MAIT announces association with Linux Asia

MAIT, the apex body representing the hardware, training and R&D services sectors of the IT industry in the country, today announced an association with Linux Asia. Under this association, MAIT will be working alongwith EFY Group in organizing and promoting Linux Asia.

(PRWEB) December 25, 2003 --MAIT, the apex body representing the hardware, training and R&D services sectors of the IT industry in the country, today announced an association with Linux Asia. Under this association, MAIT will be working alongwith EFY Group in organizing and promoting Linux Asia.

Linux is becoming a significant player in the Indian IT industry. Linux Asia will lead to exchange of industry knowledge and facilitate faster adoption of Linux in enterprise, e-governance, and other vital applications. It will also demonstrate the power of Linux and open source software for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists." remarked Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT.

According to Rahul Chopra, Editor, Linux For You, MAITs association highlights the significance of Linux and open source in the Indian scenario. Linux Asia will play a path-breaking role in making Linux and Open Source Software more popular in common applications. It will give a platform for sharing domestic and international expertise in Linux."

Linux Asia is the largest ever Linux event will be held in India. It will be held in New Delhi on February 11-13th 2004. The event will highlight the significance of Linux and open source software in enterprise, e-governance, education and society. The speakers at the event will include those from TCS, Infosys and other leading companies in the global IT scenario.

Linux Asia will have conferences on enterprise, social applications, e-governance, entrepreneurship and technology. It will feature 'The Hub, a network of 80-100 Linux systems and an international exhibition. There also will be demonstrations of LiFY -- the Indian versions of Linux made for education, multilingual, office, administrative and other uses.

The organizers are two of the most prominent names in the Indian IT industry. MAIT is the industry association that is represented on all concerned Government of India fora and active interface with industry associations: Ministry of Information Technology, Finance, Commerce, DoT, BIS, ESC, CII, STQC, TEMA, ELCINA, and others. EFY Group has been a leader in technology publishing since 1969.

About MAIT
Set up in 1982 for purposes of scientific, educational and IT industry promotion, MAIT has emerged as an effective, influential and dynamic organisation. Representing hardware, designs, R&D, training and the associated services sectors of the Indian IT Industry, MAITs charter is to develop a global competitive Indian IT Industry, promote the usage of IT in India, strengthen the role of IT in national economic development and promote business through international alliances.

About Linux For You
Linux For You is Asias first magazine on Linux and Open Source Software. It is a monthly with an active support from the Indian Linux community. It caters to the readership interests of corporates, developers, IT implementers and new and seasoned Linux users.

The publication has been in the forefront of making Linux more useful for the Indian users. It has produced versions of LiFY (A Linux version for Indian users) targeting various practical uses. These include LiFY@Education, LiFY@Hindi, LiFY@Developer and LiFY@Admin. Linux For You is planning to release more versions of LiFY in future.

The publication maintains LFY Labs--one of the most advanced Linux labs in the country. LFY labs continuously researches on Linux and open source and comes up with world-class solutions that enhance the usability of Linux.

About the EFY Group
Linux For You is a publication of EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., publishers of many leading publications since 1969. The company is headquartered at New Delhi with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkata. EFY is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified company.
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