Saurabh Gupta | 26 Aug, 2010
In order to enable Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to perform and to grow by latest and cost effective ICT Technologies, Dell India is organizing a series of pan-India Seminar & Expo on “Technology Updates for SMEs” across the nation.

Dell India in partnership with Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) and with the support of Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt. of India is organizing this event.

The seminar, which takes place first in Chennai from August 27, will also be scheduled at Cochin, Bhopal, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Tirupur, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, and Dehradun.

Other associations supporting this initiative include Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA), The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce and the Madras Management Association (MMA).

The event is targeted at decision-makers and senior representatives from all verticals of SMEs/ Technology User Industries. Dell solutions will also be exhibited at the venue to enable participants have a closer look and feel and at the same time closely interact with the technology/solution providers directly.  

"Customers need a partner with the intellectual property, integration, scale and partner ecosystem to help them navigate the changing landscape. Dell being the technology partner of SMBs, enables organizations to adopt a new efficient approach to computing while preserving existing IT investments and avoiding lock-in at a time when this need has never been greater, and as a result companies will choose Dell," said Ravi Bharadwaj, General Manager – SMB, Dell India while commenting on the initiative.

He further added, "This seminar tries to educate the participants on how to reduce the technology expenditure by selecting optimum tailor made technology solutions. Apart from the cost factor, parameters like data security, faster connectivity, network & telecom solutions will also be addressed."

Commenting on the same, K.S. Nandakumar, Regional Director & Acting Head, MAIT said, "Since technology is extremely dynamic and its effectiveness needs to be constantly monitored, the primary objective of this event is to update the user industry, especially the Small and Medium Enterprises, on the latest hardware, networking and telecom technologies and solutions which would enable improvement in their performance and profitability."

In the same spirit, Dell would also be organizing the Essential Solutions Seminar in partnership with Intel. This series of seminars is aimed at enabling SMBs in discovering how businesses in Asia Pacific have benefitted from Dell's methodical approach in designing deployable IT solutions that are essential for the gamut of varied market demands.

The Essential Solutions Seminar will be rolled out in Chandigarh, Nagpur, Noida, Trivendrum, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Mumbai.