To be the next big thing and increasingly Indian Information Technology outsourcers, the cloud computing are trying to grab a piece of the cloud. They are in a race to broaden the scope of their outsourcing services in order to complete for the high level work that usually goes to a larger western rivals like Accenture, IBM and Hewlett packard. The major Information Technology players are investing in two major cloud computing areas. The platform as a service and software as a service while the third cloud computing layer in the form of the infrastructure as a service is a lesser focus. In a recent article in the Business Today, these tier 1 Indian Information Technology outsourcers have begun the followi8ng cloud computing initiatives.
The following initiatives are the cognizant is rolling out an internal cloud platform that will host and test computing applications, the Infosys is researching cloud applications and offering consultancy services related to cloud computing. The TCSW is piloting a cloud computing services for the both small and medium sized businesses. The tech Mahindra is piloting a cloud computing services framework for the large independent software vendor and the Wipro is setting up a public cloud in its data centers and a private cloud for its employees.
The Business Today article noted that the cloud computing may turn out to be what tier 1 Indian firms need as such services fit well with the quality at the comp0etitive costs model offered by the Indian Information Technology outsourcers. It was noted that the IDC is projecting that the cloud be a US$42.2 billion a year global business by the year 2012. The 8.5 percent of the projected US$493 in Information Technology spending by the year 2012 compared with the 4 percent out of the total US$383 billion spent on the Information Technology services today.
A recent Wall Street Journal article pointed out that while the Indian outsourcers were once content to accept any work given to them by the likes of the Citigroup and other big MNCs. The days of earning 30 percent annual revenue growth from the doing such work over with. The Indian outsourcers are being forced to widen the scope of the services that they offer and are aggressively pursuing on the site work and running external data centers for the clients which will give them a foothold into the cloud computing. They are trying to tie all their services into one end to end outsourcing solutions for their clients and not just the really big ones. The financial times recently noted that the Infosys only focuses on the world’s 1,000 leading companies who have annual revenues of US$5 billion or more. In entering the realm of the cloud computing, they will be able to tap the mid market and the clients who earn the US$1 billion plus in the revenues and the help to head off the impact from both the financial crisis and the pressure from the Western competitors.
REFERENCE:
http://outsourceportfolio.com/cloud-computing-indian-outsourcers/
