BANGALORE, INDIA: Microsoft India today announced Tech Ed India 2010. The three day event will take place in Bangalore this year, from April 12th to 14th. Tech Ed 2010 will bring together over 50000 best technical minds from nearly 100 towns and cities in India, including CIOs and CTOs, IT Professionals, developers, architects and decision-makers.  
 
The learning sessions include demo-showcases, breakout sessions, hands-on-labs, product tents, product launches and certification exams.

Technology experts from around the world Partnering with Microsoft are some of India’s leading technology companies such as Intel, Accenture, Sapient, Citrix, Micro Focus, Infragistics, Telerik, Component One, Developer Express, Jet Brains and Sogeti whose presence, discussions and demos will strengthen the value of Tech Ed to attendees, said a press release.

The conference would showcase a wide range of Microsoft’s latest or soon to be launched technologies. These include Business Intelligence solutions involving beta versions of the latest Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 server and the soon to be launched Microsoft Office 2010 suite. Other highlights include Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Surface Digital Table, Windows 7 and the extraordinary Silverlight 4.0 Platform
 
’Tech.ed India is an annual opportunity to connect with and learn from the best and the brightest in the technology world. It is a conference the industry watches out for and this we are happy to offer a wider participation opportunity to the Indian Technology community.’ said Moorthy Uppaluri, general manager- Developer Partner Evangelism, Microsoft India.
 
This year, Microsoft has set up over 400 additional event hosting centers where audience who are not able to participate live at the event will be able to access content and participate in the sessions.

‘There has been so much demand in the past for opportunities to participate remotely in the event, that this year we have decided to provide a near ‘live participation’ experience to an additional audience over the web.’ added Uppaluri 
 
The event will be covered live across approximately four hundred event -hosting centers in India reaching out to 50,000 tech audience. Through its online forum ‘BUZZ' Tech.ed would enable individuals to engage and collaborate with other developers, IT professionals and Microsoft experts to expand opportunities, share best practices, spark innovation, and build relationships. Individuals can register on this forum online and get access to the latest updates.