Hewlett Packard Polska, largest domestic IT company

The largest domestic IT company in terms of sales in 2002 was Hewlett Packard Polska, according to TOP 200 ranking prepared by Computerworld weekly. Last year's HP revenues reached zł. 1.78 billion, or 15% of the value entire domestic IT market. In 2001, the figure was zł. 1.55 billion. "The sustained sales increase is a sign that the company has correctly read the signals coming from the market and is able to accurately predict its clients' needs," said HP head Andrzej Dopierała. Surprisingly, Prokom Software, which generated zł. 891 million in revenues, was in fourth place after Action and ABC Data. According to Computerworld, however, Prokom is the largest IT services provider, with revenues in this sector during 2002, of zł. 547 million, above HP (zł. 438 million) and IBM Polska (zł. 240 million). Computerworld weekly stated that the value of the domestic IT market in 2002, stood at $3.1 billion, 7% more than in 2001. (Parkiet, p. 4) J.K.