The study by the consulting company and the Chilean Association of Information Technology reveals that during the year only invest about $ 1.99 billion in the matter.
On Tuesday, the Chilean Association of Information Technology (AIST) and the international consulting firm IDC released the results of the review of IT assets in Chile 2011, a report that shows a projection of growth in IT investment around to 11% this year, equivalent to $ 1.99 billion, while for 2012 is expected to reach $ 2.41 billion.
On the occasion, the agencies explained that this forecast reflects the observed movements on the markets for hardware, IT software and services.
Activity Indicator IT Chile 2011 shows that the hardware market leading investments in the area, with 61% of them. Meanwhile, the services market remains at 29%, while the software at 10%.
According to Natalia Vega, Country Manager of IDC Chile, this is because between 2010 and 2011, the market “has developed its infrastructure to support growth of the next 3 to 5 years, which explains a greater investment in hardware, followed by IT Services and Software “.
For his part, President of ACTI, Raul City, said that according to statistics cited by the state, “Investment in Information Technology in Chile continues to represent about 1.7% of GDP, while the world average tilted between 2.0% to 2.5%. This is a situation that still shows the growth potential of the sector. ”
In this sense, in this issue of the indicator, one can see that investment in IT hardware, has been divided in a very similar between consumption versus business segment during the past two years, 2010 and 2011.
“In the world, the average company spending is 3.5%, while Chile only reaches 2.5%, which is rather strange, considering that Chile has an expectation of above-average economic growth World debiese factor driving investment in IT, “concluded the President of ACTI.
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