IoT, Digitalisation and SDN/NFV technologies likely to rule Indian IT in 2018
IoT, Digitalisation and SDN/NFV technologies likely to dominate the Indian IT industry in 2018: Rajesh Mishra, Co-founder, President and CTO - Parallel Wireless
By Rajesh Mishra, Co-founder, President and CTO - Parallel Wireless
The year 2017 was an eventful year for the Indian Information Technology (IT) sector. Focus on digitalization and automation lead to an increased investment by the enterprises. Cloud, mobile, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) opened up new opportunities for the industry. Further, government-led initiatives like Digital Indiaand Smart City Mission promoted cashless economy and digitalization in the country.
The year 2018 opens up new horizons and promises further growth for the industry. Here are a few trends that are likely to dominate in 2018:
Gaining the IoT Advantage
India is emerging as a significant player in the Internet of Things (IoT) and 2018 will further cement the country’s position in this segment.
The IoT, especially Industrial IoT, will witness widespread adoption in 2018. India already boasts of around 60 million IoT devices, according to Deloitte and this number is likely to go up dramatically in 2018. Industries such as utilities, manufacturing, automotive, transportation and logistics are expected to see the highest adoption levels of IoT in India by 2020, as per Deloitte report.
The government is spearheading a number of initiatives, including Smart City Mission and Digital India, which are further pushing the development of IoT. The government’s planned investment of about $1 billion for 100 smart cities over the next five years is a key enabler for IoT adoption across industries such as healthcare, retail, and agriculture.
An agile and flexible network forms the backbone of any IoT initiative. The IoT solutions providers should go for software-defined radio to bring down the deployment time, to easily scale and to bring out services faster in keeping with the market demand.
Increased Digitalisation
Both the government and the enterprise segment will be digitizing their operations for enhanced operational efficiency. An increased number of enterprises, both large and small-scale industries, will continue to digitize their operations and move towards a digital economy. They would also be using a number of collaboration tools, like videoconferencing and mobile apps for better coordination and communication between the workforces. Digital transformation by the enterprises will emerge as a primary driving force for growth of the Indian IT industry.
All this demands a robust, scalable and better indoor coverage. The Small Cell Forum reports that as many as 61% of enterprises have noticeably poor indoor coverage. The enterprises demand networks, which are cost-effective, easy to install and at the same time provide superior indoor coverage.
Enterprise femto cells, which integrate cellular and Wi-Fi access in the same form factor will help in providing low cost and better indoor coverage for enterprises of any size. The businesses need to partner with service providers who have infrastructure to provide seamless connectivity even in an indoor environment.
Increased acceptance of SDN/NFV technologies
There is an increased acceptance of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies and this is further going to gain strength in 2018. Virtualization is fundamentally changing the way wide area networks are designed and this will gather steam in the coming year.
Service providers will be increasingly adopting the principles of SDN/NFV to reduce network complexity, scale easily and to bring down the cost. This opens up new markets, including rural sector, which they were unable to address because of high cost of network deployment and management.
As the year 2018 sneaks up on us, it opens up new horizons and growth areas for the IT industry. Increased virtualization, growing ecosystem of IoT and intense digitalization, by both the government and enterprises sector promise new opportunities for the Indian IT sector.
The year 2017 was an eventful year for the Indian Information Technology (IT) sector. Focus on digitalization and automation lead to an increased investment by the enterprises. Cloud, mobile, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) opened up new opportunities for the industry. Further, government-led initiatives like Digital Indiaand Smart City Mission promoted cashless economy and digitalization in the country.
The year 2018 opens up new horizons and promises further growth for the industry. Here are a few trends that are likely to dominate in 2018:
Gaining the IoT Advantage
India is emerging as a significant player in the Internet of Things (IoT) and 2018 will further cement the country’s position in this segment.
The IoT, especially Industrial IoT, will witness widespread adoption in 2018. India already boasts of around 60 million IoT devices, according to Deloitte and this number is likely to go up dramatically in 2018. Industries such as utilities, manufacturing, automotive, transportation and logistics are expected to see the highest adoption levels of IoT in India by 2020, as per Deloitte report.
The government is spearheading a number of initiatives, including Smart City Mission and Digital India, which are further pushing the development of IoT. The government’s planned investment of about $1 billion for 100 smart cities over the next five years is a key enabler for IoT adoption across industries such as healthcare, retail, and agriculture.
An agile and flexible network forms the backbone of any IoT initiative. The IoT solutions providers should go for software-defined radio to bring down the deployment time, to easily scale and to bring out services faster in keeping with the market demand.
Increased Digitalisation
Both the government and the enterprise segment will be digitizing their operations for enhanced operational efficiency. An increased number of enterprises, both large and small-scale industries, will continue to digitize their operations and move towards a digital economy. They would also be using a number of collaboration tools, like videoconferencing and mobile apps for better coordination and communication between the workforces. Digital transformation by the enterprises will emerge as a primary driving force for growth of the Indian IT industry.
All this demands a robust, scalable and better indoor coverage. The Small Cell Forum reports that as many as 61% of enterprises have noticeably poor indoor coverage. The enterprises demand networks, which are cost-effective, easy to install and at the same time provide superior indoor coverage.
Enterprise femto cells, which integrate cellular and Wi-Fi access in the same form factor will help in providing low cost and better indoor coverage for enterprises of any size. The businesses need to partner with service providers who have infrastructure to provide seamless connectivity even in an indoor environment.
Increased acceptance of SDN/NFV technologies
There is an increased acceptance of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies and this is further going to gain strength in 2018. Virtualization is fundamentally changing the way wide area networks are designed and this will gather steam in the coming year.
Service providers will be increasingly adopting the principles of SDN/NFV to reduce network complexity, scale easily and to bring down the cost. This opens up new markets, including rural sector, which they were unable to address because of high cost of network deployment and management.
As the year 2018 sneaks up on us, it opens up new horizons and growth areas for the IT industry. Increased virtualization, growing ecosystem of IoT and intense digitalization, by both the government and enterprises sector promise new opportunities for the Indian IT sector.
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