overview conference xpo sponsors attendee profile awards speakers organizers Overall Awards Sponsor & Thought Leader Sponsor Finacle, the universal banking solution from Infosys, empowers banks to transform their business leveraging agile new generation technologies. This modular solution addresses the core banking, treasury, wealth management, consumer and corporate e-banking, mobile banking and web based cash management requirements of retail, corporate and universal banks worldwide. Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) provides consulting and IT services to clients globally - as partners to conceptualize and realize technology driven business transformation initiatives. With over 69,000 employees worldwide, we use a low-risk Global Delivery Model (GDM) to accelerate schedules with a high degree of time and cost predictability. Visit www.infosys.com/finacle Platinum Sponsor IBM has been present in India since 1992 IBM has employees in 14 cities, plus 2,500 business partners located in 40 cities IBM has approximately 43,000 employees in India, as of May 31, 2006 In 2005, IBM India recorded revenue growth of 55% year on year IBM is the leader in the overall Server and Storage market in India, according to IDC Server Tracker for Q4 2005 IBM Daksh recognized as the Best Managed Outsourcing Vendor in the world by the Black Book of Outsourcing in 2005. In the study, "Opportunities in the India Domestic IT Services 2004 -2009", published in September 2005, IDC positions IBM as the market leader with a 5.5% share of the Indian domestic IT market, ahead of nearest rivals Wipro and TCS. IBM is the biggest MNC software exporter in India, according to Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) IBM has established over 25 centers in India, including: IBM Innovation Center for Business Partners, Bangalore Linux Solution Center, Bangalore IBM Linux Competency Center, Bangalore Software Innovation Center, Gurgaon India Software Lab (ISL), Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Gurgaon Center for Advanced Studies, Bangalore Lotus L2 Support Center, Pune High Performance On Demand Solutions Lab, Bangalore IBM India Research Lab, Delhi Services Innovation Research Centre, Bangalore Engineering & Technology Services Center, Bangalore Application Services Centres, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad. Global Business Solution Center, Bangalore IBM Daksh and Business Transformation Outsourcing Centers at Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Pune Global Services Delivery Center (GSDC), Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai IBM India invested US$ 1.5 Million in academia initiatives over 2004 and 2005 imparting training in IBM and open standards-based technologies to 75,000 students at 300 institutes in India in 2005 IBM has helped over 15 Indian state governments to drive e-governance related projects. Visit http://www.ibm.com for further information on IBM and ibm.com/press for recent announcements and executive photographs. Gold Sponsors InfrasoftTech is a specialist banking and financial industry IT Solutions Company with a decade of successful operations. InfrasoftTech is CMM Level 5 certified and has served 100+ banks & financial enterprises globally. We carry expertise in critical domains like Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Compliance Frameworks. We provide state-of-the-art STP enabled core operations & compliance products, custom built solutions development and EAI services for banks and financial enterprises. We create technology solutions that enhance intellectual capital of financial enterprises. We provide assured value proposition of faster "Go To Market' and robustness & scalability, thereby minimizing project risks. Our operations are spread over Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Visit www.infrasofttech.com Juniper Networks develops purpose-built, high performance IP platforms that enable customers to support many different services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and research and education institutions rely on Juniper to deliver a portfolio of proven networking, security and application acceleration solutions that solve highly complex, fast-changing problems in the world's most demanding networks. Visit www.juniper.net IT Team of the Year Award Sponsor Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), Japan's largest electronics company, leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions that maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. These solutions include data life cycle management offerings that address customer's regulatory requirements. Gartner Dataquest has recognized Hitachi Data Systems as the market leader in enterprise storage revenue and as the fastest growing storage management software vendor. Rapid market-share growth of the company's modular storage family and its award-winning channel partnership program have also made Hitachi Data Systems an important force in the midrange storage market. Visit www.hds.com Luncheon Sponsor Polaris Software Lab recognized Global Leader in Specialty Application Development in Banking & Financial Services and the world’s first CMMi (Capability Maturity Model Integrated) Level 5 Company, is a leading provider of comprehensive products and solution offerings in the banking, financial services and insurance domain. With over 7000 professionals, Polaris provides high quality products and customized Information Technology solutions to several multinational clients. Polaris is among the top 10 global companies focused in this space. Headquartered in Chennai, Polaris has its Corporate Banking Solution Center in Mumbai, Investment Banking Solution Center in Hyderabad, Retail Banking Solution Center in Chennai and Enterprise Solution Center in Delhi. Polaris has offices in Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Dubai, Bahrain, Riyadh, London, Belfast, Zurich, Frankfurt, Toronto, New York, Chicago, and Fremont. Visit http://www.polaris.co.in Conference Bag Sponsor Founded in 1991, Choice Solutions provides end-to-end IT solutions and services with an emphasis on data centers, information management and packaged software licensing and implementation. Our value added professional services include IT consulting, software development and standards-based audits. We are proud to partner with industry leaders such as APC, EMC2, Symantec/Veritas, Tandberg Data, RedHat, Microsoft and Adobe. With a customer base of over 3000 companies spanning all verticals and recognitions from various industry groups, our leadership has been widely acknowledged. Visit http://www.choice-solutions.com Participant Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI solutions to help companies plan and manage financial and operational performance. The Cognos performance system leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It enables customers to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? - and understand current performance while planning future business strategies. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries. Visit http://www.cognos.com