Srinivas Polisetty - Mahadev.com
Synopsis:
The keynote will cover the dynamics involved in eBusiness implementation and why a Integrated approach is necessary for success of any eBusiness Project. The bottlenecks involved when one does not take a Integrated development approach. The speaker will share insights from a development and implementation point of view to develop a high impact, rapidly implementable eBusiness Site. The speech will cover the need for speed and precision in developing a ebusiness Product. The speaker will help technology experts and business men understand the mantra for choosing the right technology and the right insight for ebusiness Ventures.

Keen Keong Hee - Computer Associates
Profile:
Mr. Keen Keong Hee is the consulting director, Computer Associates (CA) Malaysia. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world's leading eBusiness software company, delivers the end-to-end infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 20,000 employees worldwide and had revenue over $6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.

Keen, as he would like to be known, joined CA in 1997, and has played a key role in the Enterprise Management for the past five years. Specializing in the financial institutions, government bodies and other large corporations, his areas of expertise include System Management, Application Management, Database Management, System/Network Security, Unicenter TNG architecture and deployment. Besides managing CA’s consulting division for Malaysia, Keen is currently spearheading CA eBusiness Security for Asia.

K V Seshasayee - Hinduja Telecom
Profile:
Has over 25 years of service in the automotive, IT and Communication Industries. Obtained MS in Engineering at I.I.T. Madras and trained in US & UK on defence and communication systems

Has worked with Ashok Leyland in various positions, last being GM-Projects in charge of the Telecom thrust of the Hinduja Group. Earlier, had worked at DRDO and was responsible for pioneering Simulation and testing systems there. As MD of Digicon, had the distinction of designing and selling communication products in the Far East, and the 1st Company to obtain approval from Telecom Authority of Singapore for its products. He is presently in charge of Telecom activities at Hinduja Group. He is also the Chairman of Fascel Ltd., the Gujarat Cellular Company that is the most successful and profitable of Cellular company in India, and having the largest subscriber base in any circle outside of Bombay and Delhi. Presently involved in setting up of private networks for the Group, and also the new ISP-over-cable plans of the Hinduja Group. He is also the Director- Incharge of the new Internet Co. of Hinduja Group. Is an active member of CII’s National Telecom Committee, and is a present member of CII National Council. Also associated with various Industry associations like COAI.

Sundar Balasubramanium - Microsoft
Profile:
N B Sundar joined Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. in September 1999 as a Marketing Manager. In his role he is responsible for the marketing activities for the Windows range of products including Windows CE, Windows 95-98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000.

Ashish Kumar - Microsoft
Profile:
Ashish is a Marketing Manager at Microsoft India responsible for Microsoft Exchange, Site Server and BackOffice, products that form the backbone of Microsoft's Knowledge Management Platform, framework and vision. He has worked as part of Microsoft's Business Solutions Group and Application Developer Customer Unit to help Independent Software Developer organizations address vertical and horizontal segments and help develop products and solutions for these scenarios. He has also been involved with Microsoft enterprise depth and vertical sales teams addressing customer scenarios. He has also been a technology evangelist and consultant for business solutions at Microsoft. He has been with Microsoft for seven years.

Kallol Hazra - Compaq
Synopsis:
In the internet domain, the enterprise's information requirement becomes all pervasive. To collate different islands of information from different parts of the organisation and create a uniform interface for delivery of these information in "real time" is the key challenge. Ideas like CRM are important. What becomes critical is not the CRM alone but a concept of extreme CRM. This is particularly valid for organisations which deal with a very large number of customers like banks, telecom companies and insurance companies. The presentation walks through some of the technological requirements of such a scenario.

Vinesh Paperwala - Intel
Profile:
Vinesh has been with Intel for more than 3 years, Vinesh works with the Intel Architecture Labs , architecture marketing program at Intel , main charter being to take the technologies that are introduced by Intel to the MIS managers , the CTOs , explain and evangelise the benefits and advantages of using various technologies for servers , desktops, workstations and so on , Vinesh is currently working on providing consultancy to MIS on how to setup, devise architectures and frameworks to implement e-Business, B2B, B2C, and he even caters to the needs of the ISP/ASP segment.

Vinesh is a graduate from the Mumbai University where he earned his BS in Finance Management, degree in 1986, He completed his post graduation in 1988 doing Masters in Financial Management, went on to gain his diploma in Computer Management from Datapro in 1989, studied Applied Programming Interface languages at NIIT, finally went on to complete a Business Management course at Jamnalal Bajaj at Mumbai. Prior to Intel, Vinesh has worked in various roles in the sales & marketing divisions at Digital Equipment India Ltd, before that at Tata Unisys for a total of 7 years.

Synopsis:
This is a presentation that will bring about the real advantages, benefits of why one should adopt the internet to conduct business over the web , also brings about different strategies on how to deploy infrastructure for implementing e-Commerce , e-Business , also will highlight case studies on how various corporations , international as well as national have implemented e-Business , where are we today as generations have gone by , explains the 1st/ 2nd & the new 3rd Generation of e-Business , where are we heading in the future , will give an insight on the actual reality when it comes to e-Business architectures , frameworks.

Samir Kumar - Planetasia.com Ltd
Profile:
Samir Kumar is the Chief Marketing Officer of Planetasia.com Limited, India’s leading Internet Business Solutions provider. In this capacity, Samir leads a team responsible for conceiving the Internet solutions and services that Planetasia.com offers clients, both in India and overseas. He is also responsible for defining the company’s business strategy, as well as building the Planetasia brand.

Samir has 14 years of experience in the IT industry. Before moving to Planetasia in March 1999, Samir was the General Manager - Marketing in the Wipro Acer Joint Venture, responsible for marketing of the Acer range of products. In a career with Wipro that spanned a little more than a decade, Samir held various Sales and Marketing positions in various places in India. He began his career at Computer Point where he spent a little over 2 years. Samir has a post graduate degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Saurabh Dani - MIEL eSecurity
Synopsis:
He is one of the promoter directors of MIEL e-Security Pvt. Ltd. He has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce & Law from the University of Bombay & an MBA in Finance & MIS from American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is currently a member of The Stock Exchange, Mumbai and is an investment Banker. He belongs to one of the promoter families of Asian Paints. He has about 14 years work experience in the areas of Project Finance, Joint Ventures & Collaborations, Marketing & Investment Banking. He was responsible for setting up 3 Greenfield projects in the Asian Paints Group in the areas of Industrial Adhesives, Construction Sealants & Chemicals and Injection Molded Thermoplastics.

Peter Theobald - IT Secure Software Pvt. Ltd.
Profile:
Peter Theobald is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a Software Engineer turned Marketing Professional by choice. After completing his PGCST program at NCST he started with Marketing financial accounting software in 1987 Software and in 1991 was a founding partner of Quantum System Software, where he was responsible for sales, marketing, distribution, branding of RedAlert, India's most popular virus protection software of that time. In 1995 he set up IT Secure, National Distributors for Dr. Solomon's Anti Virus and in 1998, IT Secure won the Global Distributor of the Year award from amongst 58 distributors representing 98 countries worldwide. In 1999, Peter spearheaded the company's thrust into desktop Y2K solutions and was a member of the CII Core group on Y2K. Now IT Secure carries a wide portfolio of security products ranging from virus protection to firewalls, intrusion detection systems and internet content security software through its offices in Bombay and Delhi.

Synopsis:
4 Relevance of Viruses and Malware to ebiz.
4 Virus / Malware update.
4 Protection technology update
4 Impact of the Internet on the security environment
4 Threats to ebiz from Malware
4 Recommended strategies for protecting ebiz
4 Case study
4 Future

Sriniwas Narayan - Microsoft
Profile:
Sriniwas Narayanan is a computer engineer with over 6 years of experience in the software industry in various capacities. He has been involved with a wide range of infrastructure and e-commerce products. His current profile is as Technical Specialist for e-commerce and business intelligence for the western region.

Amit Kinariwala - LGCommerzNow
Profile:
Amit Kinariwala currently works at LG Commerznow as Head - Technology and posseses over 14 years of experience in the IT arena. His primary area of specialization are emerging technologies surrounding the Internet and eCommerce environments. He has a wide range of experiences serving clients in the financial service, high tech and manufacturing sectors in India and abroad. Amit has been involved in the deployment of eBuy - India's first eCommerce Service Bureau - which also involved the architecting and development of multiple secure gateways with third parties such as banks, financial institutions and fulfillment companies.

Synopsis:
The core need of ebusiness is reliable, robust, scaleable & secure Infrastructure. Security on the internet has often been a much touted subject and seems to have an aura of "high technology" around it.LGCN will attempt to uncover the veil of complexity that is often associated with eSecurity by identifying commonly overlooked, and easily addressable security measures which can be undertaken to protect your business on the internet.

Patrick Mathias - Intel
Profile:
Patrick has been with Intel for more than 4 years, Patrick works with the Intel Communication Products Group as a Regional Manager, networking and communications sales program at Intel, to promote technologies, products and services that are introduced by Intel to address the networking and connectivity needs of the MIS managers, the CTOs , explain and help deploy these solutions , he also provides consultancy on how to design networks , devise architectures and frameworks to implement e-Business security , SSL acceleration , load balancing catering to the needs of the internet market place. Patrick is a graduate from the Mumbai University where he earned his BS in Electronics , degree in 1990 , prior to Intel , Patrick has worked in various roles in the sales & marketing divisions and customer support and service at Wipro Infotech Ltd for a total of 5 years.

Synopsis:
The need of the hour is security on the net, this presentation will take you through practical solutions of how can one deploy security on the internet , it will also give one an idea as to what are the various modes of deploying virtual private networks , connectivity , also will give an insight on secure transactions and how does one deploy them , SSL acceleration will be a major requirement when banks , stock broking takes off on the internet , finally the presentation will also highlight Load Balancing , a technique used to ensure service availability of web servers.

Apurva Shah - FreeOS.com
Profile:
Apurva is the Chief Technology Officer of FreeOS.com, a startup company involved in providing information, news, software, support, education and training for free operating systems to anyone who may seek it. FreeOS.com intends to be primary contributors to the proliferation and wide scale adoption of free operating systems through the services it offers. Prior to founding FreeOS.com, Apurva was the Director of Technology at Boston Education and Software Technologies, a leading software education and services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. In this role he is responsible for all aspects of the software services business for Boston including business development, implementation and delivery of software projects and client relationships.

Synopsis:
4 What is Linux?
4 Why Linux?
4 Open source
4 Reliable
4 Robust
4 Free
4 Secure
4 Community
4 Technologies supported by Linux
4 Hardware environments
4 Web servers
4 Database servers
4 Web development environments
4 E-commerce support
4 Security systems
4 Load balancing/HA
4 Some examples/statistics.