IET to host International conference on SaaS

BENGALURU, INDIA: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a world leading professional society for engineering and technology, will conduct a conference on Software as a Service (SaaS) on October 14-15, 2008.

This two-day conference, to be held in Bengaluru, will bring together the leading industry experts to discuss the current technological and business challenges facing SaaS in India.

The conference will provide a wealth of best practice information for developers, end-users and systems integrators responsible for bringing SaaS to life.

This highly interactive forum will represent a rare networking opportunity for all serious SaaS professionals, and will enable participants to better capitalize on the many benefits SaaS has to offer.

Key speakers:

-Prof S Sadagopan, Director, International Institute of Information Technology, India,

-Dr Faqir Chand Kohli, Former Deputy Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India, Former President, Asian Oceanic Computing Industry Organization, India,

-Doug Farber, Vice President Operations Asia Pacific, Salesforce.com, Singapore,

-Jaideep Ganguly, Principal Product Unit Manager, Presented and Hosted Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft, India

-Vic Iyer, Manager, Solutions, SAP Labs, Germany.