IT Markets and Media in Germany Munich, September 2011
Nov 02, 2014
IT Markets and Media in Germany
Munich, September 2011
Agenda
The German Economy – Trends and Facts
The German IT Market
The IT Media Landscape in Germany
The German Economy – The Headlines in 2010
2011 – Is the Sun Setting over the German Economy?
The Risks – Reasons for Angst ?
Greece and the other PIGS –
Is the Debt Crisis the end of
the €€€ zone?
Germany the Paymaster of
Europe?
New Vocabulary: The „Energiewende“
Germany becoming an „Organic Republic“?
Siemens says good-bye to nuclear power plant business
Will we be able to afford sustainable energy?
*
*Source: Spiegel Online, September 2011
Stuttgart 21 – How a Train Station Project is changing the German Southwest
Wave of Protests and
Demonstrations
Conservative Party loses
State Election
First Green Party State Prime
Minister in German History
The Real World – Germany Looking Comparatively Strong
Population of ~ 82 million
The largest economic power in Europe
with a GDP of € 2.5 billion ($ 3.3 billion)
Largest metropolitan areas:- The Ruhrgebiet, 5.2 mill. Population
- Frankfurt / Rhein-Main, 4.9 mill. Population
- Berlin/Brandenburg 4.3 mill. Population
- Hamburg 2.6 mill. Population
- Munich 2.0 mill. Population
Economic Disparities between East and West
67% of population live in small cities
The German Economy – Key Characteristics and Figures
Source: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), MB-Research, Nuremburg
Purchasing Power per residentRange: € 15,000 (light) to € 25,500 (dark)
The German – Key Facts
Sources: EU Commission, Eurostat, OECD, GDP: preliminary values, tradingeconomics.com, September 2011
Key figures in comparison (GER vs. FRA, UK, Euro Area, JP, USA)
Growth of Gross Domestic Products in comparison (percent change compared to previous year; GDP adjusted for price)
The German Economy – Key Facts
* Preliminary data** ProjectionsSources: German Federal Statistical Office, Eurostat, OECD, International Monetary Fund (IMF), tradingeconomics.com, June - September 2011
Business Confidence (percent change compared to previous year)
The German Economy – Key Characteristics and Figures
Source: ifo-Institut Munich, tradingeconomics.com, September 2011
Exports (Exports by month (Billion Euro))
The German Economy – Key Characteristics and Figures
Sources: German Federal Statistical Office, tradingeconmics.com, September 2011
How is the German Economy Different from the US
• SME Market is the
Backbone of the Economy
• Exports play a key role
• Consumer Spending usually
slower than overall
Economy
• Large Corporations, Global Brands
• Large Domestic Market
• Domestic Markets more important
than Exports
Germany
United States
Germany and the UK – Key Economic Differences
• Decentralized Structures,
Economic Power Centers
• Several Economic Power Centers
• Large Manufacturing Base (Automobiles,
Machinery)
• Export-oriented Economy
• Centralized Structures
• London Metropolitan Area the dominating
economic powerhouse and leading financial
center, accounting for 20 percent of the UK’s GDP
• Services Sector accounts for 73% of GDP,
Germany
UK
Germany and France – Key Economic Differences
• Decentralized Structure
• Several Economic Power Centers
• Large Manufacturing Base
• Export-oriented Economy
• Europe’s 2nd largest Economy
• Centralization, Paris being the economic
power center
• Mixed economy*; Public Sector highest
among G7 countries (53% of French GDP)
Germany
France
* which combines extensive private enterprise with substantial state enterprise and government intervention
Agenda
The German Economy – Key Characteristics and Figures
The IT Market
IT Media - looking back and ahead
The IT Media Landscape in Germany
Whitepaper Research
How is the German IT Market Different from the US
• Home of Information
Technology
• Global Players: IBM, HP,
Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco
• Biggest IT Market
• Large Corporations - large IT
infrastructures
• Readiness to Adopt New
Technologies
How is the German IT Market Different from the US
• We invented the Computer
• One Global Player: SAP
• Tier 1 market in EMEA
• Mid-Sized Companies
• Slow in Adopting New
Technologies
Konrad Zuse built the Z3 machine in 1941
ICT worldwide 2010 (2,500 bn €, +5%)market shares
The German IT Market
Japan9.3%
Others28.7%
USA28.7%
Germany5.1%
China8.1%
EU 25 (without Germany)
20.1%
Source: BITKOM, EITO, March 2011
ICT Market 2011 (133 bn €)market shares
The German IT Market
Source: BITKOM, EITO, March 2011
Software11,6%
TC services40,2%
IT hardware14,4%
IT services25,7%
TC devices3,8%
TC infrastructure4,3%
TC
48,3%
IT
51,7%
Annual Growth Rates
4,44,3
3,0
2010/09 2011/10 2012/11
IT
0,20,30,6
2010/09 2011/10 2012/11
TC
IT Decision-Maker Universe
Total universe of the IT Decision-Maker Survey
729,000
„senior level IT decision-makers"
in about
273,000 companies
Top-level decision makersCIO, CFO, CEO & managing directors
IT decision-makers as IT managers and division managers
IT managers and IT professionals
17
22
26
26
27
29
35
37
38
41
46
48
51
Government IT
Smart Home
Green IT
IT Systems in the Health Sector
Web-based Services and Trade
Softw are-based Products
Virtualization
Smart Grids
Location-based Services
Broadband Internet Access
Embedded Systems
IT Security
Cloud Computing
The most important IT trends and challenges 2011 ranking, percentage
The German IT Market
Source: VDI, March 2011
Security in the Cloud - A Favourite for German CIOsStatements from a recent CIO roundtable
„IT Project Budgets are easy to get approved
when they have a security tag attached“
Tetra
„Managing Data via Cloud Services can mean even better security, but
the CIO is still responsible if things go
wrong.“
„IT Security should be aligned with the overall corporate
security strategy“
Technology and IT Decision-Makers’ Media Habits
Change is Happening
1974 – IT enters the office desk…and what media looked like
Portable Computers…kind of (IBM 5100 at a weight of 24 kilograms)
IDG launches in Germany
COMPUTERWOCHE quickly gains market leadership against (one)
competitor
Sources: IBM 5100 from IBM Centennial Video on Youtube
Mid 1990’s – IT advertising and the Web ?
26 print magazines for the German IT audience in the leading
IT media survey*
COMPUTERWOCHE ONLINE** - Web Publishing and Advertising
in its early days
Sources: Dell Advertising in COMPUTERWOCHE 20th anniversary issue, 1994, *LAC 1999 survey, **Computerwoche.de in 1996
Mid 2000’s – A Paradigm Shift from Print to Online
The news migrate from weeklies / dailies to the web
Print Advertising down, fast growth in web advertising
Rich Media, Video and Webcasts
14
23
26
18
2011
2008
1999
1997
A Changing Media Landscape LAC Survey: Number of Participating Publications
Print Media – Simple to Measure in Ad Pages
Source: TopList, September 2011
67,91
63,2
251,3
69,3
74,8
44,1
65,9
124,8
46,0
58,6
40,41
211,2
52,24
103,9
49,33
42,8
CIO
COMPUTERWOCHE
IT-Administrator
IT-Director
IT-Management
IT-Mittelstand
LANline
manage IT2010 (Jan-Aug)
2011 (Jan-Aug)
Advertising Pages total
626
739
2010 2011
+18%
IT Media Competition Online – From Simple to Complex
Standard Media Products:
Audience Reach and Price
Integrated Media Solutions with
High Degree of Customization,
Execution, Service, RoI
2011 – Mobile Internet, Apps, and a Changing Role for Print Media
Tech Audiences are fast adopters of new media offerings
Media Need to Stay in tune with changing reader preferences
IDG helps advertisers with innovative services
Heads of IT
Non Heads of IT
Peers 75% 67%
Technology content sites 72% 69%
White papers 72% 73%
Technology publications 68% 65%
Business publications 60% 62%
Executive Conferences or events 59% 44%
Change in Ranking of Sources Used to Keep Up-to-Date with TechnologyWhich of the following information sources do you use to keep up-to-date with new technologies and enhance the knowledge you need to be effective in your role?
Source: CIO(US), 2010 Role & Influence of the Technology Buyer Study, June 2010
0 20 40 60 80 100
Social Web
TV advertising
E-mail newsletters
Whitepapers
Technology Publications
Technology Content Sites
Germany
France
UK
Source: Wave Sixteen Survey, IDG Global Solutions, 2010, Q3 extract
Information sources during the Purchase process
Percentage and affinity
The Near Future – Taking a Hands-on Approach
The IDG Germany Approach
Follow the Audiences wherever they go
Provide Relevant Information Services
Right Place – Right Time – Right Format
2020 – Where is the ITDM Audience?
Some Assumptions
Traditional Office Desks will largely disappear, Audiences becoming even
more mobile
End-user Devices: No traditional hardware but new interfaces with broadband
access to computing power and storage
Email will be replaced by chats, wikis, blogs, forums and video meetings
IT will be a key job skill – not just for IT staff
Thank you
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Fax: 089 / 360 86 – 99 172
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