DQ Week conducts its 10th awards night

New Delhi

July 11th, 2007

The tenth DQ Week Delhi Awards Night, held recently witnessed a footfall of
more than 400 people that included representatives from the vendor and channel.

The DQ Week awards were given in recognition to the contribution of channel
partners to the IT business. This included partners across 37 cities of North
India and approximately 80 Indian cities. Like every year the awardees were
decided by a jury, which included eminent people from the industry.

The panel this year comprised Rajesh Khurana, Country Manager, India and SAARC,
Seagate Technology; Nikhil Kumar, Enterprise Platform Manager-South Asia, Intel;
Mukesh Choudhury, DGM-Sales North (2), Ingram Micro and Abhinav Parashar, DGM-Sales
North (1), Ingram Micro. Amconics was the official sponsor while Linksys and
Unistal were the associate sponsors.

The glittering awards night started with an opening remark by Ibrahim Ahmad,
Group Editor, The DQ Week. It was followed by a presentation from Sanjeev Soni,
Country Manager India, Amconics International, who took the opportunity to
launch TSP LCD monitors, and also spoke about the company's future prospects.

The ceremony began by honoring channel partners from cities other than Delhi.
For the second year in a row, Computer Touch got the Best Channel Partner Award
for Ambala. MM9 Information Technology, Gurgaon was a new entrant in the award
winners' list this year. Another first time award winner was Infotech Computer
& Communication from Karnal. From the twin cities of Panipat and Sonipat,
the award went to Computer City.

The Best Channel Partner Award for Himachal Pradesh went to Shimla-based
Eline.

For the fourth year in a row, AGM Sales Corporation bagged the award for Best
Channel Partner for Jammu. Making a hat-trick this time was Nice Computers from
Srinagar.

In Raipur, scoring a hat-trick was Priyanka Computer Services. Also
completing their hat-trick, Latest Infotech was once again awarded the best
channel partner from Bhopal. A new entrant this year was Data Print who bagged
the award for the best channel partner in Gwalior. From Indore the award for the
second year went to Computer Gallery. Microland Computers was once again the
best channel partner for Jabalpur.

This year the jury decided to honor two partners for their contribution to
the IT business in Chandigarh. The award for best sub-distributor for Chandigarh
went to Sapphire Informatique, while the award for best SI from Chandigarh went
to Spectra Computech.

From Amritsar, NV Computers walked away with the Best Channel Partner Award
for the fourth time in a row.

Jalandhar made a comeback with Impel Infosys, winning the Best Channel
Partner Award. Winning the best channel partner for Ludhiana was IDM Solutions,
who won the award after five years. Another town that made a comeback to the
awards after almost two years was Patiala. Winning the award for the first time
was Viki Enterprises.

The award for the best channel partner for Ajmer went to Symbiosis Computer
Vision.

In the Pink City, Kanchan Computech was the winner of the best channel
partner for Jaipur.

After a gap of two years, Frontline Computers from Jodhpur bagged the Best
Channel Partner Award. In Udaipur, for the fifth time in six years the award
went to Tayal Software.

In Dehradun, the award for best channel went to Strategic Marketing while for
the second year in a row Intech Infosys bagged the best channel partner for
Uttaranchal Up-country.

MKG Infotech was the best channel partner of Agra for the fifth time in a
row. A step ahead was Tritech Enterprises, who bagged the award for the sixth
time this year from Allahabad. Aadhar Computech from Ghaziabad got the award for
the fourth year in a row.

Also winning the award for the fourth time was Jalan Distributors from
Gorakhpur.

The award for best channel partner for Jhansi this year went to Comtech
Computers.

Comexcell Technologies won the best channel partner award from Kanpur for the
seventh straight year in a row.

Sigma IT Superstore was the best channel partner for Lucknow, while Foretek
Systems got the award for the sixth year in a row for Meerut. The award for
Varanasi for the second year went to Life Computers.

The jury instituted a new award this year-Best System Builder. This award
went to New Delhi-based Green Vision. The Best Media Reseller award went to
Saitronics and Systems. Futuresoft Solutions bagged the Best Software Reseller
award. The Silver award in Retail category went to Landmark. And the Gold award
in the Retail category went to Computer Land, for the fifth time.

In the reseller category, the Silver award went to PL Computers. Computer
Empire bagged the Gold award in the Reseller category for Delhi. Progressive
Infotech got the Silver award in the System Integration category while the Gold
award for System Integration went to Team Computers.

The Silver award in the Sub-distribution category went to Elcom Trading. And
the Gold award in this category went to RR Systems.

The event saw scintillating dance performances. Amconics also organized a
lucky draw.

List of winners for north region 2007:

J&K

Srinagar: Nice Computers

Jammu: AGM Sales Corporation

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Shimla: Eline

HARYANA

Ambala: Computer Touch

Gurgaon: MM9 Information Technology

Karnal: Infotech Computers & Communications

Panipat/Sonipat: Computer City India

PUNJAB

Amritsar: NV Computers

Jalandhar: Impel Infosys

Ludhiana: IDM Solutions

Patiala: Viki Enterprises

CHANDIGARH

Best Sub Disti/reseller: Sapphire Informatique

Best SI:

Spectra Compu-tech

RAJASTHAN

Ajmer: Symbiosis Computer Vision

Jaipur: Kanchan Computech

Jodhpur: Frontline Computers

Udaipur: Tayal Software Consultancy

MADHYA PRADESH

Bhopal: Latest Infotech

Gwalior: Data Print

Indore: Computer Gallery

Jabalpur: Microland Computers

UTTAR PRADESH

Agra: MKG Computers

Allahabad: Tritech Enterprises

Ghaziabad: Aadhar Computech

Gorakhpur: Jalan Distributors

Jhansi: Comtech Computers

Kanpur: Comexcell Technologies

Lucknow: Sigma IT Superstore

Meerut: Foretek Systems

Varanasi: Life Computers

CHATTISGARH

Raipur: Priyanka Computer Services

UTTRANCHAL

Dehradun: Strategic Marketing

Upcountry: Intech Infosys

DELHI

SOFTWARE RESELLER

Future Soft

MEDIA RESELLER

Saitronics & Systems

RETAIL

Gold: Computer Land

Silver: Landmark Technology

SI

Gold: Team Computers

Silver: Progressive Infotech

RESELLER

Gold: Computer Empire

Silver: PL. Computer & Communication

SUB DISTI:

Gold: RR Systems

Silver: Elcom Trading Co

SYSTEM BUILDER:

Green Vision