Bangalore IT.BIZ announced

Bangalore: The Department of IT/BT, Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka in association with STPI Bangalore, MM Activ and Events Ten today announced the new avatar of BangaloreIT.in called - BangaloreIT.biz. This is the eleventh edition of India's flagship ICT event which will be held at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on November 6th, 7th and 8th.

Inaugurating the event, the Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa said that, his Government would consider establishing an exclusive authority for IT, BT and Nanotechnology to streamline government processes. He called upon the IT establishments to expand their business in the rural areas of the state in which case the Government would offer incentives including exemption from stamp duty, registration fee and waiver of conversion fee for such companies.

The principal secretary to the Department of IT, BT and S&T Karnataka Govt Mr Ashok Kumar C Manoli speaking on the occasion said that, Bangalore IT.biz will be focusing on creating a meaningful B2B platform for the industry to promote partnerships and forge alliances with leading players in domestic and international markets. The conference will also feature high profile national and international speakers apart from the Exhibition for IT users. The event will also include workshops & round tables, a CEO Conclave and a Power Golf tourney.

The chairman of Infosys Technologies N R Narayana Murthy speaking on the occasion said that the Indian IT sector was flourishing and BangaloreIT.biz will definitely play a crucial role in nurturing that growth by giving the industry a platform for collaborations and partnerships. He said the focus this year was clearly on B2B which would facilitate the companies to meet across the table and conduct business at length.

Leading ICT countries like USA, Germany, Japan, Australia, Singapore have confirmed their participation. Latin American countries like Mexico and Chile have also confirmed their presence in BangaloreIT.biz and many other countries like Russia are also expected to confirm their participation, informed Ashok Kumar Manoli.

He said, over the last 15 years Bangalore has been the cynosure for outsourced IT Services, product R & D and software development in India for a host of domestic and international companies, across the globe. On the same lines, bangaloreit.com and bangaloreit.in has become one of the most important IT event for the industry since the last 10 years. We have repositioned the event as BangaloreIT.biz from this year. Keeping in mind the traffic conditions due to the infrastructure developments happening in Bangalore, we have shifted the venue to Palace Grounds.

The hosts are the Government of Karnataka and STPI, we have also roped in India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Manufacturer's Association for Information Technology (MAIT) to provide more depth to the event, he said.


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