Dell the PC (desktop, laptop and server) giant that pioneered the “mass distributed production” of PCs and their “mass customization” announced its decision to acquire Perot Systems an IT services major.
Interestingly Dell used to be Dell Computers earlier and decided to be just Dell Inc just a few years back; one thought that such a move signals its diversification into printers, PDA’s and other peripherals; with Perot Systems acquisition Dell gets into IT services dominated by IBM and HP.
It is interesting to see the consolidation across the entire IT industry – servers, storage, networks, application software and services with Oracle getting into every segment including hardware and HP acquiring EDS last year.
The Indian IT industry used to be dubbed as “low value” services industry; with every high tech major including IBM, HP, Oracle, Microsoft and now Dell getting into the IT services segment, it appears in hindsight that Indian IT majors TCS, Infosys and Wipro had bet on the right horse! Also all major IT vendors with services focus, IBM, Accenture for example, have large presence in India; one hopes that consolidation only helps to grow further India’s major presence globally in the IT services space.
Tags: consolidation in IT industry, Dell, IT services, Perot Systems
