IT Services Monthly Contract Round-up, January 2008

Table of Contents

DATAMONITOR VIEW

CATALYST

SUMMARY

ANALYSIS

• IT services contract activity increased in January after a slump at the end of 2007
• Infrastructure management and maintenance/support remained IT services cornerstones
• Governments Spending Remained Constant across Geographies
• IBM Global Services led the IT services space with 83 contracts signed in the year
• Enterprises preferred short duration deals signed for an average period of three to five years
• IT service contracts signed in the Asia-Pacific region showed significant volume growth
• Application development and management contracts set to expire
• The highest value contracts expiring by August 2008 fall in the telecoms vertical
• Synopsis

APPENDIX

• Definitions - IT Services
• Datamonitor consulting
• Disclaimer

List of Tables

• Table 1: Top 10 contracts signed in January 2008 by value

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Number of contracts in the IT services sector, January 2007 to January 2008
• Figure 2: Breakdown of contracts by domain, January 2007 to January 2008
• Figure 3: Breakdown of contracts by industry, January 2007 to January 2008
• Figure 4: Contracts won by vendors, January 2007 to January 2008
• Figure 5: Contracts by duration, January 2007 to January 2008
• Figure 6: Number of contracts by geography
• Figure 7: Contracts expiring by IT service type*
• Figure 8: Contracts expiring by vertical industries from Feb-July 2008