Select Technologies conducts Rishtey 2006

Bangalore-based Select Technologies concluded 'Rishtey 2006',
its annual channel partner meet at the Radisson White Sands Resort, Goa. Held
between the June 1-4, the event, for which DQ Channels was the chosen media
partner, saw the participation of over 80 channel partners from all over India
along with nearly 45 technology partners.

Held every year to celebrate Select's enduring partnership
with its channel, Rishtey 2006 was different from its predecessors, since it was
a national level event, instead of being a regional one. The four-day event
began with a 'jig saw puzzle', where the participants were asked to bring
along with them their invites which was also a piece of a jig saw puzzle, that
when put together formed the logo of joined hands.

S Sriram, CEO, Select Technologies addressing partners

TCS receiving the award for the best national level system integrator from Venkatesh Sadayappan of ISS, Arun Phatak of Resilience and S Sriram of Select Technologies

Macaws-IBM wins the award for the best national level system integrator from the East. The award was given by Venkatesh Sadayappan from ISS, Arun Phatak from Resilience and Sriram from Select Technologies

Post-inauguration, amidst entertainment from the Vibes dance
troupe of Bangalore and singing rendered by Sathish Sarathi, the evening saw
Select employees walk away with awards given as a mark of recognition for their
hard work through the year. What made these awards more special were that the
invited channel partners gave them away.

While the award winners included team Select's members from
all over India, on the list of awardees were many partners who were felicitated
under various categories of most preferred national and regional channel
partners. Among the winners were IBM, Wipro, TCS and HCL Comnet along with
Taarak Technologies, Raksha Technologies, Trident Technologies and Kinfotech in
the security space. The winners in the storage space included Ace Data Systems,
Tata Elxsi, HCL Infosystems and Chabria Software.

Sharing his thoughts on the occasion, S Sriram, CEO, Select
Technologies said, "Rishtey 2006 is an attempt to bring together the
people, programs and processes to expand sales and help our partners gain a
considerable lead over competition. Rishtey 2006 is an occasion for Select
Technologies to celebrate our enduring relationship with partners that has only
grown stronger with time."

Award ceremony done with, days two and three were devoted to
seminars by technology partners for the channel. As part of these sessions,
participants discussed their roadmap for the year ahead, in terms of new
products, technologies and were also enlightened on the market opportunities
that existed for the channel and how best they could capitalize on the existing
opportunity.

"From the feedback that we received, we understood that
partners were on the look out for a less technology-specific event and were
rather looking forward to understand how to maximize the market opportunity that
they have in the security space. That is why the focus this year was to keep
away from too many technical presentations," indicated Sriram while
expressing satisfaction that Select offered its partners the right platform for
interaction.

SUBBALAKSHMI BM

(The author was hosted in Goa by Select Technologies)