Top tech leaders converge at Sri Lanka CIO Summit

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UBM India Pvt Ltd will hold the fourth edition of Sri Lanka CIO Summit on 8 March at Hotel Galadari. The dramatic increase in the scale of IT infrastructure in the past decade has seen it move from corporate basements to sophisticated data centres. This explosion has in fact been the enabler for much of the corporate growth and rise in productivity witnessed in the recent past.

This knowledge cum networking summit proposes to provide an opportunity to interact with thought leaders, experts, and industry peers to arm themselves with tools and strategies needed to transform IT from a cost centre to a revenue driver.

Sri Lanka CIO Summit has been a huge success in the past editions attracting over 100 IT heads to network and discuss the latest trends in the IT market. The forum has hosted keynote addresses by dignitaries such as SLASSCOM Chairman Sujiva Dewaraja, hSenid Group of Companies Founder/CEO Dinesh Saparamadu, and UNOPS National Portfolio Development Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives Rohantha Athukorala; followed by knowledge sessions from the leading IT solution providers such as Checkpoint, Polycom, Fluke Networks, Novell, SafeNet, Schneider Electric, and CISCO, etc.

“We started this initiative – Sri Lanka CIO Summit two years back to create a platform for IT Heads in Sri Lanka to interact with their peers and also with vendors. This event has become a brand with excellent recall. Today we are addressing a gathering of around 100 IT heads from top companies across verticals in the country” UBM India Pvt Ltd Associate Publisher and Director Anees Ahmed said.

Sri Lanka CIO Summit will provide Sri Lankan top level IT executives with a unique opportunity to interact with innovative global solution providers, with whom they can partner to build innovation in their IT department.

UBM India is a part of UBM Plc which is a leading global business media company. The company inform markets and bring the buyers and sellers together at events, through online, and in print providing them with the information they need to do business successfully. The focus is on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists, around the world. UBM worldwide organizes 300 events, publishes 200 magazines and periodicals and host 200 websites.