MS, Confed-ITA train 250 partners

COIMBATORE, INDIA: Microsoft concluded its Coimbatore channel training event on May 6. A total of 250 dealers were trained during the sessions organized in Madurai and Coimbatore. The training session was a joint effort by Confed-ITA and Microsoft.

Speaking on the reason why Microsoft conducted such a training session with the association, PN Prasad, President, Confed-ITA shared, “Microsoft has got products in various categories, with different licensing being issued, along with other technicalities involved. But dealers are not aware of such details and this causes a lot of problems to both the vendor and dealers. Hence, Microsoft has agreed to train dealers in the region. The vendor also gave away Windows 7 Beta DVDs to the Presidents of the concerned associations in Ooty, Tirupur, Karur, Salem and Erode.” He further informed that people requiring these DVDs can enroll their names with him.

Prasad shared that his association, along with Microsoft will also be holding a ‘Retail Outlet Staff’ training session in June. As part of this training session, the people working in the retail outlets will be professionally trained by Microsoft on various technologies and skills required.

Confed-ITA is also in touch with other vendors, who can provide training to the dealers regarding their range of products. Talks of the association with Samsung is in final stage, and the company will soon be conducting its training sessions for the partners in the region.

The event conducted by Confed-ITA and MS saw huge participation from partners in Ooty, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Karur, Kumbakonam, Namakkal, Attur and Confed-ITA members.

The two-day training program started on May 6 in Coimbatore and concluded in Madurai on May 7.

When contacted about the initiative in South, Rajeev Mittal, Group Director—SME, Microsoft India said, “Microsoft’s recent readiness program is part of our continued efforts to assist the partners in taking the relevant and optimal solutions to Microsoft customers. This is facilitated by enabling the channel community with the critical ability to understand the business challenges of their customers against the backdrop of the downturn and address their needs appropriately.”

He added that Microsoft would be delivering programs to address the channel audiences across sales, technical developers, architects and management professionals to generate awareness about its licensing solutions and new platform—Windows 7.