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CIOL SMB Forum hits Pune

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BANGALORE: The Deccan Queen and the erstwhile pensioners’ paradise, Pune is witnessing an industrial revolution of sorts with 60 new companies popping up in the last six months, creating 10,000 new jobs, according to Maharatta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA).

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CIOL is organizing its fourth edition of SMB Forum events in the 7th largest industrial metro of India, with the earlier editions being held in the southern cities of Bangalore, Coimbatore and Hyderabad.

To be held tomorrow (6th April 2004) in the evening at the Le Meridian, the CIOL SMB Forum is aptly titled, "Paisa Vasool from IT", to derive maximum benefit from IT implementations.

IT has become the integral part of all business operations across industries. Hence, the objective of the CIOL SMB Networking events is to highlight the achievements of growing businesses, in the way Information Technology has been used in Small and Medium Businesses to increase business efficiency and reduce operational costs.

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Every CIOL SMB Forum has been a platform for the participants to air their problems and openly discuss and debate their issues. Chairing the discussion panel in Pune would be Kamal Kararia VP-IT, Indian Seamless Metal Tubes Ltd, Baljit Singh, IT-Head Emcure Infotech Ltd and Sanjeev Kumar, CIO, Kinetic Engineering, Mohandas CIO, Finolex Cables and Sunil Kulkarni Head-IT, Piaggio. The forum also enables the seasoned business heads to share their experience of getting the maximum benefit out of IT.

The earlier SMB Forums threw some interesting debates, which have been recorded as articles for your perusal:

Hyderabad: 'Involve top mgmt in IT investments'

Coimbatore: `IT is necessary, but not sufficient’

Bangalore: `Affordability holds key for IT in SMBs’





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