This keynote address was delivered by Dr. Anand Deshpande at the 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology. Dr. Deshpande points out how Java developers often rely solely on the JVM and develop applications without an understanding of the context in which the application would run. In this session he touches on various technologies and developments that a Java developers needs to understand so as to develop Java programs best suited for a particular context.

In this session Dr. Ganesh Natarajan looks at growth trends in Indian IT. He talks of how entry into new verticals and end to end service is reducing Indian IT’s dependency on a few market segments. He talks at length on how the slowdown in the economy will affect the IT industry and how companies are countering the slowdown.