Great Developers and a Great Summit in 2010

Software Developers are now in the epicenter of attention more than ever. If they were admired earlier for their wisdom, passion and grit in crafting code, writing new features and fixing bugs, they are now a new magnet for vendors wooing them to create robust ecosystems around their platforms and thereby mutually benefit from it too. Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 constituted the intersection of India's most proactive developers and the world's most successful platform vendors.

Cutting-edge topics, luminary speakers, over 3450 talented delegates, leading IT brands as sponsors and the biggest summit for software developers in this part of the world - Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS) Season III concluded on 23rd April with a spectacular awards ceremony. For both veterans and newcomers to the world of .NET, Java and Rich Web, the Great Indian Developer Summit provided participants with a well-balanced learning experience that guaranteed they went back with a richer understanding of the technologies that make a difference to their careers.

"Now in its third year, Great Indian Developer Summit has established itself as India's biggest, independent, in-depth, practitioner-run, polyglot conference focused on content for software developers, technical team leads, architects and project managers. The summit provides both timely topics and also context and perspective: aimed at the well-rounded software craftsman" said Indu Britto, SVP & Group Publisher of Saltmarch Media.

The summit featured well over 100 incisive sessions, keynotes and workshops that addressed topical and timely technology issues. The sessions were presented by over 75 speakers who shared their experiences, technical & market knowledge, and innovations, through keynotes, focused sessions, chalk talks and hands-on workshops. Speakers included visionaries, creators, luminaries and authorities from the world of software development and information technology.

Software Development is dynamic and ever-changing. Who would have thought the bureau software of the early 90's would metamorphose into the cloud paradigm today? The Internet as a mere medium will become dead? Enterprises world-wide will switch from Java to using more functional and dynamic languages? At GIDS, our goal is for India's software developer ecosystem to keep pace with the dynamic nature of the industry and determine which technologies will make the biggest impact in their career and/or business," said Dilip Thomas, Chairman & CEO, Saltmarch Media. "In addition to smart approaches to software development the most important decision occurs before the first line of code is written. For this to happen, it is simply important for you to rebuild and re-educate yourself to new and innovative tools, tips and technologies," he added.

Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 was supported by some of the world's largest IT companies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle, Forum Nokia, Adobe, Intel, SAP Labs, Quest Software, PayPal, Telerik, Yahoo, Broadridge, Serena Software, Infragistics, IBM and CollabNet among others.

Download all the available GIDS 10 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 2010 finalists and winners who emerged after three rigorous stages of evaluation. The Feedback & Testimonials capture the brickbats and bouquets GIDS 2010 received from stakeholders. 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.