With infrastructure outsourcing gaining ground globally, the new services space of infrastructure management services (IMS) and independent validation services (IVS) offers tremendous potential, with 40 per cent of Infosys' revenue coming from these services.
"The overall market size for IMS is between $100-150 billion and the revenue from IMS (RIMS) is $55 billion. Revenues from Indian export-oriented offshore infrastructure management services stands at $450 million currently," Infosys Technologies chief operating officer and deputy managing director Kris Gopalakrishnan said.
"Infosys's revenue from IMS during the last quarter was $100 million. Eighty per cent of our IMS is offshore. With the growing demand, I see Indian companies doing a billion dollars next year," Infosys Technologies, Headh IMS, Priti Rao told reporters during an overview of the trends in the new services space.
Infosys' through its IMS practice unit, started in 2001, offers IMS through an integrated set of processes and enabling technologies, designed to utilise a client's IT infrastructure as business assets.
"RIMS is an area of strategic business and high growth for Infosys. The overall trend in this space is that deals are becoming more modular with a focus on selective outsourcing like help desk, email and security/network," Gopalakrishnan said.
Revenues from IMS amount to 2.8 per cent of total revenues, with a majority coming from the United States, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific, Rao said.
