As another successful year draws to a close, International Micro Village Inc (IMVI) and Cisco Systems Inc honors its partners in a night of celebration, recognition, food, and music. Coming together for an epic night at the Elbow Room in Pasig, both companies awarded top performers and unveiled its marketing plans for 2014.
The night kicked off with IMVI Product Manager for Cisco Chester Alanes thanking the company’s retail and corporate partners for all the support, promising exciting times ahead as IMI launches a more agressive marketing campaign for the new year.
Partners belt it out onstage for IM The Voice 2014
While everyone settled down to enjoy a sumptuous dinner, 10 representatives from different companies battled onstage for the title of IM The Voice 2014 Grand Champion. Singing hit songs from Katy Perry’s “Roar” to Heart’s “Alone”. One male contestant even dished out a smashing rendition of Randy Santiago’s “Hindi Magbabago”, the talented performers belted it out just like in the hit television show “The Voice”.
Faced with so much talent the judges had a difficult time scoring the contestants, but eventually the winners were announced, with Laarni of Microphase bagging the grand prize. Following in close range were Asineth of CTI and Christine of Villman.
- Grand Champion – Laarni of Microphase
- First Place – Asineth of CTI
- Second Place – Christine of Villman
Upcoming Cisco promos and giveaways for 2014
After announcing the winners, Chester went onstage to present Cisco’s marketing program for 2014. Up for grabs are a summer outing to Palawan, Cisco jackets, and of course, lots and lots of discounts. There’s even a KFC gift certificate in store for selected purchases in participating outlets.
Check out the list of Cisco promos and discounts below.
- Beat The Cold Sell In Style – Get a free Cisco limited edition jacket for every purchase of Cisco 500 Series Switches and for every 30K peso purchase of any Cisco Small Business products
- Sunburn: The Palawan Trip Challenge – The top 4 IMVI Partners will get a chance to win an all expense paid trip to Palawan
- Blast From The Past – Get as much as 10% discount upon purchasing selected items from Cisco’s previous-generation product catalog
- BurstNinety Program – Get additional items for bulk purchases of selected products
- Bigyan ng Jacket Yan! Promo – Get a FREE Cisco-IMVI Limited Edition Jacket for every single 50K peso above purchase of any Cisco Small Business products
- KFC Streetwise Promo – Get a 100 peso KFC gift certificate for every purchase of selected Cisco Small Business product from February 3 to April 26, 2014
IMVI and Cisco recognizes top partners for 2013
Finally the time came for IMVI and Cisco to award the outstanding partners for 2013. The award for Corporate Partner of the Year went to Zenshin Systems Corporation, while the much-coveted Retail Parnter of the Year went to Villman Computers.
Below is a complete list of all awardees:
- Retail Partner of the Year – Villman Computers
- Corporate Partner of the Year – Zenshin Systems Corporation
- Outstanding Performance of the Year – MDR Microware Sales, Inc.
- Breakthrough Partner of the Year – Arriola Enterprises
- Rising Star Awards – Calvelo Engineered Systems
This is the first time for IMVI to recognize its top partners in such fashion. IMVI President and CEO Winston Siy went onstage to thank everyone for their contributions, ending it with a toast for the upcoming year. Also in attendance were IMVI General Manager Susan Lee and Cisco Territory Business Manager Diana Singson-Tan.
Photo Gallery: IMVI and Cisco Partner Appreciation Night
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