Microsoft’s premier and largest annual conference Tech.Ed SEA 2007 was officially opened today, and will once again be the learning and training centre for some 2,300 technopreneurs, IT administrators, software developers, and software architects from more than 30 countries. Themed “Turn doing your job into making your mark,” this edition of Tech.Ed aims to sharpen focus on core and critical IT and programming skills that will enable developers to get technical training, information and resources to help them build, deploy, secure, mobilize, and manage solutions.

Microsoft Corp.’s Southeast Asia President Chris Atkinson

At the official opening of Tech.Ed SEA 2007, Microsoft Corp.’s Southeast Asia President Chris Atkinson said that the decision to bring Tech.Ed back to Malaysia was based on the robust and vibrant growth of the software economy in Malaysia. “Microsoft is delighted to bring Tech.Ed back to Malaysia this year; from the number of participants who have signed up for the conference it is quite clear that it continues to be recognised by our partners as the premier industry conference for the ICT industry. Tech.Ed is not merely about introducing new Microsoft technology and software, but also sets the next wave of the technology agenda which makes it an event developers and IT professionals around Malaysia and the Southeast-Asia region look forward to," he said.

Tech.Ed SEA 2007 will feature 120 breakout sessions across seven key tracks, namely Windows Infrastructure; Office, Messaging, and Collaboration; Systems Management; Enterprise Data Management; Architecture & Team Development; Developer Technology; and Web Development & User Experience.  

The decision to bring leading ICT industry events such as Tech.Ed SEA 2007 to Malaysia bears testimony to Malaysia's commitment and continuous sterling performance in the ICT sector, said Dato Narayan Kanan. 

"MSC Malaysia is now home to about 1,800 local and multi-national technology companies, of which 100 are leading global corporations, focusing in areas such as creative multimedia, outsourcing, software development, hardware design, Internet-based businesses, support services, and the like. Local software companies have gained tremendous technical and business guidance through a number of programmes and collaborations with Microsoft in recent years. 

"There are today 719 active MSC Malaysia software companies and out of these, 322 companies are actively on the Microsoft platform, posting collective revenues of RM1.57 billion and exports of RM314 million. These companies also invested some RM153.7 million in their R&D efforts for 2005 - all testaments to Microsoft's ability to generate "economies" in line with its Local Software Economy initiative," Dato' Narayan added.

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