Built around the theme of ‘India- The Next Big Idea', Sun Microsystems has rolled out its technology and innovation focused forum dedicated to Indian CxOs, Sun Technovate '07 at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Scott McNealy, Chairman and Cofounder, Sun Microsystems Inc on his second visit to the country, delivered the keynote address along with N.Srinath, Executive Director, VSNL. Kicking off the event, Bhaskar Pramanik, President, India GEM, Sun Microsystems India gave the welcome address highlighting the key elements of the event.
In his keynote presentation titled ‘Competing in the Participation Age' to a distinguished audience comprising more than 200 CTOs and CIOs from across the country, Scott McNealy, highlighted the importance of breaking down barriers and creating communities in order to drive innovation in the Participation Age. He also discussed the key themes essential to the Participation Age: security, community and openness.
The inaugural day also featured a keynote address by Mr. N. Srinath, Managing Director of VSNL & CEO of VSNL Group of companies, Prof Sadagopan, Director, IIIT Bangalore, keynote presentations from Sun's customers including Punjab National Bank Tata Teleservices and L&T.
Exploring the theme of “ India - The Next Big Idea”, Sun Technovate '07 is a forum designed specifically to mobilize India 's cutting edge potential and deliver critical success to its technology consumers. As an amalgam of “Technology” and “Innovation”, Sun Technovate ‘07 is envisaged as the perfect forum for learning about the latest tools, tips, and techniques for accelerating innovation and energizing growth.
The two day event will witness Sun India's customers from both the business and technical worlds come together with experts and solution providers to explore how their organizations can become 4C enabled - more Customer focused, Competitive, Cost effective and Compliant and thus achieve and maintain maximum profitability, efficiency, and growth.
Participants will be treated to a mélange of expert insights from top business leaders, peer exchange and technologies, and will include exclusive previews and presentations from Sun Microsystems and its partners. They will also be provided with exclusive peeks into yet to be released enterprise service-oriented architecture, collaborative business networks, and other cutting-edge solutions and strategies.
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