This year IT market scale is expected to expand 4.8 percent
                                                                          Release time ：2011-02-06

  German information, communication and new media research report released by the federal association, said this year's global information technology (IT) market scale will expand 4.8 percent, reaching 2.6 trillion euros. Among them, the eu information technology market scale will expand 1.7%, reach previously introduced models 6390 billion euros.

The report also expect this year's global communication equipment including smartphone market development especially rapidly, growth will reach to 11.5%, and information technology hardware market will also be extended by 4.9 per cent.

This association President shekels, said Germany last year's information technology market, market scale reverting to a 2% increase, achieve 1427 billion euros. This year, with the economic situation continues to improve, Germany information technology market is expected to increase again by 2%. Next year, in cloud computing technology development and business mode change, driven by Germany this market will further growth of 2%.

Cloud computing is the 2011 German hannover information and communication technology exposition focus of concern. According to the German information, communication and new media federal association estimates that German cloud computing market this year will be up to 35 billion euros scale, than last year the increase 55%. In the next few years German this market is expected to remain double-digit growth. Experts predict that by 2015, Germany this market scale will of 130 million euros.

German information, communication and new media federal association is the country more than 13.5 home information, communication enterprise spokesman, the association's enterprise member accounts for about 90 percent of the German information technology market share.