Ohrie joins AMD India

In a major development, Alok Ohrie who worked with IBM as the Director of
Systems and Technology Group has quit the Big Blue to join global microprocessor
major AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) as its MD for India operations. However, when
contacted over the phone Ohrie neither confirmed nor denied this movement.

Having worked with IBM, Ohrie is highly regarded within Indian IT circles. He
has worked very closely with the partner community, promoting technology and
personal computing for IBM in the Indian region.

Alok Ohrie

With Ohrie joining in as the MD for AMD's India operations, the company
would now be hoping to further cement its Indian operations. This strengthening
is likely to happen in terms of better positioning of the company's product
range to its partner ecosystem and at the same time increasing its marketshare
in the region.

On the other hand, experts inside the industry feel that this movement will
surely have a big impact on AMD's competitor Intel and is likely to place
Intel in a tight spot when it comes to placing its product range for the channel
community.

“As far as CPU business is concerned, if you want to drive technology, you
cannot do it just by pushing your product through OEMs. Intel was a leader in
terms of technology, but AMD is leading the pack in technology today. This
movement will surely put pressure on Intel. Channel plays a very important role
in this segment. AMD knows this and Alok's presence in India will make a big
difference when it comes to putting the right channel in place and even
increasing the marketshare for AMD,” informed a New Delhi-based solution
provider on conditions of anonymity.