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Storage
Double-digit
growth, if barely, in 2009
India Inc is focusing on storage optimization and the government
and mid-market sectors are going to fuel growth in 2009, says
Aman Munglani, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner
Tape
and disk will continue to co-exist
Nikhil Pant, Research Analyst, at Gartner said that disk-based
backup would become the dominant trend but that it would continue
to co-exist with tape
Networking
& Communications
Networking
slows as spending weakens
Nareshchandra Singh, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner says
that given the current weak economy, most projects have been
deferred until after the general elections and the networking
segment may not grow in 2009
Consumer
business to play a key role
Neha Gupta, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner says that the
success of the broadband market in India will largely be driven
by consumer demand even though there are various factors that
limit its growth
Video Conferencing
Converged
conferencing to catch on
Shrinking budgets coupled with rising costs have given the
video conferencing market a place for itself. Sanish KB, Research
Analyst, Gartner, gives an overview of telepresence, its affordability
and the long-term benefits that companies can reap from it
Software
The
bull run comes to a halt as EAS growth slides
Asheesh Raina, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner says that
although overall EAS sales revenues are down, the SMB market
continues to drive demand for ERP, CRM and SCM. There is still
hope as most projects have not been cancelled, just postponed
for the time being
The
need for DMS
Businesses have started investing in Document Management Solutions
to automate their operations says Vishal Tripathi, Principal
Research Analyst, Gartner
Packaged
applications drive the database market
Bhavish Sood, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner points out
that financial services and telecom along with IT/ITES have
emerged as the top spenders on databases
Be
proactive and follow the rules
Asheesh Raina, Principal Research Analyst, and Matthew Cheung,
Senior Research Analyst, Gartner give a glimpse of the security
market, the concerns plaguing organizations today and ways
to deal with them
Printers
& Peripherals
Sustainable
growth
Although printer sales only grew marginally in 2008, the government,
ITES and services verticals are expected to boost this market
in 2009, says Vishal Tripathi, Principal Research Analyst,
Gartner
Peripherals
on a growth path
Diptarup Chakraborti, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner
talks about the sharp fall in the prices of peripherals. The
services and education sectors are the major spenders here
Computing
hardware
Worst-ever
Indian PC growth
Diptarup Chakraborti, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner
says that the desktop market declined, while notebook sales
grew at half the previous year’s rate in 2008 because
of customer sentiments being hurt on account of the weak economy
and that 2009 will be no different
Mainframes
and blades do well while RISC slows
Naveen Mishra, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner found that
Itanium and mainframe sales drove non-x86 sales. x86 server
sales slowed down as SMBs put the brakes on spending and enterprises
looked for ways to reuse their existing servers. Going forward
there is scope for growth towards H2 2009
Handset
growth to be flat in 2009
Anshul Gupta, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner says that
rural markets and improvements in the distribution network
will help expand the market for mobile devices, while handset
vendors will focus on getting additional revenues in 2009
Services
Outsourcing
continues to evolve
Arup Roy, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner discusses the domestic
outsourcing market and the SaaS model
Business
Accent
The
present and future of telecommunication operators’ customer
experience
Kamlesh Bhatia discusses how telcos can improve their interaction
with the customer and thereby the customer experience
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