pune the coming year will prove to be an inflection point for the indian information technology industry as players will have to seek new ways to approach their business niches in the light of increased stress on economic resources rising customer expectations and democratisation of technology through proliferation of telecom devices an innovationled approach resulting in greater customer benefit will come to the forefront as customerfacing sectors such as automobile retail or healthcare will seek novel ways to reach their enduse customers in 2013 experts have observed globalisation and market expansion advisory firm zinnov has said regeneration will be the next growth frontier for captive centres in india as it is getting exponentially difficult to derive further efficiencies in the current form and manner of setting up captive centres for the last seven to eight years the captive centres of large bfsi and retail players as well as some large engineering rd captive centres have been delivering a wide range of services but the only way to derive further efficiencies is by outsourcing to a partner service providers are out on a shopping spree and a viable captive centre is something that will interest them given that the economic pressures are expected to continue into 2013 divesting a portion of a mature captive operation that commands a good premium could also be a definite booster to the financial statements zinnov has said according to the firm there will be a spike in engineering rd and overall solutioning demand for affordable products especially in housing cars medical devices and internet mobile devices like tablets and smartphones with shrinking wallets and increasing budget cuts all around customer choices across both the developed and emerging markets are likely to shift to function over form service providers can now channelise frugal engineering open source capabilities and predictive analytics to create compelling industryspecific solutions zinnov has said big data and analytics are changing how traditional companies serve their customers and are opening up great possibilities for the future zinnov chief executive officer pari natarajan said today the indian technology industry is at an inflection point where innovation must have transformative rather than incremental impact the indian technology ecosystem has matured to a point where multinational organisations across verticals are looking to leverage our knowledge skill sets and capabilities in new technologies and frugal engineering in 2013 service providers can capitalise on this interest with customised affordable product offerings while multinationals will look at developing differentiated technologyenabled products that address local problems andrew till senior vicepresident of smartphones and consumer electronics symphony teleca said the new year will see a fundamental reshaping in the way commercial software and softwarerelated products are built and deployed in a rapidly merging environment of the cloud mobility and analytics software manufacturers will move towards verticalisation building software for niche segments and specialised application areas the indian economy is irrevocably shifting from services to product engineering with near field communication and mobilisation leading the trend symphony teleca has predicted major