INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
India is making a slow but conscious effort to improve in patent filing

STRUCTURED CABLING
Despite rise in copper prices and glut inglobal demand, there was impressive growth

INTERNET SERVICES
Slow but continuous growth has been indian broadband market's hallmark

VSAT
Verticals like retail, banking, and rural services will be the key drivers

RACKS & ENCLOSURES
Enterprises adopting a green agenda was great for growth

OPEN SOURCE
After winning over the telecom and government space, Linux is now wooing other verticals

CONSUMABLES
There was a dramatic shift with printer vendors finally moving away from the razor-blade model

TRAINING
Focus shifted away from the metros to the Indian hinterland, crossing home shores to reach Africa and Asia

DESKTOPS
Vendors launched sleek and innovative ,models and liberally used celeb power

STORAGE
Slow growth as price points dropped and the overall enterprise IT spending experienced slowdown

DATA CENTERS
Greener and cooler data centers were in, hence the year saw solution providers shifting gears to repostion their products

MONITORS
LCDs jumped a big 68% and CRTs continued to dip further down

NETWORKING PRODUCTS
Lesser growth than last year, but the market trends remain positive

NOTEBOOKS
Another growth year, with the top 5 vendors driving the market

SERVER
"Green" became a buzzword while virtualization became mainstream, even as HP toppled IBM to become the #1 vendor in India

ATM
The cash machine continued to ring loud and clear in FY'08

SYSTEM SOFTWARE
Microsoft continued its domination of the system software market thanks to the launch of Vista OS

PRINTER
Drop in price points has resulted in MFDs becoming the clear favorite of first time home users and SMBs

ENTERPRISE CONNECTIVITY
The domestics market grew a good 35% while international remained flat

IT SERVICES EXPORTS
While rupee appreciation impacted the growth of IT firms, many managed to keep the operating margin intact

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
Growth was modest and not consistent across categories; SMBs was a big focus

VIDEOCONFERENCING
High demand from the government and corporate sectors kept the growth story going

STORAGE PERIPHERALS
The explosion of information is causing an exponential growth

DISTRIBUTION
Every IT vendor worth its name wants to expand to tier-2 and -3 cities. And that has clearly defined the broader agenda of Indian distributors

SAAS
An attractive alternative to the On premises model, SaaS brings in low cost of installation and less time to market

SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN
While old semiconductor warhorses contunied to thrive, IT services firms too joined the bandwagon

ENGINEERING SERVICES
External development globally as well as in India were good for the industry

SECURITY
With business increasing not just across geographics but also in the cyber space, companies are more vulnerable to virus attacks

UPS
The UPS market witnessed another growth year, despite a global rise in battery prices

DOMESTIC SERVICE
A Slight dip in overall growth in the domestics services market was offest by increasing democratization of the playing field

GAMING &ENTERTAINMENT
Newer collaborations, bigger animations, racy games, and much more...it truly was an exciting year for the Indian entertainment market