VARIndia unveils WIITF 2011 in Mumbai
 Through VARIndia, Kalinga Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. has been a catalyst for many fruitful industry interactions & seminars since 1999. WIITF 2011 was yet another step towards bringing the ICT industry together in the western zone of the country. Pramoud Rao, National President, FSAI and M.D. Zicom India and Paras Shah, CEO, Neoteric Informatique and Dushyant Mehta, Chairman, Mediaman Group of Companies were amongst the Guest of honors. As per the custom, the evening started with lighting of the lamp. This moment was graced by Vishal Chandane, Product Manager- CI (Converged Infrastructure) Solutions HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd., Ananth Padmanabha, Head-Strategic Business, Datacraft India Ltd., Cherian Varghese - Sr. Director for Alliances & Channel- Oracle India, Sunil Gafar, Security Consultant, Bluecoat India, H. T Fatabhoy, Director, CELLOP India, Soumitra Agarwal, Chief Sales Officer,- Allied Digital Services Ltd. Shri. Tarun Lalwani, Director, Telexcell Information Systems Limited, Champakraj Gujar,Director, TAIT, Bhatt Bhavin P, Country Manager, M-Tech Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Laxmi Narayan Rao, Marketing Director, Jam Cracker Inc. and Chris Chang - M.D- ADATA Technology India Pvt. Ltd. The event had speeches and presentations from the Industry body, Government and Corporate houses on the "Current Opportunities in Business", "Technology Empowerment", "Partners readiness for selling - Future Technologies". And, Last but not the least the topic of discussion was "To have Faith in the Cloud".
Being the first speaker, Pramoud Rao set the stage by speaking on "How Surveillance and IT can work as convergence". If Varghese of Oracle India spoke about Future Technologies, Dushyant Mehta not only shared his perspective on the evolution of IT and role of channel but also presented MAIT's viewpoints on the coming of Cloud computing in the absence of Ashwini Aggarwal, Executive Director- MAIT because of some urgent work. HP's Chandane shared with the audience their company's various Partnership Strategies when it comes to selling of Cloud Computing. And Shah from Neoteric very simply shared his thoughts on the Cloud Computing and future of partners. Bluecoat's Gafar shared the business opportunities in the Cloud environment when it comes to Security. This was further complemented by Sahai from Iomega who talked about the evolution and future of Personal Cloud. CELLOP India's Fatabhoy further added to the topic. The final session was culminated by L N Rao, Director- Jamcracker INC. who shared his company's first hand experiences in selling Cloud in India, in contrast to global sales trends and the various opportunities and possibilities in India. Bringing the evening to an end, Deepak Sahu, Publisher - VARIndia, and Managing Director - Kalinga Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. thanked the audience for making the event a success in spite of it being timed on the last weekend of the financial year closure. He said, "Cloud is here to stay, and it is our sincere efforts through the content of our magazine and these events that bring the industry together and make their seamless journey into the Cloud." For More Details See www.varindia.com |
