Over the next six years, 15% of information technology jobs required by US companies will be done in India, according to AMR Research. Companies reinvest 60% of cost savings attributed to outsourcing in IT or business unit projects.
According to AMI Partners, total printer spending by India small businesses amounted to $285 mln in 2004. The manufacturing (28%), professional business services (20%) and other services (20%) sectors drove nearly 70% of this total spending.
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Indian subscribers are the fifth heaviest phone users at 309 minutes per month per subscriber. While subscribers in the US talk the most at 619 minutes a month, those staying in Canada are the second highest users with an average usage of 344 minutes a month.
Five of Silicon Valley's 50 fastest-growing companies have an Indianconnection, according to the latest survey of Deloitte & Touche, theU.S.
India medium businesses (MBs) surged ahead in 2004, hiring employees, opening new sites and increasing spending on IT. The previously under-saturated MB market made strong strides in adopting new and advanced IT products and solutions, encompassing virtual private networks (VPNs), networked storage, wireless LANs, intrusion detection, firewalls and customer-focused enterprise applications.
Bad times for others are possibly good times for Monster.com, the world'smost popular career site that has now landed in India, officially.
Salaries in the information technology sector went up by an average of 19% in 2004 with senior level professionals gaining the most, according to Dataquest-IDC survey. Hewlett-Packard-India was the top payer among Indian IT companies, followed by Cadence and Philips.
India's PC market grew 35% YTY during Q3 2004. HP was the top-selling brand in India with an increased market share of 14.
Multinational IT services companies that had set up offshore operations in India would use their local delivery centers not only to serve clients abroad, but also in the domestic IT market, which grew by 15% in 2003 over 2002, Gartner said. At a CAGR of 17.
This year, Nasscom 2001 is focusing on "e-volving strategies for thedigital economy," and will give insight on how India can play e-navigator to the world.