U.S. Robotics thanks partners for another outstanding year

The event was held in Phuket, Thailand, where the company thanked the channel, and took a look at the year ahead, as it pushes into the networking and broadband markets of the Middle East.

" Our channel partners have played an essential role in the steady growth that we have witnessed in the Middle East over the past two years," said Yusuf Syed, U.S.Robotics' Regional manager for the Middle East. "And it is our tradition to show our appreciation for those efforts and review our plans to achieve even better results in the year ahead!"

The winners were:

1. Best Regional Distributor for Year 2002 - Aptec Gulf LLC
2. Best Growth Performance Award for 2002 - Techdata
3. Best In-Country Distributor - Saudi Arabia : Esam Arabian Projects,
4. Best Retailer of the year 2002 (UAE) - Quality Computers
5. Best Wholesale Reseller of the Year 2002 (UAE) - PC International,
6. Best Wholesale Reseller of the Year 2002 (Saudi Arabia) - Jamal Al Jassim Electronics (PC Net)
7. Special Appreciation Award for Q4-02 Performance : Direct Computer Systems,
8. Special Appreciation Award for Q4-02 Performance: Blue Bell Computers,
9. Best Product Manager for Year 2002 - Sumit Kumar - Aptec Gulf
10. Best Sales person (Distribution) - 2002 : Vineet Kajaria - Aptec Gulf

"We are proud of this award," said Baha Salah, General Manager of Aptec Gulf "as it is based on performance and proves our commitments to the brands that we carry, especially U.S. Robotics. Our objective for 2003 will thus be to top last year's performance and help increase U.S. Robotics' presence in the networking and broadband arenas, which are both very clear areas of growth and profitability"

"U.S.Robotics brings outstanding yet affordable connectivity to our customers," which is the most important thing added Sunny Menghani, Managing Director of Quality Compters. "As sales people, it is a very gratifying brand to work with, since customers know it and trust it, and we are confident that the products that they buy will not let them down. That is why we are certain that our success story with U.S. Robotics will continue"

U.S. Robotics has several partner incentive programs in place in the Middle East. It is also currently developing a network of value added resellers to market and support its networking and broadband solutions in the Small to Medium market segment.

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