TAIT organizes Tech Trends 2024 for members

December 27th was a landmark day in TAIT's event calendar. TAIT organized a knowledge sharing event - Tech Trends 2024 was powered by Platinum Sponsor Savex Technologies.

Gautam Shah, Founder, Owner and CEO of Colfax International, Santa Clara, California delivered the keynote address.

Established in 1987, Colfax International counts Fortune 500 companies, top universities globally and some very prestigious institutions as its customers. It has the distinction of having forged alliances with top tech vendors and are the coveted Elite AMD Partner, Titanium Intel Partner and Elite NVIDIA Partner.

Gautam's session was interactive and he shared some thoughts on the AMD MI300X, Intel's upcoming AI solutions and Nvidia H100/H200 solutions. He gave some rare insights into the challenges for building complex systems which not only require high technical skills but also financial strength, logistics, etc. He shared some data pointers on business profitability and how to create alternate revenue streams by adding services and solutions to the hardware offerings.

Tech Trends 2024 also had a very interesting Panel Discussion with Top Industry veterans. The panelists were Jayant Mahale, Head, Cloud Adoption – AWS, Ajay Sawant, MD & CEO, Orient Technologies, Kersi Tawadia, Ex-CIO, BSE, Atul Gaur, Director, Savex Technologies and Gautam Shah, CEO, Colfax International.

Rushabh Shah, General Secretary TAIT introduced the panelists and asked their opinions on Tech Trends, Cloud Adoption, AI business, monetising opportunities, R&D expenses on innovation, their business roadmaps and challenges that they had faced.

Some of the key takeaways:

Jayant Mahale said that cloud adoption is inevitable and will help startups and projects immensely.

 Ajay Sawant urged members to always be willing to try out new technologies and even if they fail they should not stop embracing innovation.

Kersi Tawadia talked about digital transformation and cyber security which enriched everyone with his words of wisdom.

Atul Gaur talked about how several companies are quickly moving on to try AI and other emerging technologies but also mentioned that R&D as an expense is not a prevalent practice. Driving new technologies and services including cloud, he stressed on continuous learning through vendor interactions and other means.

Gautam Shah spoke about building a highly profitable business with extreme focus, continuous learning and adding research to the offerings.

Dr. Jay Shah, Research Scientist, Colfax International also spoke with members regarding facets of CUDA programming and its integration with the NVidia ecosystem.

Prominent TAIT members were present in large numbers and appreciated the conceptualization of the event. TAIT President Champak Gurjar welcomed the members and urged them to attend events regularly and get benefitted from the learning and networking opportunities. The event was moderated by Rushabh Shah.  TAIT Directors - Vijay Goel, Magan Gangani, Viren Bavishi, Sameer Mehta, Hemant Gupta, Swetal Dani, Hiren Sheth, Murtuza Bhrmal and Jitendra Mehta felicitated and interacted with the panelists.

BPE Power Solutions was the Associate sponsor.