Cloud Computing Market in India 2010

The Cloud Computing Market which includes software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) is estimated at INR 25.6 bn in 2010. Increasing IT spending among corporate coupled with growing small and medium enterprises will drive the cloud computing market in India.

The report begins with an introduction of cloud computing market indicating evolution, structure and different types of deployment of cloud computing. It further elaborates on the cloud computing market in India providing an overview, market size, growth and different types of cloud computing. It also explains the types of cloud computing namely SaaS, PaaS and IaaS with information regarding its providers.

An analysis of drivers explain factors contributing to the growth of cloud computing market including increasing IT spending, large number of micro, small and medium enterprises, government involvement in cloud computing, broadband penetration, eliminating technology obsolesces risk and large pool of talent for cloud. The key challenges identified include security issues and various transactional and service level issues.

It further discusses the industries which are either using or are planning to use cloud computing services in the future. This section provides an outlook and the benefit for specific industries using cloud computing. The industries under consideration include pharmaceutical, financial institution, education, media & entertainment, retail and automobile.

Competition section provides brief profiles of major domestic and foreign players in the market. The section contains a snapshot of their corporation, financial performance and business highlights, providing an insight into the existing competitive scenario.