ProCurve organized its 'next-generation event at Le Royal Meridan, Andheri on Nov 29. A similar event was organized in
Bangalore and Delhi on Nov 28 and Dec 1 respectively. Along with the discussion
of the existing business strategy of the company, four new products were
launched on the eve.
The new launches in the event were ProCurve switch 8100fl
series, ProCurve switch 2600-8-PWR with Gigabit uplink, ProCurve mobility
manager 1.0 and ProCurve identity driven manager 2.0. Mak Chin Wah, Sales
Manager, ProCurve Networking by HP, SEA and India and Tan Kwong Hui, Technical
Consultant, ProCurve Networking by HP, SEA and India, were also present in the
event.
The participants included the channel partners, IT managers
and IT administrators of different companies. The event was marked by the
discussion of worldwide presence of ProCurve networking products and the
changing trend of networking. According to a company source, ProCurve would
presently focus on the enterprise segment alone as the product line basically
comprise of the high-end networking products.
The event was organized mainly to increase the visibility of the ProCurve products. The company source informed, "We have
got a huge response from these events. In fact at Bangalore, where over 100
participants were present, we closed a good number of deals."
Shilpi Das
Mumbai