Research and Markets: South Africa Information Technology Report Q2 2011

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/087b55/south_africa_infor) has announced the addition of the "South Africa Information Technology Report Q2 2011" report to their offering.

“South Africa Information Technology Report Q2 2011”

South Africa Information Technology Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, information technology associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on South Africa's information technology industry.

Market Overview

BMI expects South African IT spending to increase from US$10.7bn in 2011 to about US$17.4bn in 2015, faster than real GDP growth. Despite a forecast drop-off in IT investment associated with the 2010 FIFA World Cup, other major infrastructure and transport projects will continue to provide a framework for growth during BMI's five-year forecast period.

In 2011, a brighter outlook is forecast for the household PC segment, in a context of low interest rates, on-going wage increases and rising asset prices. South African businesses are expected to maintain a cautious attitude to IT investments, due to continued global economic uncertainty.

The 2011-2015 South Africa IT market compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is projected to be in the region of 13%, as a number of major IT infrastructure projects generate spending at provincial levels. A projected improvement in South Africa's broadband infrastructure and international bandwidth will also be an important market growth driver.

Industry Developments

The South African Department of Education has announced a target of rolling out laptops to all school children in the country by 2014. The government is looking at various ways to achieve this, including the use of portable mobile computer labs for schools where there is no infrastructure. This followed the launch, also in 2010, of Teacher Laptop Initiative, which should encourage PC procurements by schools across the country.

In November 2010 the South African government announced incentives to attract BPO firms to challenge India's long-term dominance of the sector. The government has offered tax rebate of 12,000 rand for every job created in the sector. The government is keen to win a larger share of the global outsourcing spending for the country.

Meanwhile, the IFMS (Integrated Financial Management Systems) project manages the evolution of government IT systems to support interoperability and e-government service development. The project, supervised by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) involves the integration and migration of government finance, HR, asset management, logistics and other business solutions into a single distributed system.

Key Topics Covered:

• Executive Summary
• SWOT Analysis
• IT Business Environment Ratings
• Middle East & Africa IT Markets Overview
• South Africa Market Overview
• Industry Forecast Scenario
• Competitive Landscape
• Company Profiles
• Sahara Computers
• Country Snapshot: South Africa Demographic Data
• BMI Methodology

Companies Mentioned:

• IBM SA
• Sahara Computers

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