CMP Technology to Sponsor India's Leading Software Engineering Event for StudentsDr. Dobb's Strengthens Outreach to Indian Software CommunityPRNewswire-FirstCall SAN FRANCISCO and PUNE, India, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Technology today announced that Dr. Dobb's Journal is the exclusive publishing sponsor of Impetus & Concepts 2007 (http://www.concepts.org.in/), a five-day educational event in Pune, India, dedicated to enhancing and showcasing the programming skills of India's top software engineering students. Dr. Dobb's is committed to working closely with India's software community and this educational event follows its Software Development (SD) Best Practices India 2007 (http://www.sdexpo.in/ ), a series of one-day events in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore in January. Founded in 1990 by the Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), Impetus & Concepts 2007 runs from March 20 - 25 and will be attended by 20,000+ engineering students from across India. Impetus & Concepts 2007 boasts impressive industry sponsors that include Accenture, Avaya, Cognizant, IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Tibco. A trusted name in the Software Community, Dr. Dobb's will make the winning abstracts from 'Concepts,' the most prestigious of nine programming competitions at Impetus & Concepts, available on http://www.ddj.com/. Dr. Dobb's will also provide select attendees with digital magazine subscriptions and DVDs containing archived content from Dr. Dobb's Journal. "Students represent the future and Dr. Dobb's is honored to work with a well-respected institution like PICT and its outstanding student events like Impetus & Concepts," said Jonathan Erickson, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Dobb's Journal. "Impetus & Concepts attracts submissions from India's brightest young minds and we're excited to use Dr. Dobb's Portal to showcase these projects to the world." G.P. Potdar, Principal of PICT and Convener of Impetus & Concepts 2007, said "Dr. Dobb's is very well known and its voice commands worldwide attention and trust. It is great to have Dr. Dobb's support for our event and student winners, by providing international exposure and credibility." Siddharth Prakash, Events Coordinator, added, "Everyone here was excited when they found out that Dr. Dobb's would be publishing the winning abstracts, providing digital magazine subscriptions and sending DVDs. Sometimes students are overlooked. But students in India definitely know Dr. Dobb's and it's nice to know that Dr. Dobb's knows us, too." About Dr. Dobb's Dr. Dobb's is CMP Technology's leading brand serving the worldwide software development community. Offering a full suite of products, including the award-winning Dr. Dobb's Journal, Dr. Dobb's Events (http://www.sdexpo.com/) and Dr. Dobb's Portal (http://www.ddj.com/), Dr. Dobb's delivers the largest targeted audience and actionable marketing campaigns to vendors in the industry. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ ), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. Contact: Siddharth Prakash David Katch Pune Institute of Computer Technology CMP Technology/Dr. Dobb's 919-890-714364 212-600-3045 dkatch@cmp.com http://www.ddj.com/ SOURCE: CMP Technology CONTACT: Siddharth Prakash, of Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |