Micro spending well ahead
New Zealand spending on microcomputers and their printers increased 30.7 per cent in the year ended March 31, well ahead of growth in other parts of the computer market, Compass Hoby research shows. The market research company forecasts the microcomputer market will grow 21.7% in the year to March 31,1990.. Over-all spending on data processing rose 12.8 per cent, and is expected to be only 10.5% in the current year. *■ Growth in 88-89 and forecast for 89-90
Bureau processing fell 8.1 per cent over the year and is forecast to fall 7.9% in the current year. The figures do not include in-house expenditure suqh as overhead charges, in-house salaries and wages, and in-house maintenance. y
88-89 89-00 Software 13.3 12.5 Hardware maintenance 21.9.W16.3 Terminals 5.4 4.6 Non-PC printers 8.8 5.9 Storage * 10.7 7;6 Systems: $25,000 to $50,000 16.5 14.9 $50,000 to $100,000 11.4 10.8 $100,000 to $250,000 11.4 9.3 $250,000 to $500,000 — 5.2 $500,000 to $1M 8.2 3.9 More than $1M 5.7 4.1
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