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IT Expo 2001

Coming up from 1st to 5th Nov 2001.
Check this page for the complete report after 5th Nov 2001.
Till that time have a look at IT Expo 1999.

What were the software trends in India?
A variety of professionals spoke out at the IT EXPO in Bangalore.

Our staff collected opinions about software trends in India at the
IT EXPO in Bangalore, India Nov 1-5 1999. Here are a few quotes:

N. Sri Harsha, General Manager - Marketing Brigade Group
Harsha says,
"I am seeing a lot of spin-off start up companies looking for office space. In the last week I have talked with eight new spin-off companies. Also after the new liberalized insurance bill is passed there will be another real estate boom in Bangalore. The oversupply of office space will fill up."

Nikhil Datta was found at the Linux Booth, he is an MBA student in Mangalore.
Nikhil says,
"India will be hot but it depends on what the government does. Shrink-wrap products are scarce because companies are not willing to take risks but this will change and venture capital will invest as the government takes steps."

Harsha Shedbalkar from El Net-3L says,
"The IT sector has a great future in Bangalore especially since the new government is supportive."

Debapriyo Das who is the Senior Analyst at Symix, Bangalore says:
"I think the software trends for Bangalore are e-commerce and supply chain management. This trend will come not just from Bangalore but globally. Everything will be on the web with the focus on business to customer."

Sumesh Bagi from Symix says,
"Generally the direction is towards an 'idea economy'. Traditionally if you have money the ideas come to you. Now if you have a great idea money will chase you."

Partha Gupta, Area Business Manager of Asset International, a Division of Aptec:
"Until the cyber laws are passed in India the e-commerce boom will not happen. Most of the action in Bangalore will be for overseas clients."

Jaideep Deodhar, General Manager -Internet, Online Bangalore
"The outlook is very positive. Bangalore benefits from the support of the state government. The new policy guidelines and concessions will be a great help. This combined with the manpower availability, educational infrastructure and progressive attitude of the public reinforces this bright future. This great turnout for this IT EXPO reflects the favorable attitude the Bangalore public has toward the IT industry. Everyone wants to explore IT opportunities. The next big step for software development in Bangalore is the opportunities presented by the Internet and e-commerce. Companies will be integrating with worldwide operations."

N. Ramesh, Program Manager, Winfoware:
"Bangalore faces a fantastic future because of the quality and quantity of available talent in Bangalore along with the training infrastructure. I think that the software trends will move toward a stalemate among the big players and the result will be less compatibility and an increased complexity of software development. There are plenty of top quality software programmers in Bangalore who can handle these new challenges."

Ramakrishna, support engineer, Cescon Solutions Pvt. Ltd. says,
"The Internet is the future. Everyone wants things at their fingertips. The only trouble is that software programmers are jumping from company to company."

Rajkumar, Webtek Software Pvt. Ltd. says,
"I see a trend of more multinationals setting up research and development centers in Bangalore."

V. Shankar, business manager (e-commerce), Sonata Software Limited:
"Bangalore will revolve around IT."

Siju Joseph, software engineer, Tata Infotech says,
"Bangalore's software and IT future looks good because the Chief Minister is in favor of IT. Most of the interest right now is in Java applications and web development."

Sridhar MJ, marketing director, Balaji Infotech Solutions Mysore:
"The Internet is in its infancy in India. There is a vast bright future ahead."