INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

GROUP I
GROUP I
Anup
Archana Naik
Ashwini Shanbhag
Ashwini Patil
Basavaraj Toggi
Contents
About the sector
Major players
IT sector: Success Factors
SWOT analysis
PEST analysis
Crisis and problems
Developments in IT sector
Future opportunities
IT Industry in India
Information Technology (IT) industry in India is
one of the fastest growing industries. Indian IT
industry has built up valuable brand equity for
itself in the global markets.
 IT industry in India comprises of software
industry and information technology enabled
services (ITES), which also includes business
process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
India is considered as a pioneer in software
development and a favorite destination for IT-
enabled services.
IT Sector - An Overview
 Career Prospects
The Indian IT sector is growing rapidly and it has already
made its presence felt in all parts of the world. IT has a major
role in strengthening the economic and technical foundations
of India. Indian professionals are setting up examples of their
proficiency in IT, in India as well as abroad.
The sector can be classified into 4 broad
categories

 IT Services
 Engineering Services
 ITES-BPO Services
 E Business
IT Services can further be categorized into
Information Services (IS) outsourcing,
packaged software support and installation,
systems integration, processing services,
hardware support and installation and IT
training and education.
Engineering Services include Industrial
Design, Mechanical Design, Electronic
System Design (including Chip/Board and
Embedded Software Design), Design
Validation Testing , Industrialization and
Prototyping.
IT Enabled Services are services that use
telecom networks or the Internet. For
example, Remote Maintenance, Back Office
Operations, Data Processing, Call Centers,
Business Process Outsourcing, etc.

E Business (electronic business) is carrying

out business on the Internet; it includes
buying and selling, serving customers and
collaborating with business partners.
IT: Success Factors
Increasing number of skilled professionals in IT.
The demographic factor. Approximately 60% of the
population of India lies in the age group of 15-65. More
than half of the population of India is below the age of
25. So in the future, the number of working people is
going to be more than the number of dependants.
The vast academic infrastructure of India. In the year
2006, Total Enrollment in colleges was 9.3 million and
India produced 441,000 Technical graduates.
India has the second largest English-speaking
workforce in the world.
 SWOT Analysis

Strengths
Highly skilled human resource
Low wage structure
Quality of work
Initiatives taken by the Government (setting up
Hi-Tech Parks and implementation of e-
governance projects)
Many global players have set-up operations in
India like Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, etc.
Following Quality Standards such as ISO 9000,
SEI CMM etc.
English-speaking professionals
Cost competitiveness
Quality telecommunications infrastructure
Indian time zone (24 x 7 services to the global
customers). Time difference between India and
America is approximately 12 hours, which is
beneficial for outsourcing of work.
Weaknesses

Absence of practical knowledge

Dearth of suitable candidates
Less Research and Development
Contribution of IT sector to India 's GDP
is still rather small.
Opportunities Threats
High quality IT Lack of data security

education market systems

Countries like China and
Increasing number of
Philippines with qualified
working age people workforce making efforts
India 's well developed to overcome the English
soft infrastructure language barrier
Upcoming IT development

International Players concentrated in a few

in the market cities only
 PEST ANALYSIS
Political (incl. Legal)  Economic Social  Technological 
Environmental Government research
Economic growth Income distribution
regulations and protection spending
Demographics,
Interest rates & monetary Industry focus on
Tax policies Population growth rates,
policies technological effort
Age distribution
International trade
New inventions and
regulations and Government spending Labor / social mobility
development
restrictions
Contract enforcement law Rate of technology
Unemployment policy Lifestyle changes
Consumer protection transfer
Work/career and leisure Life cycle and speed of
Employment laws Taxation attitudes technological
Entrepreneurial spirit obsolescence
Government
Exchange rates Education Energy use and costs
organization / attitude
(Changes in) Information
Competition regulation Inflation rates Fashion, hypes
Technology
Stage of the business Health consciousness &
Political Stability (Changes in) Internet
cycle welfare, feelings on safety
(Changes in) Mobile
Safety regulations Consumer confidence Living conditions
Technology
Crisis and Problems
Information technology & global class
formation
information capitalism has built the
structure of new economy through two
revolutionary method in production &
knowledge
 Capital Investment in its stock
Nasdaq.
Dax.
Europe money left.
 It merger
Globally.
AT & T.
Vodafone/airtouch.
IT Risks
Internal
 Technical Failures: Internal system crash
 Human error: Pouring coffee on a main
frame.
External
 Intentional: Hacking/ DOS attack/ Virus.
 Human error: Service Provider Crash
(Electricity; IT; security).
 Outsourcing is an IT & security risk.
Crisis triad
Demand on central information
technology organization are
overwhelming.
Support quality is deteriorating.
Central information technology
organization are becoming the scapegoat
Crisis Management Tools
1. Operations
 Web Based Crisis Management System.
 Electronic Data vaulting & recovery
systems.
2. Facilities
 Central station alarms
 Emergency.
Technology ideal
Whole product, “focus”
Strategic economic model.
Support mechanism focused on customer
needs.
Reliable baseline information
infrastructure.
Planning IT Crisis Management
Top 10 tips to help you prepare for an IT
crisis
1. Appoint chief security officer
2. Appoint IT crisis response team &
rehearse.
3. Recognize all internal / external risks.
4. Search for weaknesses.
5. Determine priorities (Short vs long term)
6. Learn from others.
7. Develop specific plans.
8. During crisis log everything
9. Plan to communicate: keep people in
formed
10. Be prepared not to be prepared
Development in IT sector

The Triband
The Quadband
Black Berry
Triple play and Quadruple play
Digital Home Technology Integrator(DHTI)
IPTV
Tech equipment.
Recent Developments in IT sector
Nanotechnology
Goldentime for engineers
Expanding Foreign Investments by
India
Upcoming Research
Video Server Markets
Wireless LAN hotspots
Managed Security Service Providers
 Major Trends

The bar chart shows that the recruitment of engineers and IT professionals in the
industry is growing at the Compound Annual Rate of 14.5% approximately.

In the FY06, the direct employment in the IT-ITES sector was 1.3 million people
and the indirect employment was 3 million approximately.
Top 10 IT MNC’s
Top 10 Company Logo Punch line
companies Name
1. Hewlett-Packard Everything is
possible

2. IBM ON DEMAND (I
think, therefore
IBM)

3. Ingram Micro Partner smart

Welcome to
4. Cisco human network
 Top 10 Company Name Logo Punch line
companies
5. Oracle

6. Intel
Intel inside

7. Accenture High performance.

Delivered

8. Microsoft Where do you

want to go today;
your potential our
passion
9. SAP The best run
business run

10. Easy as DELL

DELL
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