Abstract

This IDC study provides a detailed overview of IT spending trends and forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or sectors) and 10 product and service categories in the Czech Republic. The study features overviews of key industry developments, industry challenges, and vertical-specific IT drivers and trends, and includes tables detailing IT spending by vertical market for each product and service type for the 2008–2013 period. Analysis is based on continuous research, the monitoring of end users' IT spending and emerging purchasing patterns, and both supply- and demand-side research.

"IT expenditures in the manufacturing, retail/wholesale, construction, and finance industries will suffer the most during the economic downturn. In contrast, the government, utilities, and telecoms sectors will continue gaining importance. In the long term, however, finance and manufacturing will return as engines of the IT market in the Czech Republic." – Senior Research Analyst Milan Kalal, IDC CEMA