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Indian IT infra spending to see tepid growth this year: Gartner
Spending on information technology (IT) infrastructure by Indian organisations and businesses is expected to see only sluggish growth this year, says research entity Gartner.Total spending -- including on traditional technology services such as server, storage and enterprise networking equipment -- is estimated to reach $2.2 billion (Rs 14,500 crore) in the country, it said. This means 1.5 per cent growth over last year's $2.17 bn. It was $1.9 bn in 2015. "Digital transformation is bringing in new sets of challenges and opportunities for Indian (IT) infrastructure leaders," said Naveen Mishra, research director at Gartner. The report suggests Indian traditional IT service providers should align themselves with the imperatives of the digital world and technology transformation. "Modern, lean, agile and secure infrastructure is the business need," added Mishra It says cloud computing is expected to become pervasive as an infrastructure layer, given its elasticity. This creates a need .
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Govt to spend $7.2 bn on IT in 2016
This is $200 million more than what Gartner had projected in June
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Govt's IT spending to hit $7.2 billion in 2016: Gartner
IT service is expected to grow 9.3 per cent in 2016 to reach $1.8 billion, Gartner said.
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