Qatar, June 16, 2010: Key technology and business experts from across the region addressed a one day conference on smart IT solutions and IT spending during the IT Managers Forum at the IDC Summit held at the Al Sharq Resort & Spa, Doha, Qatar on June 14, 2010. IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy.

The new economic reality has proved beyond doubt that there is intense pressure on every aspect of business operations to curtail capital spending and reduce operating expenses. The squeeze is especially trying, given the ongoing need to support operations, while enabling new growth coupled with cost-containment initiatives.

One of the key technologies which caught the attention at the attendees of the forum was Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Mr. Uttam Majumdar, President, Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd. (a subsidiary of 3i Infotech) gave an informative presentation on how SOA helps organisations deploy their business services with agility. SOA is getting noted by many leading organisations today due to the simple fact that it helps organisations achieve business-IT alignment better than the existing known systems.

3i Infotech has been assisting customers migrate to SOA environment and especially address some of the building blocks like identity enabled SOA and governance. Middle East businesses are pursuing SOA and a large scale adoption to SOA is expected in the next 18 to 24 months for sectors such as Insurance, Banking, Telecom and Manufacturing.

Mr. V Narayan, Vice President & Region Head, Middle East, 3i Infotech is of the opinion that, "SOA is a major shift in technology that has the potential to make a huge impact on a business module and enterprises should attach more importance to their systems architecture while facilitating alignment. Companies today need to adapt immediately to changing market conditions and be more alert to meet the continuously growing demands of businesses."

Mr. Narayan further added, "In the recently concluded IDC Forum, 3i Infotech has been able to successfully demystify a methodology that would help business and organisations take an important step towards advocating SOA, while making sure that governance is well addressed."

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About 3i Infotech Limited:
3i Infotech (www.3i-infotech.com) provides a range of information technology solutions for Insurance, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Mutual Funds, e-Governance, Manufacturing, and Retail & Distribution. The Company's quality certifications include SEI CMMI Level 5 for Software business, ISO 9001:2000 for BPO, ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for Data Center Operations and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 for Data Center Management Services.

Using its domain knowledge and through continuous investment in technologies, 3i Infotech helps corporations in their businesses through its expertise in enterprise-class software solutions, software services, information security consulting, IT infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions. 3i Infotech has a presence across 5 continents and serves customers in 50 countries.

For almost two decades, 3i Infotech has been serving the Middle East and Africa region. 3i Infotech's list of more than 1500 customers includes those in the GCC countries, Africa, Mauritius, the Central Asian Republics and the Mediterranean countries.  

For further information about 3i Infotech Limited, please contact:
Mr. Radhesh Menon
McCollins Communications
Tel: +9714 4456848
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Email: radhesh@mccollins-comm.com
 

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