EdITA to hold IT expo in August

Erode dealers IT Association (EdITA) will conduct their annual IT expo this
August. The three-day event will take place from August 22-24. “The focus of the
expo is to create awareness about IT and IT related products. There are lots of
people in upcountry regions who aren't comfortable working on a computer. This
exhibition would provide them a good platform for learning,” informed KP
Muthuarasu, Project Chairman, EdITA Computer Exhibition.

For the first time Microsoft is joining hands with Erode association as
co-sponsor of the event along with Samsung. Almost 50 stalls have been booked so
far and the association is expecting further bookings. “Only 50 percent of our
members have came forward for participation and we are waiting for few more
people to join us. After that the stall count would increase considerably,”
Muthuarasu claimed.

He also said that the expo would offer various discounts to end-users.
“Usually only such offers and discounts draw huge crowds. Post the event we
expect to get lots of calls for bookings and business will be really good for
the next three months,” he informed. For the first time the association has
planned to conduct seminars for the public. “Our district has lot of schools and
colleges, and SMEs, corporate and government sector is huge. So the walk-ins
will be enormous. We have proposed to conduct computer awareness pro-grams on
Aug 23 and 24 for the benefit of the public,” Mutharasu informed.

The association will conduct different sessions that will interest the
public. “There would be a session on semiconductors targeting the college
students, a session on e-commerce, e-tax, Internet banking for professionals and
one on convergence to increase the awareness of using convergence devices such
as bluetooth, wireless etc,” informed Raja CSN, Spokesperson, EdITA.

He also said that through the expo they would create awareness about original
software. “Many users till date feel that they should get software free of cost,
which is ridiculous. All the dealers in Erode are only dealing with OEMs and we
will encourage users to use original software only. This time Microsoft has
joined hand with us. We will take their help and educate customers on the
benefits of going for original operating system,” Raja averred.