COMPASS-2012
EAST
INDIA’s MEGA IT EVENT TO OPEN
ON
MAY 4, 2012 AT MILAN MELA
Eastern
India’s ICT spend expected to grow by 12-15%
in FY 2012
Kolkata,
April 30th, 2012 : The overall
Indian IT
spend for
2012 is expected
to reach about
Rs100,000 crores
in FY 2012
according to esti-
mates
by various research agencies. The share of
Eastern India out of
this is likely to be around 9 %
.
Despite a very sluggish JFM quarter (Q1)
in 2012
,
trends for Q2 indicates that the markets
are re-
viving and consumer
and institutional confidence is
returning
led by buying from the government sec-
tor
and retail customers. In
2012 strong growth
opportunities have
emerged in the
200-400
smaller
cities in India, where vendors are expand-
ing their retail
and distribution presence. Around
45% of new PCs sold
in the Indian market are now
shipping outside
the top 75
cities. The govern-
ment's policy
of providing reservation
for local
hardware
manufacturers in government purchases
should help
keep prices down
and support
growth. During
the last few years, a number of
initiatives
have been taken at the central and state
government levels
to computerize administrative
functions for
rendering better services to citizens .
Various government
departments have earmarked
1-3%
of their budgets on improving their IT infra-
structure. Key
pointers as per our analysis is
as
follows
:
• In
2012 it
is expected that around
1.15 crore
Desktops and portable PCs
will be sold in In-
dia.
This figure does
not include tablets
and
other large
purchases proposed like
the UP
government’s plan
to buy 25
lakh laptops/
tablets
for free distribution.
• In our assessment the much publicised low cost
tablet
Akash will not impact these figures
• HDD shortage and prices
remains critical. Any
further
price increase would impact shipments.
• Government buying will
continue to provide
the growth
momentum this year . Corporates
will be
replacing old systems
. SME’s will pro-
vide growth
opportunities for solution
based
sales
including cloud computing.
• Desktop sales will continue to grow specially in
the government, BFSI and
manufacturing verti-
cals.
• eCommerce sales is
not an immediate
chal-
lenge
to brick and mortar retailers , but
retail-
ers
will need to reorganise their offerings.
• Channels will continue to face margin pressure
and
huge credit risk .
• Software Pracy levels will continue to decline if
governments and
IP owners work
together in
educating
consumers.
• Mobile Computing, Smart Phones,
Tablets will
continue to
expand their market
share with
marginal impact
on Desktop and
portable PC
sales.
• Eastern India ICT growth rates will be around
12-15%
.
About
COMPASS 2012 ; One of the largest
Information Technology (IT)
shows in the country, COMPASS 2012, would be
held in Kolkata from May 4th to 7th
2012. The Mega IT Fair is organised by the Computer
Association of Eastern India (COMPASS) which is
industry body representing
IT vendors, hardware and software
manufacturers in the eastern
region. The flagship
event of COMPASS is now in its 15th edition
. COMPASS 2012 is being held at the Milan Mela
Grounds for the first time. COMPASS, which is
a very popular annual IT Fair in
the eastern region attracts
thousands of visitors
who eagerly await this annual
event which was traditionally held at
the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata.
“COMPASS 2012
is the 15th Mega
IT Fair being held at
a new venue
in Kolkata which is
spread over 34,000
sq ft of
space. Nearly 10,000
sq ft more space is
available this year at the Milan Mela Grounds which
has enabled us to accommodate the
participation of reputed brands and IT
companies to
showcase their products
and services. About
10 new international brands are participating at the IT Fair
this year,” said Mr Pawan Jajodia, Chairman Exhibition
Committee, COMPASS 2012. “This
year the theme for the Mega IT Show is “Infinite Possibilities”
which is in tune with the fast moving changes that is taking place in the
ICT world” said
B. Hari President of COMPASS .
Dell
is the main sponsor of COMPASS 2012 – with HP and
Logitech as the co-sponsors. The four-day IT
Fair would remain open to the public from 10:30 am till 8
pm. The exhibition would be spread
over three AC-halls that
would house 16
pavilions and 135 stalls put up by 90 participants. Large multinationals like Dell, HP, Logitech, Asus, Canon, AMD, Lenovo, D-Link, Samsung, Intex, Acer had
directly partnered with COMPASS
for the exhibition. Among the new
participants are Ricoh,
Envent, Hunt-Key, Corsair ,
Chirag, Imagine and others.There would be
seminars on 5th and 6th of May 2012 at
the exhibition venue
. On 5th May there would be a seminar on Ethical Hacking & Cyber Security followed by a seminar on Web Graphics & 2D/3D Animation on 6th May
2012.
About us :
COMPASS is an association of IT
channel partners and entrepreneurs in Eastern India. Members of COMPASS and partner associations represent over 80% of
channel sales in the Region and have a significant contribution in promoting the IT business in the remotest locations of Eastern India.
Members of COMPASS and other partner associations in the EAST collectively employ about 25,000
people and have
made significant contribution
to the growth of the IT business in the region.
