

Ahmedabad:

Best Media Reseller: Mehta Brothers

Best Software Reseller: Technofirm Software

Best System Integrator: Real Time

Best Reseller: Silverline Infocom

Sub-Distributor: Gold-Care Office, Silver-Aegis Infosys

Pune:

Best Software Reseller: Sujata Computers

Best Media Reseller: Insat Lynx

Best Retailer: Laptech Solutions

Best System Integrator: Infinite Technologies

Best Reseller: Poonam Electronics

Best Sub Distributor: Data Care Corporation

Best Channel Partner:

Baroda: Aashnik Incorporated

Rajkot: Anil Infotech

Surat: Jupiter Automation

Gujarat Upcountry: Netlink Solutions

Aurangabad: Cyber Peripherals

Kolhapur/Sangli: Aditya Enterprise

Nashik: San Infotech

Thane/Vashi: Geonet India

Maharashtra Up-Country: Gold-Super Computers, Silver-Navjeevan Computers

Nagpur: Gold-Business Algorithams, Silver-Silver Systems