Jimmy Schwarzkopf, Meta's research director predicts that this year
will witness further significant growth - of 12.5 percent - that the
market will top the $3 billion mark for the first time since 2000 and
will amount to some $3.3 billion.
The government, which accounted for the largest share of the pie in
2003 and 2004, is expected to reduce its computer expenses, while the
sectors that will increase their computer expenditures considerably -
according to Meta Group - are the banking sector and financial
organizations (including insurance companies); telecom companies,
which spent substantially more on computers in 2004, infrastructure
and transportation companies, and the small business sector that
operates from homes.
IBM Israel is the largest computer company in Israel, with HP right
behind it and Ness Technologies in third place. Next in line are
Matrix, Bynet and Team. IBM is also the leading company in the
computer sales market in Israel - both in the desktop computer market
and in the laptop market - and is followed by HP and Dell. In the
other hardware market - Intel-based servers - HP is the market
leader, followed by IBM, Dell and Sun Microsystems. In the Unix-based
server category, HP is the leader again, having surpassed Sun, which
was in first place last year but has dropped to second place this
year. IBM is in third place.
The Israeli information storage market is led by CME Israel, followed
by HP Israel, Network Appliance Israel, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems and
Sun.
Cisco Israel is the front-runner in communications equipment market,
which is ranked for the first time this year, followed by Nortel,
Motorola, Juniper Networks, InterSystems and Avaya. The communication
network integration market is led by the Bynet Group, followed by
Netcom Systems, Telrad and the Mittwoch Group.
The added value services market, which includes special integration
and outsourcing projects is headed up by Ness, followed by IBM,
Matrix HP, Malam and Telrad. In the outsourcing market itself (which
includes the outsourcing of pay slips), Ness is No. 1, followed by
Malam, the Automation Company, EDS and IBM. In 2004 Ness pulled ahead
at the expense of EDS and IBM, whose rankings slipped compared to
last year.
The consulting market in 2004 was led by IBM, followed by Accenture
and Matrix. This is quite a switch from 2003, when Matrix was in
first place, followed by IBM and Netcom. In 2004 Netcom dropped to
fourth place while IBM moved into first.
Matrix, which owns John Bryce Training currently leads the
information technology training market, followed by Sela College,
Ness' training division, High-Tech College and Emet Group.
The Israeli computer market was worth $2.93 billion in 2004, which
was also the first year to record significant growth in this market
after three years of decline. In 2003 the local market was valued at
$2.46 billion, down 8.5 percent compared with 2002, according to a
recent report issued by Meta Group.