We earlier wrote on Infrastructure Management and all the research firms did the analysis on it telling you how big the market was, and it still needs to be tapped. HCL-Nokia Alliance is the proof of research, and by a proven player – HCL. The deal has been recorded as the largest ever Infrastructure deal in global arena.

Multi-million Dollar Contract, spread across 5 Years, encompassing desktop support across 76 countries in 13 languages. HCL says it has bagged the deal among competition from Global as well as Indian players.

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Well, after BPO and Offshore Web Development, Offshore Software Development the next big wave of IT Industry would be economics of Infrastructure Management Services. The most profitable being the Remote Infrastructure Management which enables Organizations in US (or elsewhere in the world) to outsource their infrastructure management which may usually includes supporting Data centers activities comprising -

• Storage Support – Tivoli, EMC, etc.
• Operating System support – Linux/Unix, Windows
• Application Servers Support – IIS, Apache, Tomcat, WebSphere, Glassfish, JBoss
• Database Support – Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL Server,etc.
• ERP Support – SAP Basis Support
• e-Mail Server Support – send mail, MS-Exchange, etc.
• End-User Support – Identity Management, Active Directory, LDAP, etc.

According to top Research firms, RIMS has a lot to contribute to the countries economy. It is estimated that RIM Services can help organizations save 60% of the costs that they are incurring NOW!

• NASSCOM – Out of India RIMS Business is $ 200-300 Million.
• RIMS Business potential estimated by TOP Research firms -
  • NASSCOM:  $ 150 Billion
  • Forrestor: $ 111 Billion
  • Gartner: $ 80 Billion

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