Product Forum

OBJECTIVE OF THE FORUM

In keeping with the rapidly increasing traction in software products development work and startup eco-system at Hyderabad, the forum brings together successful CEOs, VCs, investors and others in the support eco-system sharing their views and experiences.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2009-10

• Organize various Technology Events
  • Eclipse Developer workshop
  • Cloud computing use-cases workshop (along with BarCamps org)
  • ITsAP Technology Day 1
  • Open Source seminar/workshop (on work being done at Hyd’)
  • Workshop (on a topical theme)
  • ITsAP Technology Day 2
  • Support Barcamps
• Organize Products/Startups Events
  • Startup Workshop (along with Head Start & IIIT) - June 13th @ IIIT
  • Products workshop (smaller showcase)
  • Enterprise products/solutions workshop (theme TBD)
  • Domestic opportunities showcase- products/solutions built for Hyderabad
  • Products’ showcase
• Provide Support to external events
  • Support monthly Startup Saturdays at IIIT
  • Support any bar camps that may be organized
  • Support other startup events (if any)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• ITsAP (Formerly HYSEA) organized a half day workshop on Cloud computing at CA on 22nd August 2009. Cloud computing is rapidly becoming mainstream as a widely accepted disruptive technology. Leading to changing paradigms for software architectures, development and deployment models. Disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. With this come new technologies, platforms, development models and use cases. This half-day workshop discussed the emerging trends in Cloud Computing space, briefly address what forms Cloud Computing today and delve on actual use cases of successfully using the Cloud model.
• 'Directory of Software Products from AP' was published in association with STPI Hyderabad. The directory was unveiled by Honorable Minister for Information Technology, Communications, Youth Services and Sports, Sri Komati eddy Venal Reddy in the presence of various dignitaries from the Information & Technology department of Government of Andhra Pradesh, ITsAP (Formerly HYSEA), NASSCOM and STPI on Friday, 23rd Oct 09 at the Secretariat.
• ITsAP led a delegation of Software Product Companies from AP to NASSCOM Product Conclave 09 at Bangalore from 27th – 28th Oct 2009.