In his welcome note, Shahzaman Mozumder, Bir Protik, chief executive officer (CEO) of Thakral, gave a vote of thanks to all the delegates and participants. He stressed that "this sort of initiative would create awareness as well as bring ample opportunity in the industry to upgrade present condition through new age technology".

Raj Kumar Singh, pre-sales manager (west), SAP India Pvt Ltd, conducted an overview session on the company's latest solution for the textile industry. "IT streamlined the management tactics and is gradually showing its profound impact on the textile industry", he said.

The exciting session of the roadshow was IBM System i5 overview. IBM System i5 is a state-of-the-art hardware solution that is able to run multiple operating systems in a single set-up and reduce the operations cost as well.

Samir Venugopal, product manager, IBM System i5, IBM India Pvt Ltd, said, "This server automatically allocates resources, shuts down independently and is a one box solution for the modern business".

SAP and IBM are working side by side in order to promote the best IT solution for the textile industry. SAP provides ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) whereas IBM deals with technological matters.

SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in data processing) is the biggest European software company, founded in 1972. It is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP's products focus on ERP; its other major product offerings include Advanced Planner and Optimiser (APO), Business Information Warehouse (BW), Customer Realtionship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Product Lifestyle Management (PLM), Exchanger Infrastructure (XI), Enterprise Portal (EP) and SAP Knowledge Warehouse (KW).

OBT Global is a consulting firm -- a subsidiary of Zensar Technologies, the global IT and BPO services firm -- that provides a complete set of business solutions and SAP ERP related services to public and private sector businesses worldwide. OBT Global provides services to clients through sales and operation centres in the United States and India.

International Business Machines or IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM is the largest information technology employer in the world with 350,000 employees worldwide.