Rosy future for IT sector, but financing means alliances must still be forged

Furthermore, unlike the other new entrants, the country boasts large and competitive domestic IT companies that have gained many new development opportunities likely to benefit the economy as a whole. "These companies were the first ones to be privatized, they are important players on the bourse, do not have problems with accessing capital and have many competencies," said Tomasz Sielicki, president of ComputerLand. In order to be competitive, domestic companies need financing for large projects and thus it is important to create alliances both on the domestic and European markets. The domestic market is set to grow by between 11% to 14% this year, which should encourage Polish firms to concentrate on the market here before going abroad to tout for trade. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.