2. Information
Technology (IT) is a
general term that
describes any
technology that helps
to produce,
manipulate, store,
communicate, and/or
disseminate
information.
Information Technology (IT), as
defined by the Information
Technology Association of
America (ITAA), is "the study,
design, development,
implementation, support or
management of computer-based
information systems, particularly
software applications and
computer hardware." IT deals with
the use of electronic computers
and computer software to convert,
store, protect, process, transmit,
and securely retrieve information.
Introduction
3. Four basic periods
Characterized by a principal technology
used to solve the input, processing,
output and communication problems of
the time:
Premechanical,
Mechanical,
Electromechanical, and
Electronic
History of Indian IT Sector
4. 4
Writing and Alphabets--
communication.
Paper and Pens--input
technologies.
Books and Libraries:
Permanent Storage
Devices.
The First Numbering
Systems.
The First Calculators: The
Abacus.
The Premechanical Age: 3000 B.C. -1450 A.D.
5. The First Information Explosion.
The first general purpose "computers"
Slide Rules, the Pascaline and Leibniz's
Machine.
The Mechanical Age: 1450 - 1840
6. 6
The Beginnings of
Telecommunication.
Voltaic Battery
Telegraph
Morse Code
Telephone and Radio
Electromechanical
Computing
The Electromechanical Age:1840 - 1940.
8. Top 10
Companies1. Tata consultancy services 1968
• Ratan Tata
• 277,586 employees
• provider of business consulting, technology, engineering, outsourcing
services.
2. Infosys 1981
• N.R Narayan Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N.S. Raghvan, S. Arora.
• 157,263 employees
• provider of business consulting, technology,engineering,outsourcing
services.
3. Wipro 1997
• Azim Premji
• 147,281 employees
• Provider of delivering technology-driven business solution
Source: Official page of TCS,INFOSYS,WIPRO.
9. 4. HCL 1976
• Shiv Nadar
• 85,505 employees
• scientific calculators to manufacturing computers
5. Mahindra Satyam 1987
• Bvrraju Ramalinga Rajuu
• 27000 employees
• Business Consulting and outsourcing services
6. Mphasis 2000
• Jaithirth Rao
• 40,426 employees
• Business Consulting and outsourcing services
7. Oracle financial company 1990
• Chaitanya Kamat (CEO and MD)
• 9,682 employees
• Business Consulting and outsourcing services
Source: Official page of HCL,MS,MPHASIS,ORACLE.
10. 8. Tech Mahindra 1986
• Vineet Nayyar(VC) C. P. Gurnani(CEO)
• 84,000 employees
• Business Consulting and outsourcing services
9. Mind tree 1999
• Subroto Bagchi(Chairman)Krishnakumar
Natarajan(CEO)
• 12,239 employees
• consulting and implementation company
10.Polaris financial technology 1993
• Arun Jain (Chairman & CEO)Govind Singhal (President)
• 13,000 employees
• consulting for core banking, corporate banking, wealth
& asset management and insurance
• Source: Official page of TECH-M,MIND TREE,PFT.
11. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
IT refers to the use of technology, be it hardware or software, for data
processing, business solutions & day-to-day functioning of companies.
12. CHALLENGES OF IT INDUSTRY
Customer service : Improve customer service by listening to and meeting
the client's needs. Make customer service job number one.
Productivity : Make the best use of new technologies like cloud and
mobile computing but search out additional ways to increase
productivity.
The mobile generation : Any productivity gains achieved using mobile
technology in the workplace may be more than offset by the additional
burdens placed on the IT workforce during nonworking hours.
Multinational operations
Thus we observe that the Indian IT industry has been facing some
challenges but if effective steps are taken then it will surely help it to
remain competitive in the future as well.
13. OPPORTUNITIES OF IT INDUSTRY
IT refers to the use of technology, be it hardware or
software, for data processing, business solutions & day-to-
day functioning of companies.
Every industry depends on IT - banking, financial services,
retail, media, pharma, automobile, manufacturing,
telecom, hospitality etc. Technology & software solutions
have become a part of all companies - Government
bodies, startup firms and small &medium enterprises.
Newly emerging trends & technologies like cloud
computing, mobile applications, social media & data
analytics give rise to new opportunities in this sector.
According to the NASSCOM Strategic Review 2012, there is
going to be a need for around 110 lakh skilled
professionals.
14. Software Engineers
Web Developers
System Analysts
Consultants
Technical Writers
E-Commerce
Knowledge Engineers
Web Masters
Networking
Computer Education
Career Opportunity in IT service industry
15. Growth of E-Commerce in India
Cloud Computing & Awareness
Mobile Applications and its usage
Emerging Trends in IT service industry
17. Social Networking Portals having Maximum Number of Users
In less than a decade, social media has rapidly integrated
itself into our everyday personal and professional lives.
Awareness of social networking sites is very high Facebook
is close to 100%, Twitter reaches 80% awareness and
Google+ is known by 70%, LinkedIn has relatively low
awareness with 4 out of 10 internet users familiar about
it, It has strong niche position in B2B market
7 out of every 10 internet user is on at least one social
networking sites
This implies that more than 1.5 billion users use social
networking sites.
18. State of E-Commerce in India
India’s online users grew by 50% in July 2012
There were 12.5 Crore unique visitors, half of whom
spend time on internet from home or work, the rest
half from shared computers.
75% % internet users in India are in age group of 15-34
years (Male- 45.6% & Female 29%)
India is one of the youngest online demographic
globally
21. CONCLUSION
Very good future prospects
IT service industry is on going requirement of every nation.
Opportunities for Investors, Entrepreneur, Youth and Countries
Continuous growth year by year
But with more and more educated people in India, there will be
even more engineers in the future, and software competition will
be on a rise.
Regardless of whatever happens to the future of software in India,
the people who are outstanding in their profession will continue
to be in demand