SODEC 2011: Japan’s Largest Software Development Expo

The 20th Software Development Expo (SODEC) will be held from May 11-13, 2011, at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo. It is the largest exhibition featuring a variety of products for development, operation and maintenance of software in Japan. The event attracts a large number of managers in information systems and software development every year for meeting and conducting business discussions face to face with the exhibitors. In 2010, over 1,200 companies from Japan and world over displayed their exhibits at the expo. This year, the event is expected to be even larger. Apart from several companies, ten concurrent exhibitions will also be taking place along with SODEC 2011. The concurrent exhibitions will include the ’16th Data Warehouse & CRM Expo’, ’14th Embedded System Expo’ , ’13th Data Storage Expo’, ‘8th Information Security Expo’, ‘6th RFID Solutions Expo’, ‘5th Direct Marketing Expo’, ‘5th Web & Mobile Marketing Expo’, ‘3rd Green IT Expo Japan’, ‘2nd Cloud Computing Expo Japan’, and ‘1st Smartphone & Mobile Expo’. Despite the recent massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, its capital city Tokyo remains largely unaffected with businesses thriving as usual. Though, some of the international airlines suspended the flight operations briefly, but have resumed them beginning April. Tokyo is well connected with the Narita International Airport handling many international flights from prominent cities of the world. Travelers from the US can opt to book their air tickets on American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines, and travel by coach class or business class to Tokyo for attending this premier event.

The visitors and exhibitors will find SODEC 2011 to be a great platform for expanding their businesses. The trade visitors mostly attend the event looking out for the latest technologies and products to implement in their businesses. Many managers in information systems and software development department come to SODEC to consider and compare services including offshore services. The exhibitors hold serious business meetings with the trade visitors and obtain remarkable results in the process. The exhibits at SODEC 2011 will include Application Development Tools, Systems Development Automation Tools, Operation Management/Support Tools, Web Systems Development Tools, Java Based Development Tools, and many more. Prominent world organizations such as the WHO, IAEA, WMO, etc have declared Tokyo safe for travel. So, there’s no reason for you to worry now. There’s still much time left for you to contact your travel agent and get the best flight deals on your coach class ticket or business class tickets to Tokyo. Whether you want to travel by business class flights to Tokyo or by coach class flight, you just need to book your plane tickets without delaying any further. There are great possibilities that you might get discount airline tickets even now. Don’t hesitate. Just go ahead and give it a try, if you want to make good savings on your air tickets. Don't miss this opportunity if you want to expand your business in Japan!