HYDERABAD: Speaking on the occasion of the launch of 'Geospatial Today',
a GIS focussed magazine, B Ramlinga Raju, MD, Satyam Computer Services said that
India has all the potential to beat the growing Chinese threat in the software
services market. "I know that China is doing very well in the manufacturing
world, but as far as services are concerned India has a leading edge over them
and I am quite sure that India can do it on the services front. This is the
reason why we are doing very well on the GIS front despite the situation in the
US," he added.
The potential for the Indian market can be seen by the world heavyweights
such as Intel and Microsoft having their R&D centers based over here.
"I see an enormous opportunity in the country for business outsourcing as
well as the R&D activity being increased by some of the world leaders in
order to establish though leadership in the IT space," he explained. The
journal priced at Rs 250 for the Indian segment and is available at $ 7 outside
the country.
Earlier he unveiled the first copy of Geospatial Today, a magazine
promoted by Hyderabad based Spatial networks Pvt Ltd. The journal is completely
devoted to Geospatial technologies catering to the Asian, African and Oceanic
markets.
The journal will carry articles, case studies, product reviews, book reviews
and event reviews, company profiles, institution profiles and more information
on the GIS front. "Geospatial technologies are growing at 8 to 10 per cent
annually. This kind of steady growth is going to generate a huge market in the
future. Applications of Geospatial technologies are going to be used in almost
all the fields, be it power, water, highways, telecommunication or managing
natural resources," said Spatial Networks MD, P Chandrasekhar Reddy.