Aspire to achieve and get five percent rebate from Symantec

New Delhi

23 October 2007

In its bid to recognize its channel's efforts, Symantec India has rolled out
the Aspire program. This rebate initiative is the latest salvo from Symantec to
promote its sales, through the channel.

The company has extended this program to partners who have not registered
with Symantec. It is also the company's objective to expand its channel network,
through this program, for its over the counter products. This program is open
for partners in Australia, Hong Kong, India or New Zealand.

Partners have to first register themselves with Symantec for participating in
this program and if they over achieve their targets, they get a five percent
rebate. Aspire will run till 28th March 2008 and the registration process gets
over by 30th November 2007.

Talking about this initiative, Ajay Verma, Director-Channels and Alliances,
Symantec India said, "We have partners spread across the country and we
want to ensure them that we are looking at their business growth as well. The
whole idea behind Aspire is to give them a set target to achieve and reward them
on fulfilling it."

After registration the partners will be given a target quota of sales for
every eligible product, which includes all the security products, non-security
products and availability products from Symantec. Partners eligible for the
rebate will get five percent of the net product value. They can track their
performance through a website, especially created for this program. Besides,
Symantec will also inform partners about other upcoming promotions that will
help them achieve their target easily.

Symantec has also been running the Consulting Partner Program for its
exclusive partners, where it trains and certifies its partners.