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Platform created to connect Chinese hardware with Indian software
Context
A new wave of Indian software developers will soon be able to plug into China’s next wave of industrialisation, based on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IOT).
NASSCOM, in association with the Dalian government, has set up the initiative
- Indian software developers face an existential threat if they don’t shift to high-value domains such as Artificial Intelligence and IOT.
- Chinese companies specializing in hardware can be their perfect partners in moving up the value chain
- China’s shift to Industry 4.0 will generate an explosive demand for IT-based automation
- In turn, this would provide a major opportunity, especially for small and medium-sized Indian software companies, which possess cutting-edge technology, but are looking for suitable overseas partners for scaling up their product line.
SIDCOP
- NASSCOM and the local government in Dalian have set up the Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza (SIDCOP) — a “match-making” platform that will connect small and medium-sized Indian software developers, with Chinese companies specialising in hardware.
- Zeta-V Technology Solutions — a start-up with a local presence in Dalian — will operate the SIDCOP platform
No Language barriers
- Our software will allow Indian companies listed on our platform to automatically find possible local partners in China. The language barrier has also been broken
- Chinese companies can feed their requirements in mandarin, which will be automatically translated into English. Indian companies can do the reverse.
Dalian BEST City
SIDCOP will be located in the brand new NASSCOM IT corridor within Dalian BEST City — a dedicated business park on the outskirts of Dalian city, in northeast China
