IT spending in the banking, securities industry in mature APAC region to reach US$67.1 bil in 2017: Gartner

• In US$ terms, Japan is the largest market; New Zealand will have the highest growth rate at 6.4%
• The software segment will grow the fastest at 8.5%

IT SPENDING by banking and securities firms in the mature Asia/Pacific region will reach US$67.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 5.4% from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc.

This forecast provides total enterprise IT spending for internal spending and spending data on data centre systems, devices, software, IT services and telecom services.

Gartner said the mature Asia/Pacific region consists of the following countries: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea.

In US dollar terms, Japan is the largest market, but New Zealand will have the highest growth rate in 2017 at 6.4%, followed by Japan at 5.6%.

The software segment will grow the fastest at 8.5% in 2017, as firms in the banking and securities industry invest more in applications, infrastructure and vertical-specific software.

Applications is growing the fastest in this category contributing 12.4% growth in 2017.

“The banking and securities industry is focused on investing in advanced data and analytics, as new tools like artificial intelligence are becoming popular in this industry,” said Moutusi Sau, principal research analyst at Gartner.

Further information on banking and securities industry IT spending is available in the Gartner report: “Forecast: Enterprise IT Spending for the Banking and Securities Market, Worldwide, 2014-2020, 4Q16 Update”.

The banking and securities industry forecast provides total enterprise IT spending, including internal spending and multiple lines of detail surrounding spending on data centre systems, devices, software, IT services and telecom services for 43 countries within 11 regions.  

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