BWI: naseba’s 4th Annual CIO Strategies India Forum Gathers Key IT Decision Makers to Discuss Strategic Priorities and the Technology of Tomorrow

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: naseba
Monday, March 22, 2010 05:12 PM IST (11:42 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Telecommunications; Technology
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naseba's 4th Annual CIO Strategies India Forum Gathers Key IT Decision Makers to Discuss Strategic Priorities and the Technology of Tomorrow


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, March 22, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Leading business information company naseba, organised the 4th annual CIO Strategies India forum at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai from March 18th-19th 2010.

The two-day forum gathered over 175 key IT decision makers from India's leading companies at an exclusive knowledge sharing platform focused on networking and business expansion. The forum highlighted IT leaders' priorities and the challenges they face in their roles as decision makers.

The 4th annual CIO Strategies India forum highlighted the latest industry trends including cloud computing, green IT, intuitive user experiences, unified communications, optimising network performance, improving web infrastructure performance, decision management, reducing costs associated with IT integration, risk management and IT governance, enterprise data storage, customer relationship management, web 2.0 communication and collaboration management, business process management, business intelligence and enterprise application integration.

Commenting on the forum, Mohammed Saleem, General Manager - India, naseba said, "This was a highly successful platform for IT decision makers across several industries to share knowledge and gain insights on the latest trends for achieving operational excellence with superior business-IT alignment. We thank all our sponsors, speakers, participants, moderators and media partners, whose continued support made this forum such a great success."

The panel discussions at the forum focussed on the top priorities of CIOs in 2010; the role of cloud computing as the preferred business platform; the CIOs role in enterprise environmental sustainability; embracing a dynamic business network to create smarter organisations; challenges in adopting new technologies, and creating a leaner business process flow to optimise the supply chain.

Global names Adobe and Salesforce contributed to the forum by hosting knowledge sharing workshops. Adobe focussed on LiveCycle solutions for enabling intuitive user experiences by lowering costs, enhancing productivity and streamlining processes. Salesforce provided insights on the benefits of cloud computing for enterprises and its value in reducing costs, improving efficiency, and accelerating business.

Other leading IT solution providers that partnered with naseba for the event included Akamai, Singapore Telecommunications, Plantronics, Verint, Alcatel Lucent, Citrix, Lifesize, Mphasis, APC by Schneider Electric, Bakbone, Trignon, Emptoris, Bob Tech Solutions, Netex.es, and RedHat.

Key speakers at the forum included:

-- Sandeep Phanasgaonkar, President and Chief Technology Officer, Reliance Capital Ltd.

-- Sumeet Vaid, Chief Executive Officer, Freedom Financial Planners

-- Laxman Badiga, Chief Information Officer, Wipro Technologies

-- Vikas Gadre, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Chemicals - Biofuels

-- Pravir Vohra, Group Chief Technology Officer, ICICI Bank

-- Ajay Dhir, Group Chief Information Officer, Jindal Steel

-- Satish Pendse, Chief Information Officer, Hindustan Construction Company

-- Dr. Sumit Chowdhury, Chief Information Officer, Reliance Communications

-- Aruna Rao, Chief Technology Officer, Kotak Mahindra Group

naseba celebrated the achievements of India's leading IT thought leaders and rewarded them at the Top CIO Awards 2009-2010 ceremony, also held at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on March 18th, 2010.

Winners of the Top CIO Awards 2009-2010 included:

-- Laxman Badiga, Chief Information Officer, Wipro Technologies

-- David Briskman, Chief Information Officer, Ranbaxy Laboratories

-- Vikas Gadre, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Chemicals - Biofuels

-- Dr Sumit Chowdhury, Chief Information Officer, Reliance Communications

-- Pravir Vohra, Group Chief Technology Officer, ICICI Bank

-- Arun Gupta, Group Chief Information Officer, Shoppers Stop

-- Sunil Mehta, Senior Vice President and Area Systems Director - Central Asia, JWT

-- Jai Menon, Group Chief Information Officer, Bharti Enterprises

Visit http://www.ciostrategiesin.com/ for more information on naseba's recently concluded 4th annual CIO Strategies India forum.

About naseba

"The secret to our success is that we understand that all participants, sponsors, executive clients and partners, must have a return on investment - whether that investment is time or money. Our high rebooking rate of both executive delegates and sponsors is proving that we are delivering this ROI to our clients." - Scott Ragsdale, naseba, Chairman.

naseba produces, promotes and hosts upper level executive B2B congresses and forums across several industries across five continents. Each event is focused on re-education, networking - and most importantly - deal flow opportunities for all attendees. Whether the 'deal' is capital raising, vendor sales contracts, or purely sourcing a strategic partner, each naseba platform gives our clients the perfect opportunity to do business. We work with highly-qualified industry experts to engage with pressing issues and cutting-edge topics in several industries - each of which is extensively researched by our teams.

During the event, buyers and solution providers within a specific industry meet in an exclusive five-star hotel to conduct business, share knowledge and network with peers. All participants are pre-qualified to ensure that only the ultimate decision makers attend.

naseba has worked in partnership with leading media and local authorities such as TIME, CNBC Arabia, BBC World, NDTV Profit, Zawya, DEWA, Council of Saudi Chambers and the Principality of Monaco.

Since inception in 2002 naseba has organised over 350 business events, opening five strategically located offices throughout the world including Monaco, Dubai, Bangalore, Singapore and Cairo.

At naseba, we make it happen. For more information on naseba, please visit www.naseba.com.


CONTACT DETAILS
Chirayu Parikh, naseba Communication Pvt. Ltd., +91 (80) 30222015, chirayup@naseba.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY

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