30% OF TECHNOLOGIES DISPLAYED AT "DIGITEC 2007" ARE NEW SOLUTIONS,
DIRECTOR OF "NORK" SAYS

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The 50 organizations (local and
foreign private companies, state institutions, universities) with their
43 pavilions, which took part in the international exhibition "DigiTec
2007" in Yerevan on October 26-28, have received 15-25 business offers.
Some cooperation agreements have been signed. The executive director of
the Union of IT Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanian stated this at the
November 2 press conference on the results of "DigiTec 2007".

According to him, about 8 thousand people visited the exhibition. The
survey of exhibition visitors, which was conducted by an independent US
expert, showed that 44% of visitors were students, 19% – heads of
private enterprises. 86% of visitors were interested in new
technologies displayed at the exhibition, 56% – in mobile communication
technologies, 47% – in consumer electronics, 39% – in Internet
services, 37% – in solutions on the use of telecommunication tools in
business, 33% – in business automation software solutions, and 10% – in
IT educational programs.

The UITE executive director said that invitations to visit the
exhibition were sent to heads of 3,000 Armenian enterprises. About
1,600 participated in "DigiTec 2007", 73% of whom – with the purpose of
familiarizing themselves with new technologies, 55% – were interested
in telecommunication and computer equipment, 27% – in software, 45% –
in Internet services. 20% of enterprises’ heads took part in a series
of seminars "DigiLife" held during the exhibition.

The director of the Armenian Office of National Instruments company
(US) Aram Salatian underlined that "DigiTec 2007" was organized at the
highest international level. In the opinion of the director of "Nork"
Information and Analytical Center CJSC (a constant participant in
DigiTecs) Hayk Chobanian, at least 30% of technologies and solutions
displayed at the exhibition were new solutions.