BITOAA, MPTCTA members to participate in Confed summit in Kodaikanal

Confed-ITTA will hold its second annual reseller summit this year in
Kodaikanal. The two-day event will take place on December 13 and 14, 2008. PN
Prasad, VP, Confed-ITTA informed that around 750 plus resellers from Tamil Nadu
and Puducherry and dealers from Madhya Pradesh are expected to attend. Recently
Bhoj Information Technology and Office Automation Association (BITOAA) and
Madhya Pradesh Telecom And Computer Traders Association (MPTCTA) recently became
a part of Confed-ITTA, initiating a national chapter of Confed. He also said
that the dealers from various associations in North and East had shown an
interest to attend the event. "We have also invited all associations across
India to join us in this summit and grow together," Prasad averred.

The theme for the year has been set as 'Expanding Horizons.' "The focus will
to train members on up-selling, cross-selling, value addition, bringing more
products and services to their existing customer base, increasing revenue
through service and support activities, venturing into training, etc," Prasad
informed.

S Karthikeyan, President, Confed-ITTA claimed that the basic aim of the
summits conducted by Confed is to unite the members and strengthen the
relationship between channel partners and vendors. "Through our every attempt,
we aim to strengthen the relationship between vendors and channels. Even this
year we aim to keep a step ahead in terms of strengthening the relationship. We
have learnt our lesson from the last year's summit. This time we look forward to
making the event even more successful," Karthikeyan said.

S Prakash, Secretary, Confed-ITTA claimed that the summit will provide
opportunity for more resellers to be a part of Confed and pave the way for the
formation of more number of associations from B and C-class cities.

This event will also see the new team of Confed-ITTA taking charge under the
leadership of PN Prasad as President for 2009-10.