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Data Center Infrastructure Market in India to Reach $ 2 Billion in 2016

HIGH PRIORITY MARKET

Key Players in India

CISCO INDIA 2nd floor, Brigade South Parade, 10, M. G. Road, Bangalore- 560001, Karnataka India T: + 91 80 4159 3000, F: + 91 80 2532 7282 E: info @ cisco. com, W: cisco. com
Velocis Systems Private Limited Sector 67, Noida- 201307, Uttar Pradesh T: 0120 673 7500, E: info. velocis. com W: velocis. in
Ecentric solutions pvt. ltd 2nd Floor,‘ B’ Block, Cyber Gateway, Hitec City, Madhapur, Hyderabad- 500081 T: 040 4444 6000 E: Info. e-centricsolutions. com W: e-centricsolutions. com
GPX India Pvt. Ltd. Unit A-001 Boomerang, Chandivali Farm Road, Andheri East, Mumbai- 400072, Maharastra, T: +( 91) 22 6628 5777, E: nkankane @ gpxglobal. net, W: gpxglobal. net
Net4 Datacenter Mumbai No. 614 / 615, Shah & Nahar Estate, Worli Naka, Dr. E Moses Road, Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Maharastra, India T: 022 2498 8503, W: net4. in
CtrlS Datacenter 909, Prakashdeep Building, 07 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110001 E: info @ ctrls. in, W: ctrls. in
CGI Information Systems 274 / 1, New Railway Road, Sadar Bazar, Sadar Bazar, Gurgaon – 122001, Haryana T: 0124 230 2036, W: cgi. com / en / india
Ricoh Data Center 2nd Floor, Salcon Aurum building, Plot No. 4, District Centre, Jasola, New Delhi- 110025 T: 1800 3010 3363, E: contact @ ricohidc. com W: ricohidc. com
HostDime India Amstor, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram- 695581 Kerala T: 0471 406 0553, W: hostdime. in
Reliance Data Center Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Thane- Belapur Road, Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai- 400710, Maharashtra T: 022 3037 0418 E: MakesItEasy @ relianceada. com W: rcom. co. in
The Indian data center infrastructure
reach $ 307 million in 2016, a 3 percent
market will total $ 2 billion in 2016, a 5.2
increase from 2015( see Table 1).
percent increase from 2015, according
Storage modernization and
to Gartner. Within the Indian IT
consolidation, backup and recovery, and
infrastructure market, server revenue is
disaster recovery are some of the key
forecast to reach $ 698 million in 2016,
drivers to this market, and they are
an increase of 5.3 percent over 2015.
likely to remain relevant drivers over the
Enterprise networking will continue to
forecast period through 2019.
be the biggest segment with revenue
The strong push towards cloud based
expected to touch $ 963 million in 2016.
infrastructure as a service( IaaS) from
This segment will also be the fastest
within the SMB segment will negate the
growing market, as spending is forecast
increase in storage spend within the
to increase 5.9 percent in 2016. With
enterprise space. While it is the early
increased focus on mobility and big
days, Gartner also expects the emerging
data activities in India, software defined
hyper converged integrated systems
networking has the highest adoption
and storage technologies based on
rate amongst Indian enterprises.
software-defined storage to encroach
The storage market is projected to
on the traditional ECB storage market.
Table 1: Indian IT Infrastructure Revenue By Technology( Millions of U. S. Dollars)
IT Infrastructure Enterprise Networking Storage Servers Total
Source: Gartner( October 2015)
2015 910 298 663 1,871
2016 963 307 698 1,969
2017 1019 317 732 2,068
2018 1042 321 760 2,123
2019 1040 323 756 2,120
Mobile, and the proliferation of data, are
approach, changes its culture, and
having a dramatic impact, and pressure,
changes the mindset will be critical to
on the supporting infrastructure and
I & O leaders in the near future.
operations( I & O) infrastructure. All this
In 2016, data center modernization will
data is having a dramatic impact
continue to be a key driver for
upstream on servers, storage,
infrastructure spend in India.
networking, facilities and IT operations,
Automation and orchestration are
not to mention creating new security
becoming high priorities for Indian
challenges.
leaders as well. Software defined
The other force having an impact is the
infrastructures, and an increased focus
pressure to deliver business solutions
on disaster recovery and business
more quickly to market, and I & O’ s role in
continuity, will also lead to an increased
support of that. I & O can no longer tell
spend on infrastructure. Courtesy
the business to get in line and wait for
Gartner
support. A new business initiative needs
to work through the pipeline, often
taking 12 months or more. Today,
business units who get that kind of
response will do an end-around I & O and
go shop outside. How I & O changes its
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