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Article #179: The Indian Software and IT Outsourcing Industry

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India's software industry has over the WIT) a company that has over the past
years grown in importance in the global couple of years has snapped up various US
market that we now have. The majority of and European companies, which is sure to
revenue generated is from their export have sent out a message to their Western
market (i.e. selling services to offshore competitors of their intent to continue
companies), which is in heavy competition moving forward. And its competitors in
with the USA. the West are companies which just cannot
After 9/11, many companies around the compete with India's lower wagers but
world realised the need for offshore higher skills level.
back-up systems and this prompted a rash What can major Western software companies
of investment by banks, airlines, do to fight back? Will home grown Indian
telecommunications and IT companies. companies be buying up the major Western
The Indian software industry is worth players as they find that they cannot
approximately $38billion, with $31billion compete in the long-term?
of that being generated from exports. I cannot answer the second question, but
So who are the major players? a possible answer for the first is that
Infosys (NASDAQ - INFY), which floated on some of the advantages established
the US stock market in 1999, is an Indian Western companies have over emerging
IT outsourcing with no Indian clients. Indian companies are the experience in
It's purely a player on the global stage managing projects efficiently and meeting
and one that's only growing. Its shares deadlines and the basic infrastructure
may not be on the rise right now, but within their own company and society
once the dollar grows back in strength ensures there is less rough and more
their value will show and it will be time polish. It's not to say that some of
to sell. India's IT companies are not on equal (or
If you're brave and enjoy a venture in to superior) footing in terms of
the foreign markets India's TCS (Tata infrastructure but the companies leading
Consultancy Services Ltd) is another of the way in terms of infrastructure are
the major players in India's software and majors such as TCS, Wipro and Infosys.
IT outsourcing industry. Tata may be a For smaller projects, investment in India
name familiar to many of you from Tata is a gamble, as you may not know of the
Holdings, which is one of India's biggest products doom until the eleventh hour.
industrial groups, so you can feel very Western companies survival will depend up
confident about this stock's value and on them promoting the quality of
future. Currently, TCS (TCS.NS) is listed development they have to offer and the
on India's national stock exchange. solidity of project management from
Next up is Wipro Technologies (NYSE - beginning to end.






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