MICS and Netgear Hold Partner Seminar in Moscow

MICS Distribution Company and Netgear, a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, held a joint seminar for the second-tier partners in Moscow.

The meeting focused on main trends in building network infrastructure for SMB, including NAS, based on Netgear solutions and equipment. Netgear spokesmen presented the latest product offer for SMB as well the Powershift partner support program.

MICS has been distributing Netgear products for more than half a year already and despite of crises managed to increase sales of the vendor equipment 60% yoy in 3Q 2009 and aims to increase this figure to 180% yoy in 4Q 2009.

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and home users. The company offers an end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over 27,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 37,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.netgear.com or by calling (408) 907-8000.

About MICS

Established 1991, MICS Distribution Company is a leading supplier of computer equipment and consumer electronics into the Russian market. The dealer network of the company consists of more than 5000 registered partners, including the largest retail networks and hypermarkets. Being a multivendor distributor, MICS supplies the Russian market with products of the world famous vendors such as BenQ, Dell, Kensington, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Neovo, Netgear, Plustek, Samsung, Toshiba, Tripp-Lite, Xerox. For more information please visit http://www.mics.ru.