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BangaloreIT.com to try for Guinness record

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BANGALORE: After five days conferences, business meets and a mega exhibition, Bangalore IT.COM drew to a close with a handful of deals and plenty of numbers to show. The event, is claimed, to have attracted around 40,000 business visitors, leaving the exhibitors, a satisfied lot.

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India's largest ICT extravaganza, in its seventh edition, witnessed participation from 295 corporate houses, 15 countries and 15 Indian states.

Around 2,000 delegates attended the six conference series. "The feedback we have got is that the content was focused and speakers were good," said STPI director BV Naidu. The conferences was held in association with five industry bodies including NASSCOM, TiE, Indian Semiconductor Association, IDC and Indo German Business Forum.

The delegation from the state of Victoria, Australia cemented three joint ventures with Indian companies. The ANZ trade center has tied with Australia's e-Centric Innovations to establish an exclusive channel to take Indian capabilities to APAC markets. Mysore based Raman Infotech has tied up with Centennial Media Pvt Ltd for educational software, technology solutions and MIS for Indian and Australian schools. Selco Advanced Components tied up with TVS Interconnect for Fiber to Home (FTH) broadband access.

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A major feature in IT.COM 2004 was the spotlight on secondary cities. Encouraged by the prospects in cities like Mysore and Mangalore, Indian majors like Wipro, Mphasis and First Indian Corporation (FIC) have announced plans to expand their presence in secondary cities. Wipro is looking to acquire 25 acres in Bangalore and around hundred acres in Mysore for IT and ITES services. In FIC's case, the presence of an airport in Mangalore has made the company choose the coastal city to expand its call center and back office processing services. Mphasis plans to have a 3,000 strong BPO team in Mangalore by the first quarter of 2005-06.

The Rural IT quiz drew tremendous participation this year, which has made organizers sit up and try to get an entry into the Guinness Book of Records. Around 62,000 students took part in the zonal rounds as compared to 54,000 last year.

The Students Internet World, which was decentralized this year to cover 27 districts in the state drew an estimated 3,00,000 students.

The state IT and BT secretary Shankaralinge Gowda said, "The overwhelming participation at the mini IT.COMs (Students Internet World) in all districts of Karnataka is an indicator that this year's IT.COM has truly reached the masses. From Bangalore IT.COM it has become Karnataka IT.COM."

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