Wish all our esteemed readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2007! The dawn of the New Year – 2007 has brought with it novel ideas, promises, renewed targets, zeal to work, but what it lacks are the rejuvenated limbs to run faster. But man is an animal who has the capability to easily turn its disadvantage into advantage. The only thing he needs to identify are the opportunities.
With each passing year, the size of the market makes a leap and opportunities increase – new markets open up; new technologies come to the market; the buying power of the customers increases; human needs get redefined; etc.
If you look at 2007, from the hardware perspective, it is the digital entertainment products going to make a whirlwind. The MP3 players, digital cameras & camcorders, flash drives and wireless products are going to be the focal point of the market.
In the networking space, wireless communication will make a big-bang growth. There is hardly any empty roadside space where you would not find any optic or fiber wire lain into it. As the broadband application is on the rise, wireless is the ultimate option for uninterrupted connectivity. So, there will be a quantum growth in wireless solutions.
The healthcare market is going to be another space of growth. The role of the E-governance is to provide transparent governance to the citizens and their biggest concern is to connect the rural and undeveloped folks to the mainstream development and to provide medication to the poor people. The governments have undertaken projects on Telemedicine, e-Medicine, etc., which are going to be to the tune of millions of rupees.
This year is going to be a paradise for the bloggers. Millions and millions of people have started visiting the blogs. To the extent of 40,000 to 50,000 blogs are created every day. Big business houses have allowed their employees to create and contribute to the blogs. Going forward, it can be a big business stream in the market.
For the VARs and resellers, solutions sale is going to be the key, and for the customers virtualization is going to play a major role. There will be hardly any place for loyalty because customer-centric solutions, which will be mix and match, best-of-the-breed, will be the long-standing secret of the partners’ success. So, better watch out…
Sanjay Mohapatra
Editor
