System Integration Market – Growth Opportunities and Challenges 2024 System Integration Market-Fractovia | Page 2

• Apparently, the Australian government, in 2017, awarded a seven-year contract to Accenture for transforming the nation’s 30-year-old payment system. Subject to contract rules, the system integration market giant is likely to work with Department of Human Services (DHS) of Australia and other regulatory institutions to create an all-new online user interface for the centralized payment system, which reportedly processes more than AUD 100 billion per year. Under the Welfare Payment Infrastructure Transformation (WPIT) program of DHS, Accenture would design a state-of-the-art technology platform and a new payment utility solution to deliver payments at a faster pace. • Under the Make in India initiative, the Indian Government has rolled out a comprehensive national manufacturing policy which consists of a provision to allot a 25% grant to Small and Middle-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for compensating the expenditure incurred on audit. Moreover, the scheme aims to provide part of reimbursement to SMEs in order to acquire advanced technologies, subject to a maximum of USD 30,769. As a consequence of the implementation of these schemes, the system integration market size in India is likely to witness commendable expansion in the forthcoming years. India system integration market size, by service, 2016 & 2024 (USD Billion) Speaking of the competitive spectrum of system integration industry, the presence of prominent IT giants including Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Corporation, HCL Technologies Ltd, Oracle Corporation, CSC, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra has led to numerous strategic collaborations. For instance, in late 2017, Tech Mahindra and Toshiba Digital Solutions teamed up to leverage the prowess of system integration capabilities and the latest IoT technologies of each other. The strategic partnership 2 | Page