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New Data for Contract Management Software Procurement Category Market Research Report from IBISWorld
New Data for Contract Management Software Procurement Category Market Research Report from IBISWorld
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 07, 2015
Contract management software has a buyer power score of 4.2 out of 5. This score indicates that buyers are in a favorable position to negotiate price discounts or package deals from providers. Prices for contract management software have been stable during the past three years, and they are anticipated to remain stable in the three years to 2017. “Due to growing business activity and an increasing utilization of software for business processes, demand for contract management software has grown steadily,” according to IBISWorld business research analyst Dale Schmidt. Despite higher demand, competition and the rising prevalence of cloud computing technology in the market have moderated price increases. Competition has increased as more providers have entered the market, putting pressure on providers to lower prices. California is home to Silicon Valley, a highly concentrated area of technology companies and many of the top computer science universities in the world. As a result, many contract management software providers, such as SAP, IBM and Sciquest, have their headquarters in California. The use of cloud computing technology, meanwhile, has lowered the cost of delivery, and suppliers have passed on these cost savings to buyers in the form of lower prices.
Buyers also benefit from low market risk. Contract management software providers are not dependent on any critical inputs that may interrupt the supply chain or create significant price fluctuations. As a result, buyers can expect reliable and steady access to contract management software to manage their contracts. Also, most providers have seen healthy revenue growth in the past three years, although buyers should be aware that smaller providers might not be as financially stable as larger and more established software publishers.
Buyers also benefit from the high availability of substitutes. “Buyers can use document management software or manual, paper-based systems to manage their contracts instead of this market’s software. In addition, buyers can seek price discounts by comparing prices for these substitutes with the price of contract management software. Furthermore, market share concentration and product specialization are low, which benefits buyers because it indicates that there are a large number of providers that can provide contract management software,” Schmidt says. That said, switching costs are medium, creating some risk that buyers may be locked in with their provider. As such, buyers should take their time to evaluate and select the right supplier. For more information, visit IBISWorld’s Contract Management Software procurement category market research report page.
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IBISWorld Procurement Report Key Topics
This report is intended to assist buyers of contract management software. This software is used to author, store, organize and analyze a buyer’s various contracts to help them structure better deals, remove revenue recognition delays, consolidate contract value, avoid contract penalties and more. This report excludes procurement software and other sourcing software. Contract management software may also be referred to as contract life cycle management software.
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Pricing Environment
Price Fundamentals
Benchmark Price
Pricing Model
Price Drivers
Recent Price Trend
Price Forecast
Product Characteristics
Product Life Cycle
Total Cost of Ownership
Product Specialization
Substitute Goods
Regulation
Quality Control
Supply Chain & Vendors
Supply Chain Dynamics
Supply Chain Risk
Imports
Competitive Environment
Market Share Concentration
Market Profitability
Switching Costs
Purchasing Process
Buying Basics
Buying Lead Time
Selection Process
Key RFP Elements
Negotiation Questions
Buyer Power Factors
Key Statistics
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IBISWorld is one of the world’s leading publishers of business intelligence, specializing in Industry research and Procurement research. Since 1971, IBISWorld has provided thoroughly researched, accurate and current business information. With an extensive online portfolio, valued for its depth and scope, IBISWorld’s procurement research reports equip clients with the insight necessary to make better purchasing decisions, faster. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IBISWorld Procurement serves a range of business, professional service and government organizations through more than 10 locations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.ibisworld.com or call 1-800-330-3772.
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Worldwide Mission Critical Messaging Markets to Reach $32.7 Billion in 2020 Says a New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com
Worldwide Mission Critical Messaging Markets to Reach $ 32.7 Billion in 2020 Says a New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 28, 2014
A new study Mission Critical Middleware Messaging: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020 has 503 pages, 192 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as middleware messaging becomes the foundation for cloud computing and enterprise participation in mobile markets. Mobile device messaging and messaging for the Internet of things are driving markets.
This study illustrates the mission critical middleware messaging market driving forces. It describes the principal competitive factors that impact the success of mission critical messaging solutions. Market pitfalls and market opportunities are addressed in the comprehensive market study that lays out strategy considerations in considerable detail: Worldwide mission critical messaging markets at $ 10.3 billion in 2013 are anticipated to reach $ 32.7 billion in 2020, indicating growth based on implementation of mobile smart phone network connectivity, tablet use for mobile computing, Internet apps, cloud computing, SOA, and business process management systems (BPM) that support collaboration.
According to the middleware messaging market research study, “Cloud, mobile and collaboration are leveraging mission critical messaging. Messaging supports information exchange between mobile devices. The Internet of things is driving messaging uptake. IBM is the dominant vendor, providing reliable messaging for enterprises and tying together open systems software messaging systems with wrappers. It is used to support exchange of information among servers because of the tremendous reliability provided.”
Major Company Profiled: 360 Logica, Actuate, Adobe, AgilePoint, Appian, Aurea, BigAgi, BizFlow, BonitaSoft, CA Technologies, Crosscheck Networks, EMC, Fabasoft Group, Fiorano, Fujitsu, GSX, Hewlett Packard, HostBridge, IBM, Informatica, Intalio, iWay Software, K2, Kofax, Layer 7, Managed Methods, Mega, Mendix, Microsoft SOA, Nastel Technologies, Newgen, Attachmate / Novell, OpenText, Crosscheck Networks, Oracle, Perceptive Software, PegaSystems, Perficient, Pivotal, PNM Soft, Progress Software, Rally Software, Red Hat, SAP, SOALIB, SOA Software, Software AG, Tibco Software, VMWare and WSO2.
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Smartphones and tablets change the markets for IT systems implementation, increasing the need for mission critical decoupled messaging. The communication of data is a demanding task whereby often there is trouble if a message that is sent does not get through or contra-wise if a message that is sent goes through twice. When there is a person on one or both sides of the message sending, human intelligence is able to deal with the problem if the message does not get sent, or if it gets sent twice, but for a machine to machine communication, the anticipation of difficulty has to be built into the system.
Mission critical messaging middleware from IBM is the base for software systems integration projects used to implement smartphone apps, mobile applications for the web, cloud computing, and enterprise collaboration suites. IBM WebSphere MQ is the IT industry defacto standard for mission critical information messaging. The IBM WebSphere MQ product continues to completely dominate the enterprise middleware messaging market.
IBM WebSphere MQ is used in the front end distributed systems to interconnect Java messaging when once and only once mission critical capability is needed. It is used on the back end mainframe systems to connect the mainframe to various databases and to distributed systems. IBM WebSphere MQ is a key component used to manage quantum increases in the quantity of data being generated.
Decoupled message transport is a significant aspect of modernized IT. It is the base for Cloud, SOA, collaboration tools, and virtualized IT. IBM WebSphereMQ is a defacto industry mission critical messaging standard because it is used quadrillions of times per day worldwide to transport messages between applications. IBM WebSphereMQ is used as a wrapper for other HTTPS, JMS, and SOAP application messaging. It is used to achieve FTP transport.
Mission critical messaging represents a major aspect of IT as data processing moves away from a stack and into an SOA ESB services cloud computing environment that relies on transport. The value of mission critical messaging for SOA is that it leverages a services bus ESB computing environment. Cloud computing is creating new economies of scale for virtualized IT. Data centers are moving away from siloed applications and batch processing to real time systems.
As real time systems are implemented in the cloud, what were scale out distributed server farms for each separate application is giving way to virtualized systems that run simultaneously on one platform. IBM WebSphereMQ becomes a significant aspect of virtualization because it is so good at managing decoupled messages.
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24.1% CAGR for Converged Infrastructure Market Globally to 2019 Says a New Research Report Available at RnRMarketResearch.com
24.1% CAGR for Converged Infrastructure Market Globally to 2019 Says a New Research Report Available at RnRMarketResearch.com
(PRWEB) August 21, 2014
The converged infrastructure market to grow from $ 11.53 billion in 2014 to $ 33.89 billion in 2019 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 24.1%. In terms of regions, North America and Europe are expected to be the biggest markets in terms of revenue contribution, while Asia-Pacific (APAC) and MEA are expected to experience increased market traction, during the forecast period.
The major driving factors for the converged infrastructure market are aligning IT as per the business requirements, aging of traditional data centers, lower Capex and Opex of IT, lower cost of services, and rapid growth of cloud services. Converged Infrastructure solution providers are facing challenges in terms of dependency on Internet networks, monetization of user base, and fierce competition. Complete report is available at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/converged-infrastructure-market-by-components-server-networking-storage-infrastructure-software-support-infrastructure-services-installation-integration-consulting-professional-maintena-market-report.html.
The converged infrastructure solutions in various vertical, such as Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), retail, IT and telecom, public sector, manufacturing, and healthcare.
The growth rates of converged infrastructure market will be on the higher side throughout the forecast period of 2014-2019. Two of the high growth markets are mentioned below:
IT and telecom vertical
BFSI vertical
Expects the BFSI, IT and telecom, and healthcare segments to show tremendous growth throughout the forecast period. However, there are a few revenue pockets, namely business services, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale segments, which will also show significant increase in this period.
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There are various assumptions that have been taken into consideration for market sizing and forecasting. A few of the global assumptions include political, economic, social, technological, and economic factors. For instance, exchange rates, one of the major economic factors, are expected to have a moderate rating of impact on this market. Therefore, the dollar fluctuations are not expected to enormously affect the forecasts in the emerging APAC region. Priced at US $ 4650 for a single user PDF, a discount on this research report can be requested at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/contacts/discount?rname=206478.
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UAH Vice President for Research Will Join Lineup of Renowned Speakers at Upcoming Cybersecurity Event
UAH Vice President for Research Will Join Lineup of Renowned Speakers at Upcoming Cybersecurity Event
Huntsville, AL (PRWEB) August 05, 2014
University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) Vice President for Research Dr. Ray Vaughn, also a distinguished professor of computer science, will be the keynote speaker for the first day of this summer’s Rocket City TakeDownCon. Vaughn will address the topic of critical infrastructure security with his presentation, “Industrial Control Systems Insecurity,” at the premiere [cybersecurity event scheduled for Aug. 18-19 at the Dynetics Solutions Complex, 1004 Explorer Blvd. in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park. The conference will be preceded by four days of training opportunities.
Vaughn joined UAH, a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, in May 2013 after serving as associate vice president for research and the department head for Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University. He was also named an eminent scholar and most outstanding faculty member in 2008. Prior to entering academia, he completed a career in the U.S. Army, where he retired as a colonel followed by three years as vice president of DISA Integrated Services at EDS Government Systems.
Vaughn’s research interests are cybersecurity and software engineering with a special focus on industrial control systems security. His past experience includes an assignment at the National Computer Security Center (NSA), where he conducted classified research and participated in the development of national computer security guidance. He has more than 100 publications to his credit and has obtained more than $ 40 million in funded research projects. He received his doctorate in computer science from Kansas State University.
Rocket City TakeDownCon will feature two dynamic tracks during two days, with Monday focused on the “Attack,” teaching participants how even the most protected systems can be breached. The theme for Tuesday will be “Defense,” featuring topics that will challenge attendees to determine if their defense mechanisms are prepared to thwart nefarious and persistent attacks.
Eric Lopez, EC-Council’s director of conferences and events, said, “Dr. Vaughn is an example of the diversity of speakers we have lined up for this year’s event. We are excited to bring a wide range of topics by speakers with various backgrounds and experience to Rocket City TakeDownCon.”
Dynetics Vice President Jonathan Whitcomb said, “Huntsville has many cybersecurity experts, and Dr. Vaughn is nationally recognized. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has a cyber initiative with a goal to be ‘a community that is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in cyber research and development, modeling and simulation, engineering and experimentation, and test and evaluation.’ We are proud to host speakers from our own area, as well as others from all over the United States.”
The TakeDownCon Training Academy, which will take place Aug. 14-17, will offer four days of intense training just prior to the conference. EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), CHFI (Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator), Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), Mobile Hacking and Forensics, Securing Windows Infrastructure, Advanced Network Defense and Hacking Secure Encryption are some of the classes on the agenda.
For more information about the event and the current lineup of speakers, visit http://www.takedowncon.com.
About TakeDownCon
TakeDownCon is a highly technical forum that focuses on the latest vulnerabilities, the most potent exploits, and the current security threats. World-class industry insiders come to share their knowledge, giving delegates the opportunity to learn about the industry’s most important issues. With two days and two dynamic tracks, delegates will spend Day 1 on the Attack, learning how even the most protected systems can be breached. Day 2 is dedicated to Defense, and delegates will learn if their defense mechanisms are on par to thwart nefarious and persistent attacks. TakeDownCon provides the most sought after technical training and certification classes offered through Hacker Halted Academy by top training companies and led by well-respected instructors. For more information, visit http://www.takedowncon.com/rocketcity.
About Dynetics
Dynetics delivers the “Power of Solutions” to government and commercial customers in the areas of intelligence, missiles, aviation, cyber and space. Based in Huntsville, Ala., with offices throughout the United States, Dynetics is a mid-tier company that provides complete lifecycle analysis, engineering and hardware solutions to support customer missions. Dynetics works alongside government and commercial customers to provide leading-edge solutions that impact the integrity of cyberspace – whether for defending their own environments or taking the offensive. For more information, visit http://www.dynetics.com/information-technology.
About EC-Council Foundation
EC-Council Foundation is a not-for-profit initiative by EC-Council to raise awareness of online safety issues for the global community while unifying global cyber defense. EC-Council Foundation’s mission is to unify global cyber defense by fostering collaboration and participation of online computer users to become advocates for safe online activities for youth and adults alike through education and training programs. Visit http://foundation.eccouncil.org/.
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Copier & Office Equipment Wholesaling in the US Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld Has Been Updated
Copier & Office Equipment Wholesaling in the US Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld Has Been Updated
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 29, 2013
The Copier and Office Equipment Wholesaling industry has suffered from tough market conditions over the five years to 2013. Low business sentiment and a decrease in the number of businesses after the recession reduced new and replacement office equipment demand, causing industry revenue to fall. During the recession, revenue marked its steepest decline, falling 9.8% and 17.5% in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Overall, revenue is estimated to decline at an annualized rate of 0.6% to $ 37.2 billion in the five years to 2013. Fortunately for the industry, demand conditions have slowly improved since 2010; as the US economy slowly began its recovery, the number of businesses and corporate profit rose. To this end, IBISWorld expects that revenue will increase 9.9% in 2013, aided by an increase in the number of new businesses and a rising business sentiment index, manifesting in greater demand for new office equipment.
According to IBISWorld Industry Analyst Zeeshan Haider, “In addition to weakened downstream demand, revenue for wholesalers has been hampered by the practice of wholesale bypass, whereby manufacturers forego wholesale distributors entirely and sell directly to retailers.” For example, point-of-sale equipment manufacturers like Dell and NCR Corporation have increasingly relied on direct sales models through their sales forces rather than distribution through wholesalers, reducing demand for operators. Manufacturers believe that vertically integrating and selling directly to end consumers, as opposed to using wholesalers and independent retailers, gives them a unique advantage in how they present their product to potential consumers, and it also allows them to record and quickly act on the feedback they receive. In response, industry players have sought out ways to mitigate losses caused by wholesale bypass, including automating their inventory control processes.
Despite these efforts, wholesale bypass is expected to continue restraining industry revenue growth in the five years to 2018. Nonetheless, “increasing demand and an improving business sentiment index will help the industry rebound marginally,” says Haider. As the economy recovers from its recessionary lows, the number of businesses and white-collar jobs are projected to rise through 2018, which will lead to higher sales.
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IBISWorld industry Report Key Topics
The Copier & Office Equipment Wholesaling industry wholesales a range of office equipment, like calculators, dictating machines and mail machines. Operators also wholesale automated teller machines (ATMs) and point-of-sale systems. The industry does not in wholesale office furniture, computers, computer software and peripheral equipment, stationery or office supplies.
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About IBISWorld Inc.
Recognized as the nation’s most trusted independent source of industry and market research, IBISWorld offers a comprehensive database of unique information and analysis on every US industry. With an extensive online portfolio, valued for its depth and scope, the company equips clients with the insight necessary to make better business decisions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IBISWorld serves a range of business, professional service and government organizations through more than 10 locations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.ibisworld.com or call 1-800-330-3772.
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Computer Printers Procurement Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Computer Printers Procurement Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 06, 2013
Computer printers have a buyer power score of 4.0 out of 5.0. The score reflects a beneficial pricing trend for buyers, with a steady decline during the past decade. Price-based competition has led to falling prices and greater purchasing power for buyers as vendors undercut each other’s prices. “Because of suppliers’ low profit margins and high competition from manufacturers overseas, buyers have some leverage when negotiating price; however, due to high market share concentration, buyers have few alternative suppliers to choose from,” IBISWorld procurement analyst Andrew Krabeepetcharat says.
There is no prevailing market price for computer printers because each printer is priced based on variety of factors. “The prices for computer printers are generally determined by quality, speed, variety of functions and reliability,” Krabeepetcharat says. Computer printers within a certain set of specifications have a low level of variability; however, computer printer suppliers offer a wide range of printers with different print qualities, speeds and functions, resulting in a broad price range. The HP Deskjet Printer 1000 can be purchased for $ 35, representing the low end of the price range, but a high-end, consumer-level printer with photo capabilities can cost more than $ 10,000, representing the high end of the price range. Currently, the market’s largest players include Canon Inc., Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company and Samsung.
The price of computer printers has been declining in the past decade. This is mainly because of the falling price of semiconductors and electronic components, which has prompted manufacturers and retailers to lower market prices to undercut competitors. During the three years to 2013, growing private investment in computers and software, and higher corporate profit have increased demand for computer printers, allowing suppliers to maintain prices that otherwise might not be possible. However, as the percentage of services conducted online continues to grow rapidly, computer printers will continue to become less essential for businesses, reducing overall demand and prompting suppliers to lower prices to incentivize buyers.
Due to a steady trend in declining prices, buyers do not need to enter into any long-term contracts. To avoid holding onto outdated equipment, buyers should purchase computer printers when they are needed. Furthermore, switching costs for buyers are low, giving buyers more influential negotiating power. Major vendors will offer competitive prices and customer service in an attempt to keep existing customers. For more information, visit IBISWorld’s Computer printers procurement research report page.
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IBISWorld Procurement Report Key Topics
This report is intended to assist buyers of computer printers. Computer printers are peripheral machines that create an image on paper from an electronic document. Computer printers also often include scanning, faxing and document-copying functions. This report does not include high-capacity commercial printing devices or large-scale photo printing. Suppliers include manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.
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IBISWorld is one of the world’s leading publishers of business intelligence, specializing in Industry research and Procurement research. Since 1971, IBISWorld has provided thoroughly researched, accurate and current business information. With an extensive online portfolio, valued for its depth and scope, IBISWorld’s procurement research reports equip clients with the insight necessary to make better purchasing decisions, faster. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IBISWorld Procurement serves a range of business, professional service and government organizations through more than 10 locations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.ibisworld.com or call 1-800-330-3772.
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Grant of 3.39 million Euro awarded to UK based Erlang Consortium for Property-based Testing Research
Grant of 3.39 million Euro awarded to UK based Erlang Consortium for Property-based Testing Research
(PRWEB UK) 31 October 2012
Erlang Solutions is part of a consortium that has been awarded a 3.39 million Euro grant for the ‘Prowess’ project – a research into Property-based testing of Web services. The grant is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research and Technological Development, the EU’s main instrument for funding research in Europe. Erlang Solutions is one of nine partners (universities and small to medium sized enterprises), spanning three member states (the UK, Spain and Sweden). Through Prowess’ Advisory Board and Erlang Solutions partner Basho, the project links into several more EU countries and the US. The joint proposal for ‘Prowess’ was submitted by the consortium in response to FP7’s call for proposals on the subject of ‘Cloud Computing, Internet Services and Advanced Software engineering’ under the ‘Computing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)’ research category.
The objective of ‘Prowess’ is to provide the European software industry with efficient and effective testing tools and techniques for web services and internet applications. Erlang Solutions will develop a cloud based scalable testing framework that will provide testing as a service and enable realistic, controlled testing of non-functional requirements for web based applications. This will enable automating quality assurance, reducing its cost and improving effectiveness.
Property-based testing (PBT) provides a powerful, high-level, approach to testing. Rather than focusing on individual test cases to encapsulate the behaviour of a system, the new methodologies will take into account the following aspects:
Composition of property based testing models
Simplification of creation and understanding of models
Developing techniques to compare multiple implementations
Support testing of constantly evolving systems
Address non-functional requirements such as performance requirements
Define software assurance criteria to ensure the highest quality assurance.
Erlang Solutions will be managing the dissemination and exploitation of the output from the consortium to their customers throughout Europe in a variety of sectors.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with world class academic and industrial partners in this project. While reducing the time spent on testing, ‘Prowess’ also aims to develop approaches to improving quality assurance. Property-based testing is going through a technological evolution, and this grant shows Erlang Solutions’ commitment to ground breaking research in multi-core and cloud computing environments” declared Francesco Cesarini, Founder and Technical Director of Erlang Solutions.
About Erlang Solutions Ltd.
Erlang Solutions provides businesses true scalability through the creation, integration, delivery and lifetime support of products and services based on the Erlang programming language. Our customers obtain all the benefits of the speed to market, low lifetime cost and extreme reliability offered by Erlang-based solutions. Erlang Solutions has a special focus on Erlang and the Erlang community, offering industry-leading research, development, training and worldwide support. We have extensive experience in industries such as telecom, financial services, gaming, advertising, new media and automotive. Erlang Solutions has offices in London, Stockholm, Krakow, Copenhagen, Aarhus and Zurich.
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Computer Maintenance Services in Australia Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld
Computer Maintenance Services in Australia Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld
Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) December 06, 2012
Few people in Australia are comfortable repairing their own computer. Consumers continue to view internal operations of computers as complicated, although this has not translated to booming demand for the Computer Maintenance Services industry in Australia. Businesses today have made two clear shifts in operations that spell trouble for the long-term viability of computer maintenance providers. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Craig Shulman, “the tendency to lease computers rather than buy them often means that computers are replaced when, or before, they malfunction”. Furthermore, the increasing presence of comprehensive, in-house IT teams means that many repairs can be conducted at minimal cost. An influx of IT specialists occurred in the late 1990s due to the dot-com crash. Subsequent consolidation of the IT industry has meant abnormal growth in the number of firms offering maintenance services as many operatives established their own repair companies after being retrenched from a downsizing industry.
As a result, the Computer Maintenance Services industry in Australia is facing an uncertain future, especially after a difficult past five years. During the five years through 2012-13, industry revenue has contracted at an annualised rate of 0.2%. In 2012-13, industry revenue is forecast to increase by 1.3% to $ 1.8 billion. “The rapid pace of technological advancements, the growing need for faster processing speeds and the falling price of consumer electronics mean that replacing a faulty machine is often more economical than repairing it”, adds Shulman. In the aftermath of Australia’s economic downturn, companies are resorting to maintain servers and other peripheral equipment, and households are also following suit with their personal computers.
Today, while the IT industry at large has recovered, the need for repairs is falling and appears set to continue a downward trajectory. Industry revenue is forecast to decline in the five years through 2017-18, as private households become increasingly willing to lease computers, and as the price of consumer electronics continues to drop, resulting in decreased demand for repairs. The largest four operators are Hewlett-Packard Australia, IBM A/NZ, UXC and Symantec Australia, and account for the majority of industry revenue. IBISWorld expects that over the past decade, market share concentration has declined as the number of suppliers of computer equipment increased, and larger computer vendors outsourced some maintenance functions. The industry is becoming increasingly fragmented, as smaller firms specialise in skills that are in higher demand.
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Competitors in this industry provide computer maintenance and repair services, including the repair of computer peripheral equipment such as servers. Repairs also include diagnostic efforts on poorly designed or installed software and hardware.
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