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Vision 2006 : A teacher’s
dream
In the keynote address at the Skoch Summit, Dr Deepak B Phatak says
that a concerted medium-term approach can help India to consolidate
its position on the global IT map and achieve its IT penetration
objectives in the domestic market
Indian IT industry poised
to maintain a rising graph
Every year strategy and marketing consulting firm Skoch Consultancy
Services releases its annual analysis of the Indian IT industry.
The sixth annual edition, titled Browser 2002, was presented at
Skoch Summit-Challengers 2003, held at New Delhi on March 26. The
report covers all IT market segments from hardware and software
to networking. Here are some important findings of Skoch’s analysis
Skoch predicts good times
ahead
Skoch Summit 2003, Skoch’s annual IT industry conference coincided
with the Skoch Challengers 2003 Awards. Sixth in the series, the
Summit has assumed special importance in view of the persisting
uncertainties concerning the slump in the IT industry, trade barriers
in export territories, the Digital Divide and international hostilities.
Challengers rely on innovation
and technology
In an industry littered with awards that focus only on revenues,
Skoch recently presented the Challengers 2003 Awards which bring
a unique positioning to the Indian IT industry. The Challengers
Awards are based on the following criteria:
HP’s retail march
Innovative companies are always known to create their own markets
rather than wait for the buyer to come to them.
Increased IT penetration
is imperative
After their success in the IT software exports marketplace, Indian
IT companies have to join hands with local players, including users,
to increase IT penetration, says S Ramakrishnan
64-bit, the new mantra
for AMD
The year 2003 will mark another victory for the world’s second
largest microprocessor maker, AMD.
Daksh: Scaling up the
value chain
At a time when the Indian ITES industry is moving towards consolidation
and evolving beyond the cost advantage syndrome, it is the innovative
players who will survive.
PCs and laser printers
to drive Samsung’s growth
Laser printers - Though still the dominant force in the Indian laser
printer market, HP’s dominion is gradually getting segregated
among other players with competition on the rise. Personal Computers
- In a market already dominated by assemblers on one hand and well
established players like HP, HCL, IBM and Zenith on the other, and
at a time when the market was experiencing an all-time low, Samsung’s
entry into the Indian PC market was bound to raise a few eyebrows.
SCO: Driven by customers
At 2,282 units in 2002, the SCO Group has bagged a 5 percent share
of the total server market in India, pegged at 45,640 units. Skoch
also believes that the SCO Group is well positioned to double its
market share in three years or earlier.
Enterasys: Networking
first
After learning tough lessons in a volatile market, Enterasys has
put in place a fully restructured business plan and a dynamic business
team to drive it.
Canon plays challenger
‘Boom time ahead’ could be the perfect phrase for Canon
India, if one has to go by the performance of the company in the
last year.
Oracle India aims high
at enterprise apps space
The past few years have seen a lot of volatility in the database
management industry, with each player trying to bring in some extra
edge in its offering to the customer.
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