Software made in India. Soon in Russia

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the largest Indian software developer and IT service provider, announced that it is opening a representative office in Moscow, it will be engaged in selling products and services in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. Experts believe that TCS by 2010 may take up to 10% of the Russian IT services market, but for this it needs to buy a strong local player.

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Opening a TCS office in Russia will seriously aggravate competition in the field of system integration and business process outsourcing, says Sergei Karelov, Chairman of the Council of the League of Independent IT Experts: “Offshore software development in TCS revenues accounts for no more than 20%, consulting That is, in Russia, TCS will compete mainly with system integrators, such as IBS, Lanit, ISG. According to Mr. Karelov, the key advantage of TCS is financial opportunities: “ The largest companies like Gazprom, Sberbank might be happy to outsource the maintenance of the IT infrastructure, but the Russian players in the IT market are not in a position to provide them with financial guarantees. TCS with revenues of more than $ 4 billion can do this, so I would not be surprised if they get large outsourcing contracts in Russia, about $ 50 million each . "



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