Finance and government lead the way
By Jo Best
Published: 16 August 2005 12:35 GMT
The global IT market is shaping up to be worth $1.3tr by the end of 2009, with banking, manufacturing and government set to be the biggest tech spenders, research has found.
According to a report from analyst IDC, the communications and media industry will also make a significant contribution to vendors' coffers at the end of the decade. Total spend by the industry will grow from $95bn this year to $128bn in 2009, with storage and networks among key investments.
Telecoms firms will also step up their spending with the advent of new technologies such as 3G, and as they look to switch their networks to run over IP.
The consumer and financial services industries will also prove lucrative for tech vendors, with the latter looking to spend on infrastructure in particular.
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