Tech One appointed Microsoft LAR and awarded the best distributor for Microsoft 2012
Microsoft Sri Lanka officially announced Tech One Global as a Large Account Resellers ( LAR) on the 2nd of August 2012 by Mr. Sriyan De Silva Wi j e ye r a t n e, C o u n t r y Manager for Microsoft Sri Lanka & Maldives. The LAR sales model is a widely used one by Microsoft globally and being introduced for the first time to Sri Lanka & Maldives. Mr. Wasantha Weerakoone, Chief Operations Officer of Tech One Global, speaking to the press following the LAR awarding commented, “We are delighted with this new opportunity presented to us, and excited to transform the Microsoft licensing and solutions approach to the Sri Lankan and Maldives markets. We will use our global LAR competencies and skills to mark TOG ahead of the race revolutionizing the customer experience with a unique and addictive market approach”.
The celebrations continued with Tech One Global bagging two awards at the Microsoft Partner Conference 2012, on the 3rd of August 2012 at the Water’s Edge, Battaramulla. TOG was awarded best Distributor for COEM for the year 2012, and also awarded the overall Best Distributor for Microsoft 2012 for the eighth consecutive year. The awards were presented by Mr. Sriyan De Silva Wijeyeratne, Country Manager for Microsoft Sri Lanka & Maldives, Mr. Pubudu Basnayake– Director SMS& P and Mr. Hisham Sally – Partner Account Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka. The awards were received by Mr. Deric John - Account Manager OEM, Mr. Zia Carder – General Manager and Mr. Wasantha K. Weerakoone - COO Tech One Global (Pvt) Ltd.
Orient Wealth Limited received the license to manage unit trusts from the Securities Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka. The company will offer innovative investment schemes to small and larger investors through three open ended funds. These three unit trust funds will be managed by Orient Wealth and all investors’ money will be held under the custody of Deutsche Bank AG, Colombo as the Trustee and Custodian.
Orient Wealth Ltd and Deutsche Bank have signed the Trust deeds to enable this facility. The three funds, namely; Orient Gilt Edged Fund, Orient Corporate Debt Fund, and Orient Equity Fund will primarily invest in gilt securities, corporate debt securities and listed equities at the Colombo Stock Exchange respectively under the management of Orient Wealth investment team, a press release from the company stated.
Orient Wealth announces that investors in all parts of the island can now on subscribe for Orient Retirement Savings Plan, Orient Child Education Plan and Orient General Investment Plan, which are the investment schemes, introduced based on the three funds.
All three of these investment plans were formulated after intense market research to identify the saving and investment gaps in society. The explanatory memorandum and application forms are available at all Seylan Bank branches for investors to obtain more information about these investment schemes.