Bangalore IT.biz to tap newer opportunities

Bengaluru : Bangalore IT.biz 2008, a three-day mega event from Nov
6-8, will be a platform for IT/ ITeS and other allied businesses for Indian as
well as global companies. This event will be the 11th edition of India's
flagship ICT event. It will include conference and round tables covering
numerous verticals like healthcare, telecom, education, cyber and national
security, green technologies, GIS and special technology and an exclusive round
table by the Government of Karnataka on rural IT policies. A special emphasis
will be on manufacturing, with 'IT manufacturing-Made in India' by MAIT and 'Advantage
India — Solar PV' by ISA.

For this event the partner country will be Mexico and the partner state will
be Gujarat. A 50-member delegation from Mexico, including the Minister of
Economy, government officials and industry representative and similar delegation
from Gujarat will be taking part in Bangalore IT.biz 2008. Representatives from
other countries like Germany, Japan, Denmark and UK will be participating in the
event as well.

Companies like Infosys, Wipro, Cisco, Intel, AMD, Siemens, Nokia, BSNL,
Airtel, HP, IBM, Dell, Oracle, Texas Instruments, TCS etc will take part in this
mega event.

Throwing light on the event, R Rajalakshmi, Director-Software Technology
Parks of India, Bengaluru said, "We have for the first time integrated the STIP
Export Awards with Bangalore IT.biz. We have various categories of awards for
outstanding performance and contribution in the ICT industry and an excellence
awards will be announced for the outstanding participation in Bangalore IT.biz."

"We are confident that Bangalore IT.biz will be a meaningful and successful
event. And we hope that we will achieve the similar growth as per the previous
years," she added.