February 24, 2011
Attending to the delegates
Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) is Singapore's premier info-communication industry association organized the recently concluded ICT Business Forum 2011 held in Raffles City Convention. Over 100 delegates participated in this event held on 24 February 2011. This forum seeks to highlight the outlook of the ICT industry for 2011, survey the industry trends and landscape, and discuss the opportunities that lie ahead for us this year.
The delegates were greeted in the morning with the keynote address presented by RADM(NS) Ronnie Tay, Chief Executive Officer, IDA Singapore. He shared that the outlook for Singapore's infocomm industry continues to look positive. Citing statistics from IDC, he says that Singapore's IT spending is set to grow 6.8% in 2011 and about 5.2% in 2012. IT hiring is also expected to be more robust, with Frost and Sullivan predicting Singapore's infocomm industry manpower growing at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of 5.4% till 2015.
The findings show that despite the uncertainties, the outlook for the global IT industry remains positive. Global enterprise IT expenditure is expected to increase in 2011. IDC predicts a 6.8% growth from 2010 to US$1.65 trillion in 2011, and sees hardware expenditure to grow the fastest, followed by software, operations management and services.
Hitachi offers a suite of products and solutions to cater to the demands of the ICT market, integrating systems and technologies that include hardware, communications and software applications to provide simple solutions that cater to complex needs. At this exhibition, on display were the Vein ID biometric security system and JP1 AJS (Automatic Job Scheduler).
At the Exhibition Hall
Delegates showing interest
