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Follow UsOver 300 channel partners from across western part of the country gathered to
cheer the winners at the 11th annual The DQ Week Awards, which were held in
Mumbai. The event saw partners from the western region being honored for their
outstanding performance during FY' 08-09.
While Sify was the title sponsor for the awards night, other vendors who were
associated with the awards included D-Link and DigiLink, K7 Computing, Supertron
Electronics, Delta and Lexmark. While Kingston was the Memory Partner, the
Beverage Partner was Royal Challenge and Information Infrastructure Award
Partner was EMC.
The evening commenced with a speech from Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, The DQ
Week who spoke about the significant role played by the channel partners in
driving the IT industry successfully. This was followed by a visual presentation
from Sify wherein they provided an insight into the various products and
initiatives being introduced for the channel partners. Anil Pant, VP-Channel
Sales, Sify and Shiv Nath Ghosh, VP-Enterprise Application Services, Sify
suggested ways to ensure profits during the slowdown. Sachin Mahajan of Infinite
Net Solutions, one of Sify's prominent partners in Mumbai threw light on the
edge that his business acquired after partnering with Sify.
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| The jubilant TAIT team being conferred the award for being The Best IT Association in the country by Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, The DQ Week (extreme left) at the 11th annual The DQ Week awards in Mumbai |
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The event was also supported by Mumbai-based Trade Association of Information
Technology (TAIT). During the event, Rushabh Shah, TAIT member gave a brief
about TAIT and its upcoming expo COM IT. Praveen Dhoka and Umang Mehta of TAIT
presented The DQ Week-TAIT Upcoming Entrepreneur Award to Atul Shah and Haresh
Gadda of Mumbai-based Network Techlabs.
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| Sunil Thariani of Sound Solutions receiving the Gold award in the reseller category of Mumbai from Naresh Khosla, Executive Director, SES Technologies | Sunil Nagrani of Midas Business Machines receiving the Silver award in the reseller category of Mumbai from Naresh Khosla, Executive Director, SES Technologies |
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| Pentagon Systems and Services receiving the Gold award in the Best SI category of Mumbai from Naresh Khosla, Executive Director, SES Technologies | Ketan of Trimax IT Infrastructure & Services receiving the Silver award in the SI category of Mumbai from Naresh Khosla, Executive Director, SES Technologies |
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| Praveen Naik of Veetrag Computers receiving The DQ Week-EMC Best Information Infrastructure Partner award for Maharashtra Upcountry from Punit Kapoor, Regional Manager, EMC India | Arif Poonawala of Unique Solutions receiving The DQ Week-EMC Best Information Infrastructure Partner award for Pune from Punit Kapoor, Regional Manager, EMC India |
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| Arvind Mehta of Mehta Brothers accepting the award for Best Media Reseller, Ahmedabad from Shiv Nath Ghosh, Senior VP & Head-Enterprise Application Services, Sify Technologies | Amit Mehta of Jay Kushal Exports receiving the award for the Best System Builder of Mumbai from Tapas Moitra, GM-West, Redington |
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| Rupal Shah of Technofirm Software accepting the award for Best Software Reseller, Ahmedabad from Kerman Rana, VP-Sales and Marketing, Digilink | Mahavir of Nahata Data Products receiving the award for Best Media Reseller of Mumbai from Tapas Moitra, GM-West, Redington |
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The largest round of applause was when TAIT was handed over the trophy for
being the Best IT Association of India. The award was conferred on TAIT after a
countrywide survey which was done by DQ Channels and IDC. The association took
home the trophy for the fourth time in a row. The entire team of TAIT gathered
on the stage to receive the trophy.
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| Gopal Panchal and Arun Nandan of Sai Infosystems accepting the award for Best SI, Ahmedabad from Kerman Rana, VP-Sales and Marketing, Digilink | Pravin Dhokha and Umang Mehta of TAIT giving away The DQ Week-TAIT Upcoming Entrepreneur 2009 award to Atul Shah and Haresh Gadda of Mumbai-based Network Techlabs |
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| Channel partners listening to a presentation during the Mumbai awards | Vikas Dave, Ashutosh and Deepak Jadhav of Enhanced Software Services receiving The DQ Week-EMC Best Information Infrastructure Partner award for Mumbai from Punit Kapoor, Regional Manager, EMC India |
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| Partners also took the time to socialize with each other after the event, over cocktails and dinner |
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Thanking The DQ Week and DQ Channels team, Rushab Shah of TAIT shared, “We
would keep the momentum going and will raise issues affecting the IT channel
partners across the city.”
The DQ WEEK AWARD WINNERS | |
| Mumbai Best Sub Distributor Gold: KAY KAY Overseas Silver: Aar Vee Computers Best System Integrator Best Reseller Best Retailer Best Media Resellers: Nahata Data Systems The DQ Week-EMC Information Infrastructure Partner: Enhanced Best System Builder: Jai Kushal Exports The DQ Week-TAIT Upcoming Entrepreneur 2009: Network Techlabs Pune Best System Integrator: Shro Systems Best Reseller: Solutions India Best Retailer: Monarch Technologies Best Software Reseller: My Genie Systems & Services Best Media Reseller: General Computers | The DQ Week-EMC Information Infrastructure Partner: Unique Solutions Best Channel Partner Nagpur The DQ Week-EMC Information Infrastructure Partner for Maharashtra Gujarat Best System Integrators: Sai Infosystems Best Reseller: Silver line Infocom Best Software Reseller: Technofirm Software Best Media Reseller: Mehta Brothers The DQ Week-EMC Information Infrastructure Partner: Silver Touch Best Channel Partner Goa |
Every year, the annual awards are decided by an independent jury, comprising
of eminent personalities of the IT industry, who are closely aligned with the
channel partners.
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