"From less than one per cent four years earlier, IT spends in India and China now contribute seven per cent to our revenues.
We expect this to go up to 15 per cent within the next five years, on the back of spends by the government in health, e-governance and education sectors," said Ganesh Natarajan, vice-chairman and CEO, Zensar Technologies.
Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Zensar grew 23 per cent sequentially last quarter. Natarajan says a lot of growth will come from the increasing use of IT within Indian companies.
India's largest IT service provider, Tata Consultancy Services, recently announced the launch of iON-a cloud computing system aimed specifically at domestic small and medium businesses.
TCS expects iON to become a $1 billion business within the next five years.
The trend resonates in the findings of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the apex IT industry body.
"Domestic IT spends, excluding hardware, are expected to grow at 16 per cent to reach Rs 78,700 crore in 2010-11.
"Domestic BPO spends are expected to grow 16.9 per cent to reach Rs 12,700 crore," says the Nasscom strategic review for 2010-11.
It attributes the trend to demand from voice-based services, in addition to adoption from emerging verticals, new customer segments and value based-transformational outsourcing platforms.
"The Indian software product segment will grow 14 per cent to reach Rs 15,700 crore in 2010-11, fuelled by replacement of in-house software applications to standardised products from large organisations and innovative start-ups," the review states.
Growth sources
Analysts say the Indian sub-continent is on an overdrive on transparency enforcing projects such as e-governance.
This will mean government IT spends in India will grow from the current $1bn (Rs 4,500 crore) to $3.5 billion annually, within the next three years.
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