[kictanet] BPO and ITES a wider view of the opportunity

[McTim]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke> wrote:
> Listers
> Just leafing through an extract of the IDC's World Wide Software Forecast
> 2010-14 Summary report. www.idc.com
> The Worldwide Packaged Software Market was USD 273 Billiion in 2009. Made up
> of
>
> Application development and deployment 64,575 Million USD
> Applications 129,838 Million USD
> Systems Infrastructure software 78,068 Million USD
>
> Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Symantec, HP, CA. EMC Adobe and Fujistu are the
> leading vendors.
> Conclusion from our reading this report:
>
> Certain global company technologies dominate and the ability to develop
> and deploy solutions on top of these technologies can greatly enhance a
> country's overall ICT competitiveness.

Widespread FOSS adoption would enhance ICT competitiveness even more
than deploying proprietary systems.


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Cheers,

McTim
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