Salaries in the information technology sector went up by an average of 19 per cent in 2004 with senior level professionals gaining the most, according to Dataquest-IDC survey.
IT-savvy Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with maximum number of hot e-governance projects, followed by Madhya Pradesh, as per the latest DataQuest magazine ranking.
Economic growth and strong offerings by computer assemblers will drive the demand for personal computers, expected to grow at 18 per cent, in the country in 2003, according to Gartner Dataquest study.
Indian external storage market in the first half of 2002 totalled $36.5 million ahead of Hong Kong, which had a revenue of $28.5 million, according to the Garter Dataquest's Asia-Pacific research.
After gradually losing its share to exports in the last decade, the dome{tic IT market has rebounded with a 24 per cent growth in the last fiscal as against 17 per cent in software exports, according to Dataquest Top 20 survey.
The tech industry grew to Rs 74,787 crore from Rs 62,584 crore, according to the annual Dataquest Top 20 survey.
Indicating a revival after three years, information technology spending rose by 5.5 per cent last fiscal against a 17 per cent dip in the previous fiscal and is projected to grow further by 26 per cent in 2004-05, a survey said.
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