Great Developers and a Great Summit in 2012

Now in its fifth year, Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS) has established itself as India's biggest independent, in-depth, practitioner-run, polyglot conference focused on content that can help IT professionals stay on the cutting-edge of constant flux. Homespun by Saltmarch Media, GIDS is for software developers, technical team leads, architects and project managers.

With over 17500 attendees benefiting over five game changing editions, GIDS is the gold standard for India's software developer ecosystem for gaining exposure to and evaluating new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software and standards. The summit provides both timely topics and also context and perspective, aimed at the well-rounded software craftsman.

The 2012 edition featured a convergence of three broad tracks covering Microsoft Computing Technologies (GIDS.NET), Rich Web Technologies (GIDS.Web), Enterprise Java, Agile and Dynamic Languages (GIDS.Java) and an exclusive day for hands-on workshops (GIDS.Workshops). With 100+ focused sessions, keynotes and workshops, the program packed in all that attendees need to determine which technologies will make the biggest impact this year, both for their career as well as business.

Cutting-edge topics, luminary speakers, over 3750 talented delegates, leading IT brands as sponsors, a software awards ceremony and the biggest summit for software developers in this part of the world - Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS) Season V concluded on 18 April 2012.

"Whether you are a veteran or a newcomer to the world of Microsoft computing technologies, Java or Dynamic Languages and the Rich Web, Great Indian Developer Summit will provide the participants with a well-balanced learning experience that guarentees they go back with a richer understanding of the technologies that make a difference to their careers," said Dilip Thomas, Chairman & CEO, Saltmarch Media.

Great Indian Developer Summit 2012 was supported by some of the world's most influential IT companies including Nokia, Microsoft, Google, Red Hat, BlackBerry, VMware, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Telerik, CloudBees, ThoughtWorks, GrapeCity, Broadridge, Pearson, Verisign, ISC(2), Pluralsight, SafeNet, JetBrains among others.

Download all the available GIDS '12 presentation decks. Look up the gallery to view the moments, the wins, and the rapt attention, replete with stills and videos. The awards pages provide a window to the 2012 winners, who emerged after three rigorous stages of evaluation. If you have not, you should also watch Motherjane, India's leading rock band, performing the Developer Anthem "Your Epitaph", specially commissioned by Saltmarch Media as an ode to India's developer ecosystem.

DEVELOPER ANTHEM

I've got whole worlds staring at screens
And yet no one ever senses me in between.
I could be any of the ones or the zeros
One of its zillion unsung heroes

I'm told I'm a geek god in a glass temple
Worshipped. Overpaid. Replaceable.
A human architect in this digital crucible,
Neo, Invincible, One, Invisible.

I exist, God-like in a desk job mode
And on the 7th day I rest
I can be benched, right sized or
dropped on the road
Never lived for, though I too will live
forever with the index

So my friend, if you, like myself,
are seeking me now
I pray this song finds you somehow.
Coz my world is so much smaller these days
So small, precious little is face to face

And if I've earned one epitaph no one grudges me,
It's for being human, behind the screen
For putting the ones and zeros in place
And most of myself in this digital embrace

You see the world is so much smaller these days
How could something so small take away my face?

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