CIOL SMB Forum hits Pune

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).

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.

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’

CIOL Bureau