ITTA to hold expo in Jan '08

Pondicherry-based Information Technology Traders Association (ITTA) is
planning to conduct their yearly exhibition this time in January 2008. The
exhibition would commence on Jan 4 to 6, informed M Magesh, President, ITTA, who
is also Chairman of the expo. The CM and Education Minister of the state will
inaugurate the exhibition. Around 15,000 plus people from the state and nearby
state are expected to visit the exhibition, Magesh informed. He said, “This time
we are joining hands with corporate and government, and plan to conduct the
exhibition in a grand manner.” The prime reason behind the inclusion of
corporate and government is that since both are contributing to the trade on a
large scale, the association has included them as a part of the exhibition. More
than 1,000 corporate are expected to visit the exhibition.

The exhibition would also see vendors making presentations and displaying
their products, Magesh informed. Around 90 stalls have already been booked for
the event. This time the association plans to reach all the end users by
inviting even colleges for the exhibition. “Till last year we conducted it
internally for our business development and only for our clients, whereas this
time we have invited end-users, such as student community, to our exhibition,”
he said.

Pondicherry has around 15 colleges and students would be attending the
exhibition in order to get a demonstration of all IT hardware products. Besides
that, the students would also get the opportunity to make presentations on
hardware products to visitors. Since they would get exposure to all products,
from biotechnology to servers, it would give them the opportunity to gain
expertise in the domain of their choice, Magesh claimed.

	"We will be offering gifts such as pen drives, gold coins and other items to visitors every one hour, based on the lucky draw"
M Magesh President, ITTA

The exhibition would also offer lot of gifts to the visitors. “We will be
offering gifts such as pen drives, gold coins and other items to visitors every
one hour, based on the lucky draw,” added Magesh. Going one step ahead, ITTA
will be offering free laptops to those who make a purchase of Rs 5,000 and
above. A lucky draw would decide the winners. On the whole, ITTA's aim is to
conduct an exhibition that is not only filled with fun but knowledge as well.