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Swiss cabling specialist R&Mrevamped its popular Qualified Partners Program (QPP) for its existing and prospective partners. QPP is exclusively meant for technically experienced network professionals belonging to partner companies. This is a program wherein the partners familiarize themselves with the R&Mfreenet cabling system and its handling procedure. On successful completion of the training module they are awarded the title ‘R&Mfreenet Installation …

MAIT, an apex body representing ICT Industry in India signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS), the nodal agency for Electronics, IT and ITeS in Chhatisgarh in the presence of Honourable Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh. Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh said, ‘The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by MAIT and CHiPS will give a …

HP India launched a new service, for the first time in India, for its customers that offers hardware and software resolution within 24 hours (one business day)​ of complaint registered on its consumer range of Notebooks including HP Pavilion, HP Envy, HP 15 and HP Stream.​ The service can be availed in 65 cities across India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, …

Rashi Peripherals announced the commencement of a new “end consumerscheme” with the objective to reward the consumer for choosing an ASUS notebook distributed by Rashi Peripherals.The scheme has assured gifts like watches, bike, silver coins andone lucky winner would drive home a Hyundai Eon. The twomonth long scheme, which began on 27th of April, is valid up to the 26th …

Symantec Corp. has appointed Shrikant Shitole as Managing Director for its enterprise security business in India. Based in Mumbai, Shitole will be responsible for driving growth for the company by developing and delivering on business strategy. Shitole takes over from Sanjay Rohatgi who has been promoted to Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan sales for Symantec. ​With over …

Panigrahi has joined Acer as Senior Director – Consumer Business from May 4, 2015 Computer maker Acer today announced the appointment of Chandrahas Panigrahi as Business Head for its Consumer Business Group in India. Panigrahi has joined Acer as Senior Director – Consumer Business from May 4, 2015, the company said in a statement. Prior to ACER he was working as …

Infor, a cloud company, announced that KPIT Technologies Limited, a leading IT consulting and product engineering solutions and services provider, has expanded its existing relationship with Infor to become an Infor Alliance partner. Headquartered in India, KPIT will focus on the delivery of Infor  CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine), Infor XA, Infor Warehouse Management (WMS) , Infor ION™ andInfor M3 to customers across Asia. In 2013, KPIT joined the Infor …

ViewSonic announced Pradeep Thamman as its new Country Head. Pradeep has close to 17 years of industry experience. Before joining ViewSonic, Pradeep was with Sahara Computer (pty) Ltd as Country Head, Sales, South Africa & Sahara Sub continent. He has also worked with SES Technologies Ltd and BenQ India in different roles. Pradeep said, “I am extremely happy to be …

India channel partners can boost returns on sales of Avocent® and Liebert® product portfolio Emerson Network Power, has launched the Avocent Avengers program to incentivize partners. This program is valid for sales of Emerson’s Avocent® range of products for its Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Network Solution Partners (NSPs) in India. Partners can significantly enhance their earning potential for Avocent products with the option …

Socomec, one of the leading global power solution specialist, today announced the appointment of Sushil Virmani as Managing Director for India operations. In this role, Sushil Virmani will head all four business applications on the company strategic plan and contributing significantly to Socomec growth in this market.  An engineering graduate from Punjab Engineering College, Sushil Virmani is an Industry veteran, …