Midware Technologies added to IBM network
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“Sri Lanka represents a large market opportunity in the South East
Asian region,” Managing Director, Blue Chip Customer Engineering Lanka,
Romeish De Mel said.
Speaking at an event organised by IBM to announce the appointment of
Midware Technologies as the value added distributor for IBM Software
Group for Sri Lanka and Maldives markets in Colombo yesterday he said
although they do not have a direct presence in the Maldives, they will
work through their business partners, with support provided from
Colombo.
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Vice President, Anil Menon hands over the letter of
appointment to Managing Director, Midware Technologies.
Romeish de Mel. |
“We are happy to network with IBM’s Software Group and handle these
two diverse clienteles”, he said.
Midware Technologies will distribute the full range of products from
all the five software brands of IBM: Lotus, Tivoli, Information
Management, Rational and WebSphere.
“The company will actively engage in brand building and product
awareness campaigns in both countries. In addition to this will also be
special promotions on specific brands, which are expected to enhance
revenue and increase market share in both countries.
Midware Technologies will work through its diverse business partner
channels thus enabling their technical teams to provide strong support
and bring more value to their business,” he said.
IBM Software Group offers operating infrastructure environment with a
wide range of middleware for all types of computing platforms, allowing
customers to take full advantage of the globally integrated era.
VP, Channels, Marketing and Ecosystem, Software Group, IBM India,
South Asia, Anil Menon, said, “We are adding a value to computer
business in Sri Lanka.
As IBM is the second largest computer company in the world, we
provide higher level of security, higher performances and better
collaboration. Therefore we have got five products of the family called
Lotus, Tivoli, Information management, rational and web sphere.
A member of the Blue Chip Group of Companies, Midware Technologies
was formed early this year to address the needs of value added
distributorship for IBM’s software group. |
