10-06-2009, NEW DELHI, INDIA - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) rewarded its best performing partners by inviting them to its India Premier Partners Retreat 2009 and annual Asia Pacific Resellers Conference. The combined events held over three days in Goa, India looked into strengthening its long-term relationships with key Indian channel customers. The retreat and conference are part of a wider programme of comprehensive and active support that nurtures and rewards their investments in Hitachi GST, while allowing the company to capture rapidly expanding business opportunities in India.
During the India conference, Hitachi GST presented awards to 24 partners, including 20 resellers and four distributors, in recognition of their outstanding efforts and contribution to building the Hitachi brand across the country.
“The retreat and conference were a real success. We celebrated the impressive contributions and outstanding results achieved by our partners in India,” said Robert Chu, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Hitachi GST. “We will continue to support our channel partners, and look forward to identifying more opportunities for enhancing sales of our hard disk drives across India.”
“The conference was an ideal platform for us to engage with Hitachi’s management team and to learn about its latest products and channel strategies across India,” said Shashikant Vig, Creation Computers New Delhi. “We were excited to hear about the many new hard drives developed by Hitachi, which we are confident will allow us to maximize many other market opportunities.”
Hitachi is committed to the Indian market, providing strong local support and an extensive channel network in India. The company established the Hitachi Partner Privilege Program (HPP), a channel customer loyalty program, in 2008. The HPP program provides partners in India with convenient tools and resources to help grow their business. Hitachi continues to upgrade its loyalty program by offering more rewards, recognition and support to its partners, including resellers, system integrators, system builders and retailers in 35 states and territories across India.
Hitachi’s annual reseller conference shares updated product information with its partners in Asia. This year’s conferences have been held in Kota Kinabalu (East Malaysia), and Goa (India) for customers in ASEAN and India respectively. Two additional conferences will be held in Seoul (South Korea) for South Korea customers and Xiamen (China) for Greater China customers. These conference cum incentive trips provide an opportunity for outstanding distribution partners and resellers to learn more about Hitachi GST’s business direction and strategies for the year ahead.
About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, Hitachi GST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. Hitachi GST was established in 2003 with its headquarters located in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachigst.com.
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