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Follow on Google News | New Market Study Published: Canada Information Technology Report Q2 2011Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Canada Information Technology Report Q2 2011", is now available at Fast Market Research
The Canadian addressable domestic market for IT products and services is projected by BMI to reach US$43.9bn in 2011 and US$52.8bn by 2015. Canadian PC sales grew strongly in 2010 and in 2011 business demand is expected to be driven by hardware refreshes, data centre consolidation and growing interest in cloud computing. In our core IT forecast scenario, IT market growth will be around 8% in 2011, consolidating a rebound in 2010, and then advance at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% over our five-year forecast period. Government spending in 2011 will be constrained by a focus on cutting costs, but new outsourcing and IT services contracts in both public and private sectors in 2010 pointed to the underlying demand potential. The government's digital economic strategy provides a framework for IT market growth, with a number of two-year programmes having been confirmed in the federal 2010 budget. Meanwhile, the consumer segment remains a bright spot, with a steadily improving unemployment situation supportive of consumer confidence, despite some concerns of a dip in 2011. Industry Developments In its 2010 budget, delivered in March, the Canadian government confirmed plans to launch a digital economy strategy. The government had previously announced several two-year programmes and much of the 2010 budget was focused on the rollout of these existing plans rather than new funding initiatives. Among the initiatives confirmed from 2009 was Broadband Canada, which received US$225mn of funding over three years. Previously the government had also introduced a subsidy for business computer hardware purchasing, a measure that proposed a 100% capital cost allowance rate for computer hardware and systems software acquired between January 27 2009 and February 1 2011. It has been estimated the measure could have provided a US$700mn boost to the information and communication technology (ICT) market. Competitive Landscape International vendors dominate the Canadian PC market, with HP, Acer and Dell the leading vendors, along with Apple and Toshiba. Following its launch in May 2010, Apple's iPad dominated the emerging tablet market, with the iPad2 launched at Canadian stores in March 2011. Other vendors have followed Apple in releasing tablets and the arrival of Android-based tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab should drive competition in this category. IT services vendors in the Canadian market reported a pick-up in projects in H110, with a boost from tenders delayed from 2009. In May, US giant IBM announced it had won an IT infrastructure operations and hosting contract from Canada's largest cooperative financial group Desjardins Group. Meanwhile, IBM also signed a CAD130mn five-year agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to create a more efficient transport system. The pick-up in project flow also brought opportunities for leading local market service provider CGI Group, which recorded some big project wins. In August, CGI announced it had signed a six-year, US$46.2mn contract with eHealth Ontario, an Ontario government agency. This followed another highprofile success for CGI in July 2010, when the company announced it had won a multimillion- Computer Sales BMI forecasts that Canada's addressable computer hardware market will be worth around US$15.2bn in 2011, up from an estimated US$14.6bn in 2010. In 2011, BMI expects more restraint in the consumer segment due to intensifying competition for PCs from tablets and smartphones, the slackening of the netbook trend and price erosion. Notebooks accounted for around 60% of PC sales in the first half of 2010, but desktop sales rebounded in H210. it is projected that tablet sales could be equivalent to around 20% of the PC market in 2011. Software In 2011, Canadian market software sales are projected by BMI at US$8.7bn and revenues are expected to rise to US$11.0bn in 2015. Software CAGR for 2011-2015 should be in the region of 6%. Export-focused Canadian companies are looking for integrated tools that enable them to share critical sales and operations data and reduce costs. Given the large deficits faced by the Ontario government, vendors will need to provide clients with ways to reduce costs by increasing efficiency. At the same time, the software market will be influenced by a continued move towards distributed computing, software-as- Services Canadian IT services spending is forecast to reach around US$20.1bn in 2011, up from US$19.0bn in 2010. In 2010, vendors reported a pick-up in IT project flow in key IT spending verticals. The market is projected to reach US$24.6bn by 2015. One demand driver going forward will be organisations looking for help to utilise efficiencies from cloud computing such as SaaS and infrastructure- E-Readiness Canada's penetration rate for mobile services remains well below that of comparable developed markets, and this is expected to remain the case for at least the next five years, even taking into the account increased competition as new players finally enter the market. However, 3G mobile services have been available in some form for several years. Faster speeds and more bandwidth-heavy applications mean operators must move quickly to roll out platforms that offer high-speed connectivity in line with demand from subscribers. 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