The Inflexion Point for IT

I mention also the IT is going into an inflexion point in India
<http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-10-13/news/54970808_1_deepak-shenoy-capital-mind-longer-term-perspective>
.

One of the problems cropping up in this space is how much some of these
players are going to be relevant in the longer term and this may be a
longer term theory rather than a short term one. So, Wipro for instance
announcing that its headcount will come down by 33 per cent is the first
time I have seen a IT big player like Wipro talk about reducing headcount
and increasing efficiencies. Our players have largely been darlings of
inefficiencies rather than of efficiencies. Technology has taken over a lot
of the functions that people use. So a lot of the IT space changes will
have to be adopted by our players.

While the BPO boom has come and gone, India still retains a huge advantage
in the software outsourcing space. However the traditional business lines
such as application maintenance and development may look to be overshadowed
by cloud based services and products – where a company may have been had
“implementations” of Peoplesoft or such, today they could get the entire
configuration managed on a private cloud, which will have a fraction of the
cost and for far fewer people.

Our IT companies will have to move to these kinds of technologies. It would
be best if they actually owned the Rackspaces of the world, but otherwise,
they’ll have to adjust to a different world – smaller teams and more
efficient delivery. Our startups have shown that we have the talent and the
skill, but the IT services space is a behemoth and will need to adapt. The
question really is – will the big players change, or will there be smaller,
more nimple companies that will replace them?

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