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Gartner says hardware growth in India will outpace growth in Telecom. The research firm has also predicted that services and software will be the fastest growing segment till the end of 2014. Information and communication technology (ICT) spend is forecast to reach $71. 9 Billion in 2011, a 10.3 percent increase from 2010 spending of $65.23 billion, according to Gartner. Hardware will be the fastest growing segment with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) growth of 20.4 percent through 2014. IT services is showing the strongest annual revenue growth at 22 percent in 2010 while the telecom segment, that is forecast to account for 73 percent of the Indian ICT market in 2010, is witnessing a slow down and is set to grow at 13.2 percent growth. Double-digit growth across all sub segments of the ICT space will drive the growth this year. (Read Full Article)

With storage industry poised to lead the green IT revolution, NetApp has set up, what it claims to be one, of the most energy efficient datacenter in India. Termed as NetApp Innovation Centre (NIC), the data centre located in Bangalore has been built at a cost of $29 million and with a power usage ratio of 1.55 as compared to the average of 2.5 is one of the lowest in the industry. As per an IDC study, storage is the fastest growing part of data center investments and also the second largest consumer of power in the datacenter as per US EPA. (Read Full Article)

A new research report suggests that despite the lean times being faced by companies globally, green IT continues to be taken seriously by them and especially by their employees. According to Kenexa's Research Institute's (KRI) Green Business Study employees in India reported the most frequent positive responses (85%) to the question of whether their organization had green/environmentally friendly business practices. In comparison, only 6 of 10 organizations in the U.S. whose workers responded to the question were in agreement. The findings demonstrate that, even in a time of fairly substantial economic challenges for most organizations, many are still practicing green or eco-friendly efforts. The survey asked how workers felt about their organization's green and sustainable business practices. The survey was conducted across Canada, France, Germany, India, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Read Full Article)