Canada Information Technology Industry Update Quarter 2 2012

Includes 3 FREE quarterly updates

Canadian IT spending is expected to reach CAD46 1bn in 2013, a 2% increase over 2012's forecast, with
BMI downwardly revising its outlook due to the macroeconomic cooling in H212 leading to continued
expectations of household retrenchment in 2013 BMI expects Canada's IT market to remain in overall
positive growth territory, although much will depend on the business environment Government spending
will continue to be constrained by a focus on cutting costs, with cost reviews being conducted by Toronto
and Ontario, but there have been a spate of large tenders, highlighting continued opportunities within the
sector Meanwhile, there will be opportunities as the government seeks to foster the development of a
marketplace for cloud services
Headline Expenditure Projections:
Computer hardware sales: CAD15 3bn in 2012 to CAD15 4bn in 2013, an increase of 0 6% Sales of
ultrabooks and Windows 8 based tablets and notebooks have potential to provide continued growth in 2013
Software sales: CAD9 0bn in 2012 to CAD9 3bn in 2013, an increase of 3 3% Given the large publicsector
deficits, vendors will need to provide clients with ways to reduce costs by increasing efficiency
IT Services sales: CAD20 9bn in 2012 to CAD21 4bn in 2013, an increase of 2 6% Market spending
continues to be shaped by a move towards distributed computing and service-oriented architectures