Gigabit switching, an emerging opportunity for SIs

With applications like webinars, web conferencing and IPTV
gaining ground in the Indian market, D-Link India is looking at gigabit
switching as one of the key drivers for the growth of the company as well as the
ecosystem of its system integration partners in the country.

"Gigabit switching is one area where there are going to
be a lot of opportunities for system integrators. You need it at desktop level
for applications like webinars and web conferencing. India already has a lot of
R&D centers, software development houses, system integrators should look
forward to positioning gigabit switching products for these segments as there
would be a great demand there," informed, Tushar Sighat, VP, Channel
Business (India & SAARC), D-Link. He was speaking at a system integrators focused event-Explore
2005-which D-Link is organizing in association with DQ

Channels.

TUSHAR SIGHAT To increase the number of  authorized gigabit SIs

Keeping its focus on the gigabit-switching segment, the
company already has around 40 authorized gigabit system integrators in India and
is looking forward to increasing this number. "As this segment is picking
up in this region and more and more applications are getting deployed, we are
looking forward to increasing the number of authorized gigabit system
integrators in this region. Typically, we are putting emphasis on access and
edge solutions in this space," he added.

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