Column : Indian IT can’t take its eyes off US revenues
Darlington Jose Hector : Jan 24 2013, 00:54 IST
Domestic IT spending will be a key factor for India’s software growth in 2013. With the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for 2014, many of the IT vendors are looking forward to more e-governance initiatives from the government, with a view to enhancing efficiency and transparency. Domestic IT spending has definitely been on the rise in the last few years. Gartner has stated that the government’s infrastructure projects will strongly drive IT, together with financial services and manufacturing sub-sectors. There is a view within the software industry that this domestic spend could become a critical factor in Indian IT in years to come, with the sluggish global economy not helping anyone’s cause. But this is too optimistic a view.
Take Wipro, for instance. It is a company that has traditionally relied on its West Asia and Indian domestic business to carry it through. It is a strong force in the region, without doubt. But its North American revenue stream is causing some worries. In the October-December quarter, Wipro slipped by 0.7% in the region sequentially while its peers grew. Negative growth in the US is something that no Indian IT vendor can afford. Wipro knows this only too well and is trying to address this quickly. Though companies are trying to depend less on America for their revenues, it will continue to be a telling factor for all concerned with Indian IT. Infosys still derives 61% of its revenues from North America and TCS gets 53% revenues from
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