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Acer Computer teamed up with IT City and Microsoft, has launched "Acer SMEs Corner" a one-stop shop and service center for small and medium enterprises.

Acer products, Microsoft technology, and IT consultants are matched with the needs of SME companies and made available at IT City shops. The new service is expected to offer the best in prices, products, and services for SME companies.

Alan Chiang, general manager, Acer Computer said that Acer is pleased to work in alliances with quality organizations like IT City and Microsoft in opening Acer SMEs Corner. The new facility will demonstrate IT solutions that cater to the demand of SME companies. A large-scale computer center like IT City is fully equipped with hardware and software products for SME customers to examine and review.

Acer SMEs Corners are now open at Pantip Plaza, Zeer Rangsit, and Central City Bangna. Customers will find Acer's leading hardware: including desktop computers in Veriton Series family, notebook computers in the TravelMate line, along with LCD monitors and Projectors. Servers and Storages are also on offer. Products for SME companies are especially designed in several packaged solutions applicable to the different scales and demands among SME operators.

"Acer realizes the challenges and needs that the SME are facing.  To SME they are not IT expert therefore they need IT consultation.  The IT consultant must be able to recommend the IT system that will help them improve their business at the same time allow them to create more business model.  At the Acer SMEs Corner, we put our professional team who has a mixture of IT and business understanding to aid our clients.  The Acer, IT City and Microsoft collaboration is the total solution of hardware, software and channel that is direct to customer."

"Earlier this year, Acer partnered with Microsoft to introduce Digital Life Center at the Acer Experience Shop @ CentralWorld.  We have had a very successful experience from this campaign which leads to the Acer SME Corner.  We believe our SME customers will receive the full experience of our hardware, software and solutions, added Chiang.

Ekachai  Sirijirapatana,  director of IT City said that IT City's goal is to become a "one stop shopping center" for SME customers that is well supported by Acer and Microsoft's initiative." IT City focuses on introducing new branches and adding new items in the lines of LCD monitors, televisions, mobile phones, and small electrical appliances," Ekachai said.

"The partnership with Microsoft and Acer to introduce Acer SMEs Corner at IT City branches will serve the demands of SME customers who want convenience and a complete set of technology products to serve their businesses," he added.

"Acer SMEs Corner will open at IT City in Pantip Plaza Pratunam, Zeer Rangsit, and Central City Bangna. We will work closely with the Acer team to serve the target group in two formats. First, our staff will be ready to serve at the front of IT City shop. Secondly, our staff can be dispatched to serve at the customer's company. In the future, we plan to expand the SME service to other branches."

Roszita Abu Hassan, OEM director, Microsoft (Thailand) said "As a professional and trusted advisor in the solution provider industry, Microsoft has never shied away from its aspirations to not only be a technology leader, but also a responsible leader that is responsive to the unique needs of all our customers - big and small. As such, we are excited to be teaming up with Acer and IT City in order to better reach and serve the needs of our SME customers, offering the latest Microsoft tools such as Windows Vista Business and Microsoft Office Small Business. In fact, I believe that with the latest hardware products from Acer, innovative software solutions from Microsoft and trusted advisors at IT City shops, we have put together a winning combination that will make a real difference for SMEs in Thailand."

Meanwhile, Acer is also provide a special campaign to customers whose purchase Acer's product at Acer SMEs Corner with total cost of Bt100,000 to receive Acer Aspire One A110 series, costing Bt9,900 for free .Customer whose purchase for totaling Bt200,000 will receive a Projector P1160 Z series for free. The promotion will be available from today - 31 October, 2008