CTOSummit: A unique event that discusses Open Source related business opportunities

Dear Sir/Madam,

What's happening in the Open Source space? Is this growth for real or is it just another bubble? Are Indian IT firms benefiting from this phenomenon too? How? Why?

These questions will be answered at the CTOSummit happening on the 12th of February 08, at The Taj Westend.

Sample of speakers at the CTOSummit: Brian Behlendorf, Co-founder Apache and Collabnet; David Axmark, Co-founder, MySQL; Klaus Knopper, Co-founder, Knoppix. Speakers from Novell, Ingres, TCS, Satyam, Intel, Microsoft, and many more IT firm, will be participating in the discussion at the CTOSummit.

Inspired from the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), which is an annual event in the US, the CTOSummit should be an excellent opportunity for you to discover the business and economics of open source, interact with global and Indian entrepreneurs who have been successful in this arena, and network with the who's who of the IT industry.

The Background CTOSummit is one of the events being organised within the Open Source India Week (OSIW), which was earlier known as LinuxAsia. Both, CTOSummit and OSIW are being organised by the EFY Group--publishers of magazines like Electronics For You and LINUX For You. The earlier four LinuxAsia were held only in Delhi, but this year the event has expanded into three cities: Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi.

Few facts related to the business side of Open Source: · MySQL just got bought by Sun Microsystems for UDS$ 1 Billion.

· Ingres and SugarCRM are expected to go IPO this year, and despite being open source firms, they are the darling amongst tech investors and analysts.

· Indian IT giants, like Satyam and TCS, have started releasing open source projects.

· Many SME-IT firms have witnessed growth of over 100-percent in the last three to four years, while working in the Linux/Open Source space.

The Specifics: Date: 12th February '08, 10 am to 6 pm Venue: The Taj Westend, Banglore Deadline for registration: 7th February '08 Entry Fee: Rs 5,000 (including service tax 12.36%) Pay to: EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd For queries: Call Ruchira or Manu at 011-26810601, 02, 03