IT market report shows the sector is still enjoying double-digit growth

According to a report "The IT market in Poland" prepared by PMR, the value of the domestic IT market in 2003 increased by 11.5% and totaled zł.13.9 billion. In 2003 the IT sector experienced a period of rapid growth caused by EU accession and offset investments in IT. "Thanks to EU membership, in the coming years the market will receive a boost of at least several million złoty a year from the EU funds," said Paweł Olszynka, a PMR analyst. Services, which amounted to 35% of the market in 2003, proved to be driver of the market growth and are predicted to increase to 38% in 2005. Meanwhile, the sales of hardware are envisaged to decrease from 44% in 2003 of the market to less than 40% in 2005. The share of software sales is slowly increasing. However, the country's spending on IT which totaled EUR104 per citizen in 2003 is still far behind the EU average which exceeds EUR720. (Parkiet, p. 4) E.B.