Germany Information Technology Report Q1 2014 - New Market Study Published
Despite the decline in sales of desktops and notebooks, as users substitute purchases to lower cost tablets, we still expect solid growth of 4% in German IT spending in 2013 to EUR47.6bn. We expect hardware spending growth will underperform as substitution for cheaper devices occurs. However, there is potential for stronger performance in the latter part of our five-year forecast period to 2017, if ultra-thin notebooks and hybrids/convertibles gain traction with consumers. Software and services have a more positive outlook...
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