Indian IT infra market to reach $3 bn by 2016

Source: Business standard, May 15, 2012

The Indian information technology (IT) infrastructure market, comprising servers, storage and networking equipment, would reach $3 billion by 2016. According to research firm Gartner, the IT infrastructure market is expected to reach $2 billion in 2012, a 10.3 per cent increase over 2011.

“Technology’s role in enterprises is increasing and IT’s closer alignment with business, and vice-versa, is a topic of much focus within Indian enterprises today. Soon, there will be a time when there is no IT strategy, only a business strategy, as leading CIO’s are seeing technology as a business enabler and an engine for innovation,” said Aman Munglani, research director at Gartner.

Revenue growth will be primarily driven by ongoing data centre modernisation and new data centre build outs. Servers are the largest segment of the Indian IT infrastructure market, as revenue is expected to reach $754.5 million in 2012, and grow to $967.2 million in 2016.

 

Ministry seeks Cabinet nod for National IT Policy

Source: The Hindu Business Line, May 09, 2012

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has sought Cabinet approval for the proposed National Policy on IT.

A draft note has been sent to secretaries of all the Cabinet Ministers and departments concerned for their comments.

According to the draft Cabinet note, seen by Business Line, some of the objectives of the proposed policy include providing fiscal benefit to small and medium enterprises and start-ups for adoption of IT in value creation.

Time for IT companies to re-frame business strategies

Source: The Hindu Business Line, May 02, 2012

Bangalore: With the old model of outsourcing getting outdated, Indian IT companies may need to tweak their strategies to grow further.

“Outsourcing is undergoing a lot of changes and the focus should be on giving value to the client instead of merely lowering costs,” Mr Sanjoy Sen, Senior Director, Deloitte, India, told Business Line.

Made-in-India Google Drive set to roam worldwide web

Source: Business standard, Apr 26, 2012

Mumbai: After years of speculation, internet search giant Google has announced the launch of Google Drive. The cloud storage service will be rolled out globally in the next few weeks.

The launch is special for India, as Google’s engineering teams in Bangalore and Hyderabad conceptualised and built the centralised management tools, security features, ability to search within a document and billing systems for Google Drive.

Microsoft to expand presence in smaller cities

Source: The Hindu Business Line, Mar 05, 2012

Bangalore: Microsoft is keen on investing in India to provide cloud-based solutions to Small and Medium

Businesses (SMBs). The company sees an addressable market of over 45 million SMBs in India today, majority of them being micro businesses with less than five PCs and employees.

UST Global expands its footprints in India

Source: The Economics Times, Feb 20, 2012

Chennai: After being a prominent employer in the IT sector in tier 2 cities in Kerala, California-based IT services company UST Global has embarked on an expansion in Bangalore.

Company officials said UST Global’s new facility in Bangalore can accommodate 500-600 associates, with the capacity to expand up to a headcount of 5,000. In Kerala, the company operates out of Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.

Software, hardware exports likely to grow 22% this fiscal

Source: The Hindu Business Line, Feb 13, 2012

The growth in IT software and services exports from India has slackened this fiscal owing to the global economic overhang. But the positive side of the story is that domestic companies are reducing dependence on the US market, while sharpening focus on emerging markets.

IBM launches ‘centre of excellence’ in Bangalore

Source: The Hindu Business Line, Feb 10, 2012

Bangalore: IBM has launched ‘Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Smarter Commerce’ at the India Software Lab, Bangalore, to offer solutions to automate and accelerate the purchasing, marketing, sales and customer service functions to organisations across India, South Asia and Asia Pacific.

According to a press statement, the centre will include 25 technical experts selected from the B2B and commerce enterprise marketing management teams from the Lab.

“The centre will work closely with the business teams on customising Smarter Commerce solutions for companies across different technology platforms,” Dr Gopalakrishnan, Vice-President, India Software Lab, said in the statement. The centre will also integrate and more effectively manage the value chain across buying, marketing, selling and service processes for different sectors.

IBM Smarter Commerce Solutions have enabled customers increase average campaign response rates and expects to reduce its direct marketing costs by 35 per cent a year.

Equipment sourcing rule likely for IT, telecom

Source: Business standard, Feb 06, 2012

In an initiative that could prompt foreign telecom equipment majors such as Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson to set up base in India, the government is working on a Cabinet note to make it mandatory for all information technology (IT) and telecom public sector units to source 30 per cent of their purchases from domestic equipment makers.

Work on the note has started following a proposal by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the IT department.

IT outsourcing deals worth $1 bn in limbo

Source: Business standard, Feb 03, 2012

Mumbai: The fate of over a billion dollars worth of information technology (IT) outsourcing contracts is in a limbo after on Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences of telecom firms.