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Prologix has carved out its strongholds in value add distribution, in key areas including Testing & Measurement and has branched out into additional domains. Sarwan Singh, Managing Director at Prologix Distribution discusses the company’s key focus areas
What have been some of the key trends that have emerged of late in value added distribution and how have you shaped your market strategy accordingly?
The distribution industry has seen some changes in the way business operate by bringing in effect additional deliverables as part of “Value Added Distribution”. For some organizations, it is about providing right solutions but for others it is all about delivering at best prices. 2013 has seen a fierce competition in terms of new players emerging in the market with innovative strategies to differentiate from the rest and earn more profits.
For Prologix, the strategy has always been to deliver the clients what the partner could have done. We act as an extended arm for our partners and ensure that we lend the right solution/products to the customer. From the very beginning, Prologix has focused on niche segments like Test & Measurement, Wireless, RF & Microwave with the best in class products and we believe our efforts are appropriately “Value-Add”.
Who are the vendors you are associated with?
Prologix partners with brands like Cambium Networks, Totolink, LevelOne, Sub10, Ideal Networks, Agilent Technologies and many more which has products/solutions in these categories- Test & Measurement, Wireless, RF & Microwave. Government and private businesses today need cost effective solutions with unmatched quality and performance and we as VAD stand out to deliver technology solutions to meet specific IT needs in this region.
One of your major segments seems to be Unified Communications. Discuss the adoption of teleconferencing and related solutions as this sector continues to progress in the Middle East and Africa
For Unified Communications, Prologix having achieved Avaya’s highest certification level, is one of the vendor’s select ‘Platinum’ partners in the region. We have been associated with Avaya since 2005 and Prologix has a dedicated pre-sales, sales and support team to design and implement Avaya Voice, Video and Data. With the expertise and experience, we have delivered high quality solutions to over 30 customers in the past 2 years spanning diverse industry verticals that include education, finance, logistics, hospitality and construction. With Avaya, every interaction is an experience and we help customers integrate voice, video and data to communicate and collaborate in real time.
The most reliable and secure UC solutions from Avaya can be seamlessly integrated allowing customers to answer deskphone from mobile, reply to e-mail with voice and many other innovative features. Enterprises today need an end-to-end customer experience management system to deliver the best customer services and focus on the core business. We assist organizations communicate with their customers in the most perfect and reliable way. We provide networking solutions which provide better performance, increased reliability, efficiency and scalability.
Avaya switches and routers build networks that will stay up and running with no downtime. Prologix works closely with Avaya to deliver comprehensive communications solutions that meet and exceed customer expectations. The award “Best Avaya Partner of the Year Award-Mid Market Category” has brought in more momentum to drive sales and effectiveness in the delivery of complex large scale Avaya communications.
Prologix maintains offices in Africa with physical locations in Kenya and Nigeria. Do you have a larger strategy for the Africa market?
Prologix has expanded the operations to the African continent with respect to the distribution segment. We have our offices in Nigeria and Kenya and have managed to enter into the African market by building relationships with local resellers and SIs in the region. We have signed up distributor agreements with our partners for the African region to deliver the right mix of technologies to enterprises and government sectors alike.
Prologix has seen a huge potential and we see many other technology companies having their eye on this Africa continent as well. Companies delivering best technologies in the field of wireless intends to bring broadband to places that do not have electricity yet. Our strategy focuses on investing in local people, focusing on local projects and make a significant contribution technically and commercially
One of your latest brands on board is Cambium Networks. Discuss briefly this partnership in Middle East as well as in Africa
Prologix has signed up with Cambium Networks, a leading Global manufacturer of outdoor wireless infrastructure solutions for the Middle East and African Regions. 2013 has seen launch of three new product platforms-PMP 450, ePMP & PTP 650 which has already created curiosity in the world of wireless broadband. Prologix with this partnership is offering industry innovative wireless outdoor solutions. We have also had two amazing events in Kenya and UAE which drew a massive attendance of C-level professionals from wireless ISPs, mobile service providers, system integrators, law enforcement agencies, defence and security and oil and gas organizations from across the GCC and African nations. We are committed to connecting the unconnected and will continue to work closely with Cambium Networks to achieve this common goal.
Discuss growth prospects for 2014 and the driver behind these numbers
We are looking to a year of greater growth, both in terms of value and volume and we will be focusing on enhancing our VAD deliverables. We aim to have over 5000 channel partners on board and in excess of 25 brands in our products portfolio by the end of 2014. We would be focusing on striking alliances with enabled partners who will eventually be responsible for pre-sales, sales, marketing and post-sales support as well which is the most important factor to drive growth in this region.