VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ViewSonic Technologies has appointed of Ajay Sharma as Country Manager - India. In his new position, Sharma will be responsible for driving the business growth and strategic transformation. Sharma brings more than 20 years of experience working with the Indian business arms of Major Global IT/Telecom corporations like Lenovo, Sony, Reliance, HCL. He has worked in various roles and hold expertise in Strategic Management & Distribution Management. Commenting on his new role, Sharma says, "ViewSonic is poised for a greater Leap in this Industry with new and innovative products which are changing the Consumer and IT Market. Our major focus will be on Tablet, Smartphone Business and Display Products. We will continue to invest in India in delivering better products, better technologies and best of the services to our customers." Deepak Deveshwar as National Sales head also joins ViewSonic to strengthen its India operations. For More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Trend Micro Incorporated has launched "Trend Reward Program" on its Small Business (SB) solution - Worry Free Business Security line. Trend Micro has rolled out this scheme, particularly targeting the partners' salespersons. The scheme, which is valid till 23rd June, 2011, is applicable on all products (paper licences) sold from 10 to 100 user range. "We have been rolling out various schemes to reiterate our commitment to our channel partners and also to acknowledge their contribution towards the growth of our business in India. Like our partners, their sales force has also been playing a pivotal role in our growth. This particular program is targeted at recognizing and rewarding the efforts of the sales force of our SB partners' across the country," informed Sanjay Singh, Head - Value & Volume, Channel Sales, India & SAARC, Trend Micro. Under the Trend Reward Program, channel salespersons can earn incent

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo India has announced new appointments to its management team in a move to strengthen the organization and build on the robust growth it has achieved over the last year. . "We are focussed on driving speed, performance and efficiency with a corporate structure that makes us even faster and even more customer focussed. Going forward, we will continue to introduce game-changing products, quality service and support and enhance our go-to-market strategy through channel. I am confident the new team will help steer Lenovo towards its business goals," said Amar Babu, Managing Director, Lenovo India. Rajesh Thadani, who has been leading the consumer business unit reporting to Alex Li, will now independently handle the segment. Rajiv Rao joins Lenovo to lead the SMB business. Rajiv has over 18 years of experience and has worked with Pepsi, HP and Dell before starting his own venture from where he joins Lenovo. For More Details See www

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Intel has shared details of its 2011 channels membership program at its annual Asia-Pacific channel customer conference. The Intel Technology Provider Program is intended to assist its partners for sustained success amidst the changing realities of today’s IT business environment, in the real world and online and in the different economies of Asia. The program will now extend to partners that not only build systems but also those which resell Intel technology-based systems and solutions, supporting their product development, technical support and sales efforts. Steve Dallman, General Manager of Intel's Worldwide Reseller Channel Organization, said, "Our channel partners remain tremendously important to Intel and were a significant contributor to Intel's first-quarter results. Our strategy is to empower and enable our Channel Partners to succeed in today's changing environment. The 2011 Intel Technology Provider Program is

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CMAI, in partnership with Star News, is organizing the 5th National Telecom Awards 2011 on 17th May in New Delhi. Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Communications and IT; Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industries; Dr J. S. Sarma, IAS, Chairman, TRAI; Shri R. Chandrasekhar, Secretary, DOT; and Shri T. K. A. Nair, Principal Secretary to PM, have kindly consented to present the awards. Shri Vir Bhadra Singh, Union Minister for MSME, and Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, have also consented to grace the occasion. The event will attract all the senior decision-makers in the industry and provide wonderful opportunity to interact and network with dignitaries and wider Telecom community. The program starts at 4:00PM with Ghazals by Padam Shri Penaj Masani and award distribution from 5:00-6:30PM. For More Details See www.varindia.com