INTRODUCTION
IT India 96/Comdex, the largest exhibition in Asia, promises to provide the corporate world a great opportunity to see the technological developments and capabilities of the global IT industry. "IT Asia" and "NASSCOM" have merged to form IT INDIA '96/COMDEX. In this exposition, hundreds of Indian and global IT companies are displaying the tallest range of products and services. Together with it, a serious of seminars are also being organized. The focus of the exhibition is on communication, networking , internet and distributed computing.
The event has attracted international participation in terms of a number of companies from USA, Taiwan , Singapore, Australia, and UK participating either directly or through their partner. Delegations from USA, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, Korea, Japan, Norway & Romania are visiting the exhibition with their focus on contract manufacturing the show would be an opportunity for visitors to have first hand feel of India's capabilities. Similarity, software export has been taken by India, as one of the major opportunities Hence the event provided a good chance for Software professionals to know what is happening across the world. We are at the crossroad of technology. This is India’s best chance to technology into the driver's seat. This would happen, the other says, if we could understand absorb and add. Value to the technologies that are being developed across the world.
Features of IT India'96/Comdex
In IT India'96/Comdex, Thousands of products from hundreds of exhibitors were on display. So IT India'96 saved time by presenting every product across the technology spectrum in one place, enabling the buyers to maximize their time discovering and evaluating new products and solutions that are right for them . At the same time buyers saved their money by comparing and evaluating products side
by side and also chose the products and solutions that are right for them . As a buyer the multiple options available were in the IT products exhibited during the fair from worldwide companies.
CONFERENCE
The highlights of IT INDIA ‘96/COMDEX was the conference, the theme of which was ‘Challenges of the new Millenium.’ In addition to this, the conference was focussed streams: Business Computing Enterprise Level; Business Computing - SOHO; Internet and Multimedia. Each conference was run concurrently on two tracks – Management Track and Technical Track. Over 50 prominent speakers from India and overseas addressed various sessions. There was a daily ‘Power Panel’ which addressed issues like enterprise computing in the New Millennium, IT in SOHO-Challenges in India.
The exhibition provided today’s most important strategies, architectures, products, tools and platforms for decision-maker, developer, implementers and user which was essential for today and relevant tomorrow.
Organizers
Manufacturers Association for Information Technology
(MAIT) :-
MAIT is the apex body of the Indian IT industry. MAIT actively promotes the interests of the industry in various foray at home and abroad. Since 1991, MAIT has regularly organized IT ASIA, until now the largest annual IT exposition in India, to promote the growth of the Indian IT industry and market.
MAIT Represents the hardware and service sectors of the IT industry in India. MAIT visualizes goals, proposals and operative norms to upgrade the hardware manufacturing industry in India. Since 1992,MAIT has played a major role in organizing IT ASIA, one of the most successful IT events in India.
NASSCOM - National Association of Software & Service
Companies
NASSCOM is the voice of the fast growing Indian Software industry, the biggest in the world. Nasscom promotes Indian software through various media. Nasscom is the chamber of commerce for the software industry in India. It serves as a single point reference for any information on the software industry in India. It assists foreign and Indian companies in the creation of joint ventures, strategic alliances or distribution channels in India. Since 1991, Nasscom has organized a software-focussed trade Exhibition under the title of " NASSCOM ".
SOFTBANK COMDEX
Softbank Comdex Inc. produces over 40 IT expos and conferences every year all over the globe . Over 7,000 companies exhibit at these events, which attract over one million attendees from over 120 countries. Comdex events are supplemented by global marketing services, high-powered publications and Internet services. Together they act as a powerful catalyst in the evolution of the global IT industry. For nearly two decades, Softbank Comdex has helped its exhibitors penetrate new markets, build brand recognition and generate profits in key technology markets.
BUSINESS INDIA EXHIBITIONS
Business India exhibitions is India’s #1 exhibitions company with an impeccable track record that spans industries ranging from Information Technology to Interior Décor. In the past , BIE has organized IT ASIA ( in association with MAIT ) ,CSI (on behalf of the Computer Society of the Computer Society of India) and Computer Quest (for the National Association of Computer Trainer). BIE Networks and BIE Multimedia Showcase.
HIGHLIGHTS OF IT INDIA'97/COMDEX
IT INDIA '97/COMDEX from December 3-6, 1997 at New Delhi, Over 500 companies from all over the globe manufacturing over 50,000 products spanning the technology spectrum, are participated in the Asia's largest Information Technology (IT) event. Many leading IT companies exhibited their latest products and services. USA, UK, Singapore and Taiwan had their country pavilions, along with the participation from the EEC, Germany, Korea, Japan, Australia and many others in the fair.
The show attracted around 1,00,000 IT buyers to the exhibition. In 1996, 95 per cent attendees had a purchase role in IT products and services. 63 per cent had said that, they were either evaluating or in the process of buying IT products and services as a direct result of attending the event that year, according to an independent survey conducted at last year's event.
IT INDIA '97/COMDEX has been granted Trade Fair Certification from the US Department of Commerce. In certifying this exhibition, the department recognizes and endorses this even as an attractive opportunity to showcase US products and services. And it recognizes the management experience and technical expertise of this exhibition for US companies.
Conference
IT INDIA'97/COMDEX CONFERENCE theme was "Towards India In-The Intelligent Network". In the conference some of the leading international speakers had presented their views on a wide range of issues linked with information technology and how to make best of them in one's own set up.
Product Profile in IT India/Comdex
The main product profile in IT India/Comdex are :
Conclusion
Visitors at Comdex were most interested in software products and computer systems. More than two-thirds of attendees represented organisations from the distribution channel and the computer and communication industries. To meet this requirements, IT India/Comdex is conducting exhibitions by promoting the IT products.
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