Hewlett-Packard (HP) expects outsourcing and off shoring IT infrastructure to be an emerging growth engine for the global technology services industry, the company has announced.

The technology giant also estimates this remote infrastructure management market to exceed $8.6 billion in India by the end of 2010.

HP plans to increase its IT infrastructure outsourcing, business leveraging on the scale and labour arbitrage operations within India, said Ludger Rohlmann, HP VP and ITO of delivery operations.

“Today, there are increasingly more remote operation opportunities, with an apparent shift from work onsite to remote working. In some parts of ITO, up to 80 per cent of work can be done remotely," said Rohlmann.

"We expect more work to come to India through the increasing pressure on our customers to reduce their costs and thus outsource to locations like India.”