The IT spending market in Australia is set to reach $73.33 billion in 2019, up almost $20 billion from its 2014 value. Companies operating in cross industry verticals in Australia are implementing IT solutions, such as software, hardware, and IT services, to manage their costs and improve operational efficiency.
Australian firms are keen to invest in hardware and about 15% of their IT budget is predicted to be allocated to hardware spending. Firms are investing in hardware components, such as data center systems, advanced storage technology, networking equipment, and telecom equipment to build state-of-the-art IT infrastructure. In addition, spending will increase as demand for agile information system infrastructure by e-commerce and healthcare enterprises increases. It has been estimated that investment in data center systems will be more than $2 billion by the end of 2015.
Market segmentation of IT spending in Australia, 2014
Source: Technavio 2015
Key players in the Australian IT market include multinational companies like Dell, Google, HP, IBM, Apple, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Lenovo. All of these companies are global leaders in multiple industries in addition to the IT sector. Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT is of course also a key player in the Australian market.
The IT market in Australia is growing with many vendors and the country provides huge opportunities for many other vendors. Technavio has narrowed down a list of 17 other leading and prominent vendors in the Australian IT market.
Aconex
Aconex is the most widely used online collaboration platform in the world for construction, infrastructure, energy and resources projects. They have helped manage more than US$800 billion in capital projects across 70 countries.
Advanced Solutions International
Advanced Solutions International (ASI) is a recognized global, industry thought leader that focuses on helping associations and not-for-profits increase operational and financial performance through the use of best practices, proven solutions, and ongoing client advisement. Since 1991, ASI has served nearly 4,000 clients and millions of users worldwide, both directly and indirectly through a network of over 100 partners, and currently maintains corporate offices in the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Altis Consulting
Altis Consulting is an Information Management consultancy built on the philosophy that our people make our business and our clients’ businesses successful. Their team of 90 dedicated and highly-skilled staff provide all aspects of the Information Management value chain, from strategy to tool selection, architecture to project management, delivery, training and Managed Services and skills transfer to managing your operations.
Atlassian
Atlassian is an Australian enterprise software company. They develop products targeted at software developers and project managers. There are currently over 1,100 Atlassians (and growing), in eight locations, with products to help all types of teams realize their visions and get stuff done.
CSC
CSC is a global leader of next-generation information technology (IT) services and solutions. Their mission is to enable superior returns on clients’ technology investments through best-in-class industry solutions, domain expertise and global scale.
Datacom
With nearly 50 years’ experience in technology, Datacom has grown to be one of Asia Pacific’s leading locally-owned IT-based service providers. They operate across New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Distribution Central
Distribution Central provides specialised distribution and channel support for IT products. They want help solving complex business issues by putting their focus on translating complex technology into tangible business benefits.
Intuit
Intuit is an American software company. They provide taxxation software and financial related services for its customers.
Kiandra System Solutions
Kiandra System Solutions is an Australia-based outsourced IT managed services company. Their software development division is recognised as one of Australia’s best and is a compelling alternative to traditional development houses, offshored centres, developer ‘body-shopping’ and digital agencies.
NetApp
Net App is one of the most dominant vendors in the Australian IT market. Throughout the world, leading organizations count on NetApp for software, systems, and services to manage and store their data. They help enterprises and service providers envision, deploy, and evolve their IT environments. Customers also benefit from NetApp’s open collaboration with other technology leaders to create the specific solutions they need. They have been named one of FORTUNE Magazine’s ‘100 Best Companies’ for 13 consecutive years.
Objective
Objective is a small, flexible software development house in Essex, creating bespoke databases, web, mobile and tablet apps, and delivering data insights.
OBS – Empired
OBS is a leading Australian IT services company. They provide specialist technical, consulting, and managed application support services to its customers.
Rackspace
Rackspace is the number one managed cloud company. Most big providers offer only multi-tenant public cloud. They argue that one size fits all. Rackspace disagrees. They think you deserve the best fit for your unique IT needs, across multi-tenant and single-tenant platforms.
Rackspace backs their managed cloud with an industry-leading 100% Network Uptime Guarantee. The approach is designed to keep you up and running fast and lean—so you can focus on hiring only the engineers who will differentiate your business.
Revolution IT
Revolution IT provides you with total confidence with our enterprise grade QA and PPM solutions. Whether you’re implementing enterprise applications, making an entire digital transformation or investigating outsource options, their experience, insight and rigor will help you move forward with assurance.
Salesforce
Salesforce is an industry-leading customer platform which has become the world’s leading enterprise cloud ecosystem. Industries and companies of all sizes can connect to their customers like never before using the latest innovations in mobile, social, and cloud technology.
SAP
As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP is at the center of today’s business and technology revolution. Their innovations enable more than 296,000 customers worldwide to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively.
SAP helps organizations of all sizes and industries overcome the complexities that plague our businesses, our jobs, and our lives. With Run Simple as their operating principle, SAP’s nearly 75,600 employees focus on a singular purpose that inspires us every day: To help the world run better and improve people’s lives.
SAS
SAS is a leader in analytics. Through innovative analytics, BI and data management software and services, SAS helps turn your data into better decisions.
