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Accomplishments 2011 and Aspirations 2012 With the objective of analysing the impact that e-Governance systems are having in the country, eGov interviewed some stakeholders, whose short and precise answers offer an insight into their achievements in 2011 and plans for 2012 Janesh Moorjani President, Enterprise and Public Sector, Cisco India & SAARC

in 2012, a 9.1 percent increase from 2011 spending of $73.1 billion. We are confident that despite global challenges, enterprises in India will continue to invest in IT. Wishlist from the government There needs to be an increased focus on areas such as education, healthcare, financial inclusion and infrastructure and power for the country to continue its current GDP growth levels.

2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues 2011 was one of the most transformative years at Cisco. The focus was on prioritising, simplifying, and taking action to drive Cisco’s continued market leadership.

Significant policy initiatives in the year 2011 In October 2011, the government announced the draft National Telecom Policy, which is a welcome move. It will go a long way in extending a variety of services at the grassroots level. Sectors such as education, healthcare and banking, which are fundamental for well rounded and inclusive development, will benefit greatly from this policy.

Expectations from the year 2012 According to Gartner, IT spending in India is projected to total $79.8 billion

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Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012.

Cisco believes that the network will unify wireless and wired access to support the proliferation of devices and ubiquitous mobility. Virtualisation and cloud services will deliver content whenever they provide a lower cost of ownership.

Increased collaboration with customers, staff, suppliers and other partners will grow, using video, data, and voice communications on a variety of devices.

Popular products/services in 2012 Smaller cities and towns in India have undergone a considerable change in the recent past and we strongly believe that these will drive Cisco India’s growth story. Although this market is still evolving, we expect a number of opportunities especially in areas such as e-governance, remote healthcare, learning, connected agriculture, retail and rural banking.

Nilesh Shah KMI Business technologies Pvt. Ltd. 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues Basically we are an innovative company that delivers inspiring products and services in the field of business imaging, and leads the market through advanced digital technologies and enhanced reliability. In terms of growth, we have achieved 30 percent.

Expectations from the year 2012 We expect customers to make a major shift towards digital technologies. We expect the GST to be introduced.

Prakash Rane, Managing Director, ABM Knowledgeware 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues With an excellent year of growth, we managed to execute very large e-Governance projects successfully Significant policy initiatives in the year 2011 Well planned policy initiatives showed impact on ground level. Various Mission Mode projects were launched with vigour. State governments implemented e-Governance initiatives.

Expectations from the year 2012 We see some slowing down in government procurement process. Procurement for e-Governance project requires bold decision making as it deals with quality and cost based selection.

Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012 Cloud Computing will be used on a bigger scale. With the use of Social media in Govt 2.0 becoming more prominent, gadgets like iPad will make many senior decision makers experience the power of IT.

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Dr Arun Nigavekar Raja Ramanna Fellow, Former Chairman, UGC, Former VC, Pune University, Founder Director NAAC

Eric Yu President, Huawei 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues The year 2011 holds special significance for us, as we have launched our enterprise business in the month of September. Coming from our strong technologyleadership background and track record of executing challenging ICT driven solutions on global scale, we are positioning ourselves as an ICT solutions provider for the large and small enterprise set of customers.

Most significant policy initiatives from government in the year 2011 The JNNURM is doing better, but it got only Rs. 50,000 crore of central funds. While rural development is imperative we cannot keep urban development on a low platform of support mainly because rural growth is linked with strong urban base.

Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012 Clever and innovative use of IT in governance will continue to lead the technology trend. Service to Anyone, Anytime and Anywhere in all sectors that touch human life would become reality through larger national connectivity till last leg and affordable application hardware.

And moving forward, this trend is likely to continue even with greater fervour for the year 2012.

Popular products/services in 2012 For government vertical it could be the e-Governance framework and applications that can weave the population. For healthcare it could tele-medicine or e-medicine that can help in terms of delivering the much needed medical facilities to remote areas of the country.

Expectations from the year 2012 Our target is to supply a better solution and service to our customers, and share the market with our partner, and grow together. We would like to give a better way to India market.

Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012 IT decision makers are continuously looking at ways and means of amending their existing infrastructure. This is where concepts on Cloud Computing and Virtualisation are gaining ground.

Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues Year 2011 was great in terms of market, growth and revenues. We have achieved our targets in all three quarters in past and we expect to achieve the same in this quarter too. We have seen significant investments in IT from BFSI, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and other industries.

Expectations from the year 2012 Many western countries have been in a recession in 2011, but MAIA Intelligence’s business has not slowed down.

There is enough space in the market for innovative products.

Rajeev Kundra National Manager- Government Business (DI GCG), Kodak India Pvt Ltd 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues We are sure that we shall register good growth of between 20 to 23 percent on YOY basis.

Most significant policy initiatives in the year 2011 The government has made many efforts to improve the economy, through moves on FDI. The focus has also been on manufacturing, export and development of infrastructure.

Expectations from the year 2012 We look forward to at least 20 percent growth over and above our net figures for this year. The entire market should grow at least by 15 to 18 percent.

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Akshay Sheth, National Sales Manager- Govt. Segment, Matrix Comsec Pvt. Ltd. 2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues The year 2011 was a good year in terms of government market. The market has grown, competition has increased.

The buyers have become technically savvy and are more open to accepting new technology products. Overall there has been a growth in government vertical for Matrix.

The most significant policy initiatives in the year 2011 In terms of policy initiatives, the idea of giving preference to buying of Indian manufactured products in government sector is a welcome move. It will give boost to domestic economy.

Expectations from the year 2012 We expect 2012 to be the year for newer technology products in IP, Biometric Access Control and Surveillance.

We expect our company to make inroads in many new sectors, including defence.

Narayana Menon Head - Strategy & Marketing Novell India/South Asia

Nilaya Varma Partner – Lead for MC India, H&PS

Significant policy initiatives in the year 2011 The government is the largest IT spender in the country. Some of their most significant initiatives this year have been with respect to improving e-Governance under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

2011 in terms of market, growth and revenues We are now operating under four business units – Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE – all of which are united under a single holding company named “The Attachmate Group” making us one of the largest, privately-held enterprise software holding companies.

Expectations from the year 2012 In 2012 our strategy is to leverage our business unit wise model. With increased adoption of the Cloud, we see a growing preference for hardware agnostic platforms.

Wishlist from the government Mere automation will not account to efficiency in government processes. A focused public policy is necessary for improving productivity levels. I see an increase in adoption of open source.

Most significant policy initiatives in 2011 Service delivery to citizens, through schemes like UID or Aadhaar, rural service delivery, financial inclusion, and health and education solutions Expectations from 2012 Health and Public Service is an important area of focus.

We are already working in various large transformational projects like UID, State Portals to name a few.

Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012 The key technology trends in 2012 will involve implementation of m-Governance and cloud computing. Technology supporting ubiquitous connectivity will also be important.

Popular products/services in 2012 2012 will see some large spends in technology related solutions are expected in UID and NPR as these projects gain momentum. With UID coming in, the states shall look at data consolidation for better delivery of government benefits.

Venu Palakirti, F-Seccure Significant policy initiatives in 2011 There was a good initiation in terms of the security from Government and we hope mandatory norms for security will also be introduced so that all connected devices have proper security solutions installed so networks and devices can be safeguarded.

Expectations from the year 2012 We expect to bring in good growth and expect the SMB market to contribute a equal portion of the overall business.

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Wishlist from the government My one major wish is to see the initation on the usage of cloud-based solutions even in the government sector as well Technology trends to rule the roost in 2012 Cloud-based solutions and services will rule in the coming years.

Popular products/services in 2012 SWAN implementations should be more robust and speeded up. The Cloud should be increasingly adopted in the Government and PSUs.