Happy New Year! Happy New Bond! A party given by HP and MERLION

14 December. Pre-New Year evening in Moscow. The restaurant driveway is illuminated with torch lights. For the gala night on the occasion of the coming New Year 2012 get together the caught in the act of cooperation with HP and MERLION the best partners of 2011!

At the entrance to the festively decorated hall charming “Bond’s girls” meet the guests; they are ready to drive anyone crazy and captivate by their perfection. In the restaurant there is an elegant spy cocktail reception. The photo studio is opened; as scenery even the real Bond’s arsenal can be found there. The guests are amused by trying out the images of the great special agent and his beautiful girlfriends. After a while the stylized photographs appear on a special stand. The license for fun has been granted, the mood of the night has been defined!

At this time the famous jazz band plays the never dying hits from the Bondiana. In a separate hall the most brave have the opportunity to get a shot of adrenalin trying a hand in a laser shooting range – a real action for the real men! And the mystery lovers can check the numeric magic with the numerology specialist; surely without this science a special agent cannot leave a secret message!

And now more than 60 of the most important partners gathered in a hall, heard the blare of the trumpets and the official part of the night – honorary awards presentation – has begun!

The HP Technological Solutions Department Director Pavel Vlaskin and the General Manager of MERLION Vyacheslav Simonenko have addressed the guests with their opening speeches.  They congratulated the partners on the coming New Year, summed up the results of the outgoing year, outlined the plans for the coming 2012 year and of course honored the achieved business results.

That evening the best of the best in the following focus areas were invited to come on stage:

• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP servers”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP periphery”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP Personal Systems”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP Consumer Notebooks”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP Data Storage Systems”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP Product Support”;
• The best partner 2011 in the area “HP Network Equipment”;
• The best partner 2011 in implementation of non-routine solutions based on the HP network equipment.

In the award ceremony apart from the mentioned TOP managers of the HP and MERLION companies participated the following persons:

• The director of HP printing devices unit Konstantin Kimelman;
• The director of corporate sales of HP PC systems department Alexander Petrov;
• The head of HP data storage system department Andrey Kuchinsky;
• The account manager of HP Department of system integration and technical support Nikita Uspensky;
• The distributor manager (HP Networking) Olga Zaretskaya;
• The retailer manager Mikhail Beregovoy.

On the part of the MERLION Company this mission of honor was carried out by the Marketing Manager Sergey Raskolov and “System Integrators” Sales Director Evgeniy Achkasov.

After the speeches, congratulations and words of appreciation the night continued to gain momentum bright, thick and fast: the music were playing, the luxurious awards were given, and the toasts were raised. Each guest was given a New Year souvenir from HP and MERLION companies.

Once more we wish all of our partners a Happy New Year 2012! In the outgoing year in life of each of us a lot have happened, the events were sad and joyful and they enabled us to get a unique experience. The achievements helped us to gain self-confidence, failures taught us not to lose heart! We wish you new discoveries, fair victories and outstanding professional achievements! And we also express our hope for our meeting in December 2012.

Happy coming New Year! Please remember: “Life is in no need of pleasure but one doesn’t need living without pleasure”.