Computer Dealers’ Association President stressed need to organise IT Expos more often

City has more than 300 dealers doing a computer retail sales turnover of over Rs 150 crore (exclusive direct sales made by cos) per year. Twin cities is a market of resellers than dealers, says Computer Dealers Body President.

55 Companies are showcasing about 500 products in the expo, offering special offers customised only for the expo. The expo is Open from 10am to 7pm upto Sunday. There will be a Seminar on Power of Internet tomorrow at 12.00noon. Funny Entertainers to organise cultural and "Fun to Future" Competitions for children below 15 years in conjunction with the trade tomorrow at 5pm . Entree for all is free.

Hyderabad, February, 2003:  The three day IT Product Expo, an exhibition for Hardware, Software Products & Services of IT & Telecom Industry was held in the city. Mr. K.V.R Menon, President of Twin Cities Computer Dealers’ Association, cut the ribbon and later lit the traditional lamp together with Mr. Syed Ishaq Ahmed, Regional Manager of Aditya Infotech Ltd to mark the inauguration.

Speaking to media men immediately after the inauguration Mr. Menon said ‘IT Expos like this one must be organised quite often, appropriately once in six months. Information is knowledge, knowledge is power. Knowledge can be disseminated by way mass media as well as well expos like this one’, he said.

Adding further he informed that ten members of the Twin Cities Computer Dealers’ Association are participating in the expo and assured that there would be more positive response from the members in future. He thanked organisers for offering special packages for the association members.

Speaking about the activities of the association Mr. Menon said, the association today has 114 trader members and 27 corporate members. The association, which is a common platform for dealers to air their grievances began with 40 members five years back and today has 141 and expected to cross 200 members by the end of the year. However twin cities has more than 300 dealers in all togther doing a retail sales turnover of over Rs 150 crore per annum. However this figure is exclusive of direct sales made by the companies. The sales was good until last year. But due to recession in the international market, the IT retail sales has come down in twin cities by 15 to 20 per cent informed Mr. Menon. Twin cities has more resellers than dealers, he added. Mr. Menon was too happy to see lot of crowd in the first hour of the beginning of the expo. And appreciated Mr. Venu Bhagavan organiser of the expo and his team for the best efforts put in.

The three day expo has attracted 55 companies exhibiting nearly 500 IT products. Some of the participating products and companies include The participating products include AMD, Aditya Infocom, Bestron Copiers , Birla 3M Ltd, Cache Peripherals, Compage Computers, Comprint, Convergence Digest , Digit Magazine , Epson, H.P, Excel Media Pvt. Ltd, Fraser Techno Circuits Ltd, HCL Infosystems Ltd, ICN - Indian Computer Trade News, Idea Cellular, III rd i, Jitendra Infotech (E-Monitor), Jupiter Infosys Ltd, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd, NEcX , Neoteric Infomatique Pvt. Ltd. , Numeric Power Systems Ltd, Plus Business Machines Ltd, Philips Sound Solutions, Rational Business Corp. (Desmatech) , S.V. Digital Large Format Printers, S.V. Electronics - Microsoft Hardware, SK Graphics, Snowebs Software Technologies, Softpal Consultants, Stickmail, Tally and others.

The expo is a must visit for Reseller of Computer Peripherals, Business People & Entrepreneurs, Government & Corporate officials, Computer Users & Non Users, Hardware & Software Engineers, Financial & A/C Managers, Consultants & Professionals, Graphic & Web Designers, Students & Parents and Any one related to Computers DTP & Graphic designers Printing Media.

A visitor to the expo can see Personal Computers Laptops & Palmtops Computer Peripherals Digital Equipment Office Automation Software Products UPS Systems Desk Top Publishing Advanced ISP Solutions Virtual Reality Software Consultancy and Training E-Business & Web Services Graphic imaging & Multimedia Security Services and Card Technology Networking & Communication Equipment Automatic Information Data Capture And many other IT products and services.

Scholar writing display boards, Stick Mail Labels and School ID Cards, e-monitor, Comnet Vision displaying AMD Athlon processors and other products, Frontech’s Genius Pen Drive, Regal camera, Voyager Wheel, Kauvery Computers lowcost PC at Rs 16,500 and Cache Peripherals laptops at Rs 20,000/- are some of the stalls/products visitors glued on to in the expo.

There will be a seminar to be organized in conjuction with the expo. Seminar on power of internet will be held at 12.00 noon tomorrow. Mr. Bhasker an expert from the industry from Excell Media will speak on Power of Internet as well as Voic Over Internet Protocol. The entry for the seminar is free.

Funny Entertainers to organise "Fun to Future" a fun filled competitions and cultural programmes for kinds on Face Painting, Parady Songs, Mock Quiz, Fashion Parade and Theme Dance Competitions. Children below 15 years are allowed to participate in these events free of cost. These programmes will be held tomorrow at 5pm. For more details and information, please contact Ms. Prashanthi on Tel: 23328613/55581818. Entry for this program is free.

The entry for the show is FREE. One doesn’t need a business card to enter. Lucky Prizes are offered to the visitors every hour. These lucky prizes include Webster Dictionary, India View CDs and Canon Ink-Jet Printer.

Reachout's News Bureau
-February'2003
 

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