Jacky's wins HP Channel Partner Award

Ashish Panjabi, Chief Operating Officer, Jacky's Gulf FZE, received the award at the HP Channel Partner Awards ceremony, which was held at the Grand Hyatt on October 4 and attended by over 400 HP partners.

The HP Channel Partner Awards are designed to recognise the efforts and focus of HP partners and as such all partners are evaluated on a broad host of criteria during the judging process. HP partners are evaluated on: growth in terms of units sold, marketing activities undertaken by the partner, the partner's response to HP promotions, active partnership, the partner's ability to provide full systems to its customers (selling all peripherals and accessories in addition to the main product), being able to maintain a constant supply to customers and the partner's dedicated focus on the product.

"Jacky's performance in all categories was outstanding. The partnership between Jacky's and HP is truly an ideal business relationship; Jacky's has consistently proven to be a focused and dedicated HP partner," said Ernest Azzam, Business Development Manager, Large Format Printing-Imaging and Printing Group, HP Middle East.

"We are very pleased to receive HP's 'DesignJet Channel Partner 2004-Graphics' award this year. Jacky's has a team dedicated to serving to Large Format Printing products and we are constantly investing in training for all our sales and service staff. It is extremely encouraging to be recognised by HP for our efforts considering we created the Digital Printing Division in Jacky's only three years ago," said Mr Panjabi.

Last month Jacky's and HP hosted a one-day seminar and open house for retailers in the UAE, which demonstrated affordable and user-friendly printing solutions for application in the retail sector. Jacky's and HP also teamed up for the Gulf Print & Pack exhibitions, which showcased photographic and production solutions from ColorGate, including the FotoZoomer and PROOFGate along with HP large format solutions.