Confed to unite vendors, channel

NR Sethuraman

Chennai

April 4 2008

Confed-ITA will be conducting a channel-vendor meet on April 12, 2008. Around
60 vendors are expected to participate in this event, which will be held in
Madurai. This meet is a relationship-building effort among the channel community
and vendors. Sharing details of the event, S Karthikeyan, President, Confed-ITA
said, “This meeting would be a platform for better understanding between
Confed and vendors. We also look forward to enabling a healthy relationship
between vendors.” Confed is also looking to addressing certain issues like
warranty, VAT, dead on arrival (DoA), and demanding some clear policies. S
Prakash, Secretary, Confed-ITA said, “Different vendors have different
policies and each one would be made more clear during the meeting. We also
expect vendors to set-up facilitation centers in upcountry regions, as
transportation of products becomes a tough task when we encounter warranty and
DOA related issues.” Top officials from various companies are expected to
attend the meet.

“Normally we are not able to meet the higher officials, however this
meeting will give us an opportunity to interact with them. It will further
enhance the relationship between the vendor and channel,” claimed Prakash. The
tagline for this meet is 'Get together and grow together'.

“We decided to bring vendors together under the same forum and enhance the
vendor-channel relationship because in order for bilateral growth we have to
complement each other. For this reason we have kept the tagline 'Get together
and grow together',” informed Muthuswamy, Event Coordinator, Confed-ITA.
Confed has also planned to use this meeting to explore the plans of vendors for
this FY, informed PN Prasad, VP, Confed-ITA. “We are expecting to fill the gap
existing between vendors and channel,” he averred. The meeting will see lots
of healthy debates and discussions that would benefit both the parties, informed
Karthikeyan.