Recent Study: France Information Technology Report Q1 2015

The weakness of the domestic economic environment combined with political uncertainty will act as a drag on the development of the French IT market 2015-2018, and we expect France will be a regional underperformer . Of specific concern is the weak growth forecast for the majority of French citizens in terms of incomes, and the cuts announced to public sector IT spending . However, France will continue to be a leading global IT market for due to its scale and the fact it is home to leading IT services providers and a growing cyber - security ecosystem. Meanwhile, enterprise spending on cloud services including S oftware- a s- a - S ervice , I nfrastructure- a s- a - S ervice and P latform- a s- a - S ervice is expected to grow rapidly, driving continued investment in data centre facilities by leading global vendors, as well as local telecoms operators and cloud services providers.

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Headline Expenditure Projections

* Computer Hardware Sales: EUR18.0bn in 2014 to EUR18.3bn in 2015, then EUR19.5bn in 2018 with compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1% 2015-2018 in local currency terms. Notebook sales have potential to recover, but we believe there is significant downside to the continued growth of the tablet market.
* Software Sales: EUR12.4bn in 2014 to EUR12.9bn in 2015, then EUR14.4bn in 2018 with CAGR of 3.8% 2015-2018 in local currency terms. Demand for cyber-security solutions stands out as a growth area, while the SaaS opportunity is also significant with lower adoption levels in 2014 compared to the leading Western European markets.
* IT Services Sales: EUR23.2bn in 2014 to EUR24.2bn in 2015, then EUR27.6bn in 2018 with CAGR of 4.4% 2014-2018 in local currency terms. The cloud computing market is forecast to be the main driver for IT services spending, boosted by the presence of strong national cloud computing providers.

Key Trends & Developments

The cloud infrastructure services market at the global level is dominated by US providers...

The France Information Technology Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and independent forecasts covering personal computers and software; semi-conductors, memory chips, integrated circuits and general components; the internet and IT solutions. It analyses analyses regulatory changes (licensing, customs and intellectual property protection) and competitive landscapes comparing IT companies by products, sales, market share, investments, projects and expansion strategies.

BMI's France Information Technology Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, IT associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the IT industry in France.

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