PRAGUE, October 19, 2007 — The Russian IT services
market continues to grow rapidly and is expected to reach
more than $3.65 billion in 2007, soaring by 22% year on
year. According to a recent study from IDC, it expanded
even faster in 2006, by almost a quarter to nearly $3 billion.
IDC expects that the Russian IT services market will maintain
steady growth at an average of 21% annually over the next
five years.
"The market remains immature and largely hardware-driven,"
said Alexander Prokhorov, senior analyst, IDC Russia/CIS.
"However, end users are becoming more demanding and
sophisticated in their needs as the value of data as a corporate
asset has been rising dramatically."
The Russian IT services market is highly fragmented and
dominated by local providers, with only one international
player placed among the top 10. The three biggest players
in 2006 were IBS, LANIT, and CROC, whose combined
market share reached just under 13%.
Custom application development accounted for the largest
share of the IT services market in Russia in 2006 at more
than 16%. The second-largest segment was application
consulting and customization with 14.7% share, followed
by network consulting and integration (12.7%).
The greatest demand for IT services of all vertical markets
came from the financial sector, which accounted for over
21% of total spending. Telecommunications was the
second-biggest sector, making up almost 15% of the
total. The combined manufacturing sector ranked third
with more than 11% share.
source: www.idc.com
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