Hyderabad|India|January'2010: ITsAP (formerly HYSEA) Technology Day, an annual get together of IT/CS professionals in Hyderabad , was hosted by ITsAP (formerly HYSEA) in association with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), Hyderabad Chapter at the Taj Deccan in the City. The 7th annual event brought out the “Virtualization for efficiencies” theme via a series of Technology Platforms, Usage Models, Use cases and Architectural Approaches, presented and moderated by the eminent thought leaders from the industry and academia.

Many senior technology leaders and managers from product, research and software services/integration space discussed and exchanged their views around emerging technology and business trends today in the context of “Large-scale Virtualized and Distributed Systems”. Thought leaders from companies like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Gartner, Progress Software, Pramati and Cordys shared their insights through panel discussions and talks.

The audience comprising of senior Engineers, Managers and Architects from all software companies, academic and research institutions got a preview of the shape of things that will emerge in the technology landscape for tomorrow. Rapid technological advances in the virtual space, coupled with the impact of the slowdown have all pointed to the trend that Virtualization will be play a very major role in the coming years.

Mr. Narsimha Rao, President, HYSEA & VP and Center Head, Infosys said, “We are extremely pleased to organize the 7th Technology Day which brought the industry leaders together to share their views on various contemporary technologies. The meet focused on emerging technology trends and opportunities in the space of virtualization by bringing the views from product, research and software services/integration space for efficiency at the same platform.”

Sharing the enthusiasm, Mr. Ramesh Loganathan, MD, Progress Software India exclaimed, “Virtualization is rapidly gaining prominence and it is really important to bring forth new technologies, platforms, development models and use cases to accentuate the emergence of the trend. This platform has brought together the ideas and views of the leaders from the zenith and helped the participants to comprehend the phenomenon better. The seminar also helps gain the understanding of the technology and trends which can be put forth for usage by the industry.”

The event saw industry leaders like Mr. Chidambaran, Director Engineering, Yahoo, talking about “Large Scale Distributed Infrastructures for the Enterprise : Architectures and Challenges”. Mr. Bhavish Sood, Analyst, Gartner shared the “Technology Analyst update on industry trends” along with the usecases for the Cloud. Remote Desktop Visualization was discussed in details by Dr. Jaideep Ganguly, Remote Desktop Virtualization Division. Tanuj Vohra, Partner Director of Program Management Visual Studio Test Business, Microsoft presented his views on “Virtual Infrastructures for Software Dev and Test Use”, whereas Mr. Abhishek Bapna, Project Manager, Google discussed the “Emerging Trends in cloud business”.

“Provisioning and managing the application environment in the cloud” was effectively put forth by Rajiv Shivane, VP- Product Engineering, Pramati. Sachin Hejip, Director of Engineering, Progress Software shared is views on “Operational Responsiveness and Business Visibility: A use-case for the Cloud”. Chalasani Anil Kumar, Head of Global IT, Cordys shared his views on “Patterns for infrastructure abstractions on Computing clouds”. The half day symposium also witnessed two panel discussions, namely, “Enabling Technologies- cloud platforms” and “Design patterns/Use cases for the cloud”, moderated by Dr. Prasad Saripalli, VC Chair, ACM-Hyderabad Chapter and Ramesh Loganathan, MD, Progress Software India respectively.

Reachout's News Bureau
January' 2010