CHANNEL NEWS

According to International Data Corporation,CY 2014 was one of the best years for the Networking market (LAN and WLAN included) in India with over 20 percent  growth year on year,a similar pattern is expected in CY 2015 as well on the back of government initiatives and organizations willing to invest in future technologies. According to IDC’s APeJQuarterly Switch and Router …

RAPOO, a wireless peripheral products company, launched its  ‘multi-featured headset’, S100.  The headset adopts the latest Bluetooth 4.1 technology, offers a choice of replaceable ear cushion with 4 multi shades color. The company said, RAPOO S100 headset is lightweight and highly portable and is crafted on strong material for better durability. It works well in dual mode – wired and …

DIGISOL, the computer networking brand of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd., announce​d​ that Bollywood actress, Sonakshi Sinha, will appear as the national brand ambassador for the DIGISOL range of wireless and networking products. The appointment of Sonakshi comes at a time when DIGISOL plans to magnify its presence in consumer segment and this association is expected to boost the brand’s visibility …

Emerson Network Power announced the ‘Knockout Punch!’ program for the July-Sept 2015 quarter. This channel incentive program is designed to reward Indian Network Solution Partners (NSP) and Value Added Reseller (VAR) channel partners through PAYBACK points for sales of Emerson’s small and micro uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products (upto 20 kVA). The ‘Knockout Punch!’ program is valid for a period …

Fortinet announced it has closed the acquisition of Meru Networks,an intelligent-Wi-Fi networking company. With the close of this acquisition, Fortinet expands on its securewireless vision and enterprise growth focus, broadens the company’s solutions portfolio, and expands its opportunity to uniquely address the $5B global enterprise Wi-Fi market with integrated and intelligent secure wireless solutions, the press release said. With the …

Dell announced the start of a multi-city channel roadshow to launch and train partners on its next generation of Vostro notebooks. Dell will be meeting partners in 8 cities that include: Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Patna and Bhubaneshwar.  The roadshow, beginning on July 14 in Pune aims at empowering & energising Dell’s Small Business channel partners to address …

Kodak Alaris, an information management and imaging company, in a strategic move to expand its partner network in the country has embarked on a pan-India initiative, titled ‘Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra 2015’. The objective of the program is to engage with partners across the country, provide training, and share the company’s strategy and knowledge on the range of Kodak …

Axis Communications announced the winners of its annual Axis Channel Summit awards, held in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. 16 channel partners were felicitated at the awards ceremony across 12 categories, with Anixter India Private Ltd taking the top award of ‘Distributor of the Year 2014’. Additionally, Tyco Fire & Security India Private Ltd., Nexgen Integrated Systems Pvt. Ltd. and M …

SanDisk Corporation introduced the iNAND 7232 storage solution, a new, advanced embedded flash drive (EFD) optimized to deliver ‘best-in-class imaging performance and superior storage capacity in flagship mobile devices’, in the words of the company. Available in capacities up to 128GB, the iNAND 7232 storage solution enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to introduce smartphones, tablets and other connected devices that …

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a channel collaboration with Kryptos Networks India Pvt. Ltd., a fast growing distributor and aggregator of subscription licensing models from the world’s leading service providers. By joining Red Hat’s partner ecosystem, Kryptos will provide a gateway to cloud managed service providers, hosting providers and system …