The series of the regional partnership meetings MERLION Business Channel`2012 ended in the northern capital.
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This year the route of the MERLION Business Channel`2012 partnership meetings went from south to north: starting in early March in Rostov-na-Donu, in six months, coming through Ural, Volga region and Siberia, the conference finished in Saint Petersburg. As a result Ekaterinburg, Samara, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk have been marked on the MERLION Business Channel`2012 map as sites for meetings with regional partners of the biggest Russian IT distributor.
This year the key theme of the conference was the specifics of the regional IT market since without taking it into account it seems not possible to determine the vectors for successful cooperation with regional partners. The regional events session has been very productive and useful for both guests and organizers. Thanks to the conference more than 500 participants had a chance to learn firsthand about vendors’ new products and perfected technologies; could discuss the trends and perspectives of the Russian IT market as a whole and their region in particular; could learn about new details in MERLION partnership policies and also exchange opinions with their colleagues in an informal setting.
Saint-Petersburg. Final meeting
The last stage of MERLION Business Channel`2012 took place on September 5th in the Northern capital. More than 70 representatives of the partner companies of the Northwest federal district took part in the Saint Petersburg meeting.
The official part of the forum was, as usual, very busy and productive. The business part of the event schedule began with the organizers’ speeches: Vladislav Ivachyov, the head of the broadband access sales department, offered a presentation on «MERLION2.0 – the evolution of distribution». The next one was Vladimir Gribkov, Microsoft partner relationship manager, who introduced the audience to eight unfamiliar facts about Windows 8. Dmitry Inshakov, a Panasonic product specialist, introduced the audience to the Panasonic multifunctional devices through a professional’s eyes. Dmitry Uspensky, the head of the partner relationship department for the Northwestern region, described for the audience the new possibilities for APC by Schneider Electric. The speech by Aleksandr Radchenko, OCZ sales manager in Russia and CIS, answered the questions about what is SSD and what role the OCZ company plays in developing the market for solid state drives. Olga Gubina, the partner relationship manager in NWFD, described the perspectives of the possibilities opened to the participants of the IBM partnership programs. Vadim Khomyakov, partner relationship manager, presented to his colleagues this year’s additions to the range of BenQ LCD monitors and projectors. The convincing presentation by Denis Makashov, the partner relationship manager in NWFD (Fujitsu), listed five serious reasons to collaborate with Fujitsu and explained why it is truly profitable to sell its products. The official part ended with the speech by Aleksandr Trunyaev, the HDS partner relationship manager, who presented some unfamiliar facts about the Hitachi Data Systems company.
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At the end of the evening there was a traditional musical surprise and some chance to talk informally.
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The MERLION company gives sincere thanks to all the participants of the regional meetings (both partners and vendors) for their active support of MERLION Business Channel`2012 and hopes for new meetings in the new 2013 season!
