东南亚中小企业IT投入高增长
作者： AMI
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来源： 《电脑商情报》
时间： 2007-10-29 23:38
Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in six of the largest markets across ASEAN are on track to spend over US$13.6 billion on IT software, hardware and services next year, up some 15% over all of 2007. The six largest ASEAN markets by GDP are Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam.
This comes from the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. “Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines will be the fastest growing SMB markets in ASEAN in terms of IT spending, with each country boosting its IT spend by at least 17% in 2008,” says Jason Loh, AMI’s Singapore-based Senior Research Analyst. “These three countries will surpass IT growth in China, which is estimated at 15% in 2008.”
The bulk of the IT spend in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to beef up networking infrastructure (17%) and to boost IT security spending (29%) in the next 12 months. “The last few years have seen ASEAN countries investing more to build better IT infrastructures and legal policies to support business growth,” Mr. Loh says. “In 2008, ASEAN will see about 66,000 new SMBs being born. These will contribute to IT spending. Most ASEAN SMBs recognize the need to boost data and network security, backup and disaster recovery, and high-speed broadband solutions.”
Across these six ASEAN markets, SMBs will spend about US$12 billion on IT this year. Slightly more than half of this amount will be spent on computing – in areas such as desktop and portable PCs, peripherals, servers, printers and handheld devices. This proportion of IT spend on computing is significantly higher than the rest of the world where computing forms 33% of total IT spend.
The key country to watch is Vietnam. The country is witnessing an influx of vendors and investors rushing in, attracted by an improved business climate, growth of SMBs with overseas investments, and a rising demand for IT products and services. “Despite low total spending as compared to other ASEAN countries, SMBs in Vietnam have seen the fastest growth in almost all types of IT spend,” Mr. Loh says. “For the past three years, the growth in IT spend in Vietnam has been more than 24% per annum.”
“As for Indonesia, SMBs will rank as one of the biggest spenders on IT this year; with about 20% growth in IT spending over 2006. Indonesian SMBs will invest as much as US$1 billion on PCs and PDAs alone this year,” Mr. Loh says. “The major contribution will come from manufacturing and retail sectors. The total IT spending of all SMBs in Indonesia is expected to rise to US$3.5 billion in 2008 – from US$2.5 billion in 2006.”
Mature ASEAN economies such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand will see IT spending grow at a slower pace. Despite that, specific solutions in areas such as the Internet, IT security and software will gain more traction in these countries, as more SMBs demand enterprise-featured solutions.
This comes from the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. “Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines will be the fastest growing SMB markets in ASEAN in terms of IT spending, with each country boosting its IT spend by at least 17% in 2008,” says Jason Loh, AMI’s Singapore-based Senior Research Analyst. “These three countries will surpass IT growth in China, which is estimated at 15% in 2008.”
The bulk of the IT spend in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to beef up networking infrastructure (17%) and to boost IT security spending (29%) in the next 12 months. “The last few years have seen ASEAN countries investing more to build better IT infrastructures and legal policies to support business growth,” Mr. Loh says. “In 2008, ASEAN will see about 66,000 new SMBs being born. These will contribute to IT spending. Most ASEAN SMBs recognize the need to boost data and network security, backup and disaster recovery, and high-speed broadband solutions.”
Across these six ASEAN markets, SMBs will spend about US$12 billion on IT this year. Slightly more than half of this amount will be spent on computing – in areas such as desktop and portable PCs, peripherals, servers, printers and handheld devices. This proportion of IT spend on computing is significantly higher than the rest of the world where computing forms 33% of total IT spend.
The key country to watch is Vietnam. The country is witnessing an influx of vendors and investors rushing in, attracted by an improved business climate, growth of SMBs with overseas investments, and a rising demand for IT products and services. “Despite low total spending as compared to other ASEAN countries, SMBs in Vietnam have seen the fastest growth in almost all types of IT spend,” Mr. Loh says. “For the past three years, the growth in IT spend in Vietnam has been more than 24% per annum.”
“As for Indonesia, SMBs will rank as one of the biggest spenders on IT this year; with about 20% growth in IT spending over 2006. Indonesian SMBs will invest as much as US$1 billion on PCs and PDAs alone this year,” Mr. Loh says. “The major contribution will come from manufacturing and retail sectors. The total IT spending of all SMBs in Indonesia is expected to rise to US$3.5 billion in 2008 – from US$2.5 billion in 2006.”
Mature ASEAN economies such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand will see IT spending grow at a slower pace. Despite that, specific solutions in areas such as the Internet, IT security and software will gain more traction in these countries, as more SMBs demand enterprise-featured solutions.
