It was some trip! Morning we had a big group of CxOs and decision makers attend the “Breakfast With Brad” (BWB) event! We had “who is who” of IT in Hyderabad attend! The Director of NASCOM, the head of SPIN, folks from Satyam, RAM infotech, Emagia, and several others, Head of IIITH, head of JNTU Comp Science department… to name a few! Brad made a presentation and I followed up with a short version of my story! The audience was excellent and was able to appreciate and they asked several good questions and from the feedback they were well received! Following the launch, we had the “Meet the Press”. There were several members of the fourth estate, both English and Telegu, both Business and Technology, both online and print media! Several good questions were asked and we made the best attempt to answer them! The result was very evident by the amount of great PR we received! For a sample refer to: CIOL and Silicon India .
In the afternoon (lunch time) we headed back to the Softpro offices for the launch of JBUG Hyderabad! What an enthusiastic audience! We had over 100 people – all Java developers and majority of them JBoss developers - attend! It was literally a gate crash. Standing room only for the late comers! Brad made a quick presentation and launched the Group and I chipped in with the technical presentation of the JEMS suite! What a dream start for the JBUG in India!
The launch in Hyderabad was unbelievable! I am very confident, we are going to be very very successful in India and APAC!