IBM appoints Supertron for server range of products

Bangalore

June 18, 2008

IBM announced the appointment of Supertron Electronics Ltd as a national
distributor for its server range of products. This partnership would align with
IBM's strategy of upcountry focus on the server business. A dedicated business
partnership will enable IBM to reach out to larger segment of tier-2 partners
and to enable them directly.

Power consumption and thermal loads are increasing every day-a challenge
that calls for new thinking about the combination of hardware, software and
processors.

Mukul Mathur, Director-Channels and Marketing, IBM India/South Asia said,
“Supertron comes with deep penetration in non-metro locations. They have a
very sound distribution structure to address the challenges faced by partners in
C and D-class locations. This partnership will go a long way to help address the
channel needs to source IBM products and help address real customer problems in
these locations.”

VK Bhandari, CMD, Supertron Electronics stated, “IBM servers feature an
unmatched combination of performance and scalability with a balanced design.
They also have an outstanding commercial application serving and database
performance. With our proven distribution muscle, we hope that this alliance
will help more and more clients manage expanding business needs.”

With this new addition to their portfolio, Supertron has taken one more step
towards being one of the largest IT providers for enterprise business. Supertron
already ranks among the top 100 IT companies in India, according to Dataquest,
and is fast gunning to become among the top 10.