India is also home to the engineering teams of two recent Brocade acquisitions, Vistapointe and Connectem, making India a keystone in the company's overall growth plan and extending its leadership in software networking and virtualized network functions, critical technical components in New IP networks.
According to Gartner, the Indian data center infrastructure market, comprising server, storage, and networking equipment, will reach $2.03 billion in 2015, making India the second-largest market for data center infrastructure and the second-fastest-growing market in Asia Pacific.
Separately, the new Indian Government is investing $19 billion between 2014-18 for the “Digital India” program, with a significant spend on the network in a directive to build State Wide Area Networks, new data centers in each state, smart cities, and a cloud-based platform to drive connectivity for all 1.3 billion citizens.