TechWeb Launches Interop Mumbai 2009

Top Business Technology Event Expands to Meet Business Technology Growth in South Asia

PRNewswire
SAN FRANCISCO
Jul 14, 2008

InteropĀ®, produced by TechWeb, continues to drive growth and innovation in the global business technology market by announcing Interop Mumbai. Interop Mumbai will take place at MMRDA Bandra Kurla Complex, February 4-6, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.interop.com/mumbai.

Interop Mumbai will focus exclusively on the growing needs of the business technology industry of India and South Asia. The event will spotlight relevant issues of the South Asian business market including software, infrastructure, services, mobility, security and enterprise communications. Interop Mumbai will be the most efficient and effective platform for builders, buyers and sellers of IT products and services to meet and do business. The success of previous Interop events in Las Vegas, New York, Moscow, Tokyo and Sao Paulo confirms that Interop is the most important global business technology event series.

"As the premier event for business technology leaders for more than 20 years, Interop brings together the richest variety and widest cross-section of vital business technology necessary to transform IT organizations," said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "We look forward to working closely with local IT leaders to create cutting edge content and exhibits for the dynamic South Asian marketplace."

Interop Mumbai will include an in-depth educational program covering cutting-edge topics such as software, services, security, data center, VoIP, and mobility. The schedule includes extensive workshops, panels and sessions to provide attendees with a unique opportunity to interact face-to-face with industry experts and global thought leaders. Interop participants and attendees will learn about technologies and trends to create enterprise efficiency, improve collaboration and drive innovation.

"We are delighted to be expanding our South Asian event portfolio with the launch of Interop Mumbai," said Sajid Desai, Publisher & Director, UBM India. "Mumbai is experiencing one of the world's highest growth rates for the IT industry, proving Interop is entering India's market at a critical moment -- on the brink of the next big technology cycle."

The global expansion of Interop proves TechWeb's commitment to strengthening Interop's role as the leading and most comprehensive business technology event worldwide. The event brings together the largest audience of regional and international enterprise buyers, SMB buyers, channel buyers, press and analysts. No other platform provides the in-depth education and live demonstrations that allow for business and IT professionals to truly interact with the indispensable technologies of tomorrow. Interop is the only event that covers the breadth and depth of the most pressing issues in the business technology market today.

For sales inquiries, please contact Will Wise, at 415-947-6252/wwise@techweb.com or Pankaj Jain at pankajj@ubmindia.com. Call for papers now open.

About InteropĀ®

InteropĀ® drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet and InteropLabs programs, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. As the meeting place for the global business technology community, upcoming Interop events include Interop Sao Paulo, August 12-14, 2008, Transamerica Expo Center, and Interop New York, September 15-19, 2008 Javits Convention Center, New York City. For more information about these events visit http://www.interop.com/.

About TechWeb (formerly CMP)

TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections

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