Small firms are big IT spenders
7thJuly 2008, Mail Today
Sensing a huge business potential in the country's fast growing small and
medium business (SMB) segment, IT major IBM said it would launch an array
of cost-effective solutions for its Indian SMB customers. "We expect the
SMB segment to grow at over 20 per cent year-on-year. SMBs are no longer
just investing in basic IT infrastructure but is looking at partners to
manage their ever-complex IT needs while they grow," said IBM's Global
Technology Services' vice president and general manager, Nipun Mehrotra.
The total IT spend of Indian SMBs is expected to touch $10 billion this
year, of which $1.1 billion is expected to be spent on IT services alone,
Mehrotra said. "IBM, which is currently on a massive expansion drive to
rapidly strengthen its footprint in Indian SMB market, has an SMB
customer-base of above 1,700 customers here," Mehrotra said, adding, IBM
has targeted to sustain the growth rate in the present fiscal as well. The
IT major had announced 'Packaged services' for Indian SMBs in July, 2006.
This was primarily aimed at those customers looking for easy to choose, easy
to implement solutions, he said.
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