10-10-2003, 05:03 PM
Hi Amam
Although i totally agree with your views that the local software insudtry has suffered much because of piracy of intellectual property, but there is an upside to it also.
Why dont our ppl look out to export our services abroad? I mean the local demand for software would never had been enough to satisfy the supply in the first place. This is where we have failed miserably, that is in marketing our huge supply of talent and our work abroad.
India too had, and still has a huge software piracy industry, but they have learnt to sell their services to the outside world.
Btw... why do all of our ppl take IT as only software development. Why do we see our IT experts as only software programmers? Out of India's 12 billion $ IT exports last year, only 3 billion $ were software exports. The rest were mostly BPO services like call centers, online payroll processing and bookkeeping services etc.
We too should seek similar ventures for export. This is where the main business is. Currently there is a global market of around 400 billion USD for BPO services which is growing by leaps and bounds as western companies realise that its lesser hassle and increased productivity as a result of outsourcing your back office processes.
How much share of this global pie can we take?
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
Although i totally agree with your views that the local software insudtry has suffered much because of piracy of intellectual property, but there is an upside to it also.
Why dont our ppl look out to export our services abroad? I mean the local demand for software would never had been enough to satisfy the supply in the first place. This is where we have failed miserably, that is in marketing our huge supply of talent and our work abroad.
India too had, and still has a huge software piracy industry, but they have learnt to sell their services to the outside world.
Btw... why do all of our ppl take IT as only software development. Why do we see our IT experts as only software programmers? Out of India's 12 billion $ IT exports last year, only 3 billion $ were software exports. The rest were mostly BPO services like call centers, online payroll processing and bookkeeping services etc.
We too should seek similar ventures for export. This is where the main business is. Currently there is a global market of around 400 billion USD for BPO services which is growing by leaps and bounds as western companies realise that its lesser hassle and increased productivity as a result of outsourcing your back office processes.
How much share of this global pie can we take?
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
