Tegatech adds Eee PC to distribution stable

Tegatech principal Hugo Ortega told CRN the move was due to reseller demand for the product.

“The reseller channel demanded that we get involved with a lower cost PC like the Eee PC, although I was worried about the product not having a touch screen (which a lot of our other products have),” he said.

According to Ortega, the success Asus’ R2E and R2H mobile products amongst Tegatech resellers, helped Tegatech to get the deal. “A lot of our resellers sold high volumes of these [mobile] products, I believe the number of sales even out sold Ingram. We will be offering the Eee PC to the same resellers that previously sold Asus’ mobile products,” he said.

Ortega claimed the Eee PC’s popularity with schools proved to be the happy medium in selling the product for resellers.

“Commander – a Tegatech reseller - may be looking at targeting its school channel with the sub-$500 machine. Also Melbourne resellers are doing well with selling mobile products to schools in that state,” claimed Ortega.

Tegatech started shipping out the product to its resellers last week. The product will be available in five different flavours and available to resellers in Australia and New Zealand, said Ortega.