Conferences


DIRECTIONS 2005
Making IT Matter: Finding Opportunities, Defining Value
4 August 2004, Le Meridien, New Delhi
5 August 2004, Taj Westend, Bangalore


DIRECTIONS 2005 will paint the macroeconomic environment, which prevails today and its impact on the ICT industry. It will also present analyses on the performance of the domestic industry in the last one-year and examine key mega-trends that will shape the new context for IT in the years ahead. The other key topics that would be discussed are:

  • IT spending trends in emerging verticals like BPO and Telecom, and traditional verticals like BFSI and Manufacturing

  • Domestic IT services as well as IT/ITES exports

  • Infrastructure management and integration, and

  • Current dynamics in the PC and Peripherals market

Agenda for Directions 2005

Panel I - A Journey Called IT: Past, Present and Future

  • Information Technology: The New Context
  • The Global Outlook: What's Hot, What's Not
  • The Indian Story: Today and Tomorrow
  • Createing Business Value - Network Infrastructure

    Panel II - Back to Business: End-user Trends
  • The End-user: Plans & Priorities
  • The Traditional Spenders: Is Big Getting Bigger?
  • The New Spenders: Where Technology is Business
  • Trends in Adoption of Networking Solutions

    Panel IIIA - Domestic IT Services Market: Growth and Directions
  • The Emerging Nature of the Domestic IT Services Market
  • IT Outsourcing: Can We Look Inwards?
  • IT Services: Competing With the In-house Team

    Panel IIIB - IT/ITES Exports: The Growth Frontiers & Challenges Enroute
  • EU Enlargement: New Members, New Frontiers
  • BPO Leaders: The Road Ahead
  • India as Outsourcing Destination: Outsmarting the Challengers

    Panel IVA - The New Horizons: Infrastructure Management & Integration
  • Infrastructure Management: Does Challenge Spell Opportunity?
  • Building Blocks of IT Infrastructure: Hiccups Before the Build-Up
  • Software & Services: Evolving Role in Infrastructure Management

    Panel IVB - PC & Peripherals Market: Striking the Right Balance
  • PC & Peripherals: Current Dynamics and The Road Ahead
  • IT Channels: The New 'King Makers'
  • The Pull Factor: Courting the Buyer

    Speakers

  • Pradeep Gupta, MD, IDC (India) Limited

  • Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC (India) Limited

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