Experts from Birmingham law firm Cobbetts attended the first ever Computer Law Association Asia conference in Bangalore, with the aim of identifying future trends in outsourcing, IT services and software development.
For the past ten years, businesses in these sectors have been booming in Asia, with Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Hydrabad and Chennai ( formerly Madras) being the main centres of rapid growth in India.
The location for the conference was therefore a natural choice and attracted around 250 delegates from around the globe.
Frances Anderson, commercial partner at Cobbetts, said: "We recognise that an increasing number of our UK clients are looking to companies based in the Asian sub-continent to undertake business functions.
" We felt that, with increasing work in this field, it was important to go out and have a look for ourselves in order to provide our clients with a better understanding of the environment."
While in India, Frances Anderson and Cobbetts technology solicitor Sonia Luthra held a series of meetings with representatives from IT industry bodies and major software companies in Delhi.
Frances added: "We found that, following on from successes on the NASDAQ, trade associations and Indian lawyers had a strong interest in UK markets and securing foreign investment.
"In terms of data protection and data security issues, there was clear evidence that well established companies had taken steps to deal with these effectively."
However, although India has an enormous pool of able and well-educated graduates to draw on, some businesses said the pool was simply not big enough to supply the enormous demand for skilled workers.
Costs were therefore rising and the levels of churn were also on the increase, which meant constant recruitment and training for some companies.
Frances concluded that the challenge for many Asian businesses would now be to keep feeding the inexorable growth with qualified people.
