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Quantus announces tie-up with KYE

Quantus Infoways has announced a tie-up with KYE Corporation to market their entire range of Genius products in India.

Quantus can now provide its customers renowned Genius keyboards and mice along with Web-cameras, multimedia speakers, headphones, MP3 players, sound cards and digital cameras.

Says Brandon Chiang, Regional Manager, KYE, “Genius can offer great value to IT dealers and end-customers. We have chalked out a strategy with Quantus and are sure that Genius will become a leading brand in the Indian market as well.”

“We are happy to partner with KYE. This is a step towards increasing our product portfolio and offering quality IT & lifestyle products to Indian customers,” says Rajeev Sood, MD, Quantus.

Adds Narendra Dubey, Director, Quantus, “With this alliance, we can address the needs of a much wider segment as the Genius product range is exhaustive and interesting.”

Trend Micro reports Q2 results

Trend Micro posted consolidated net sales of $159.57 million, operating income of $50.78 million and net income of $36.52 million for the second quarter 2005. This reflects gains of nearly 16 percent in net sales as compared to the same period of the previous year.

Both the United States and Asia-Pacific regions experienced a 29 percent year-on-year increase in revenue. Sales in Europe, Middle-east and Africa increased by 19 percent over the same period. Revenue for network products grew 232 percent year-over-year worldwide. Gateway Suite products also increased by 35 percent in Europe and 63 percent in the APAC region.

“The second quarter of this year has included some challenges and significant triumphs for Trend Micro, but we continue to focus on service quality improvement and continued growth and expansion,” says Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro.