Business news from Ukraine

GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPENDING TO INCREASE BY NEARLY 5% IN 2022

Global spending on information technology (IT) in 2022 will increase by 4.4% and exceed $4.4 trillion, research company Gartner Inc predicts.
In 2021, they increased by 9.5% to $4.26 trillion.
“This has been one of the busiest years for CIOs ever,” said John-David Lovelock, vice president of research at Gartner. their time and attention.”
However, CIOs are ramping up investments, unlike what happened in early 2020, he added.
Gartner estimates that the enterprise software sector will show the fastest recovery both this year (up 9.8%) and in 2023 (up 11.8%).
Overall, IT spending is expected to rise 5.5% next year to $4.67 trillion.

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IBM WINS TENDER TO DEVELOP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY FOR THE LARGEST OIL AND GAS PRODUCING COMPANY IN UKRAINE

IBM Ukraine LLC, which is wholly owned by IBM Central and Eastern Europe, has won a tender called by NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy to have its strategy for information technology developed. IBM Ukraine, with a bid of UAH 3.748 million (VAT included), defeated other bidders, namely Ernst & Young (E&Y) and PwC Polska, Naftogaz announced in the ProZorro e-procurement system. The services must be provided by December 31, 2018.
The goal is to determine the level of IT maturity and ensure maximum efficiency from investments in IT. As a result, the target operating model of the company’s IT and the development roadmap should be developed, including a portfolio of projects, the necessary resources and portfolio management processes.
The IT analysis should be carried out for Naftogaz and its subsidiaries, namely Ukrtransgaz, Ukrgazvydobuvannya, Ukrtransnafta, Ukrspetstransgaz, Chornomornaftogaz, and Ukravtogaz.
Naftogaz Ukrainy unites the largest oil and gas producing enterprises of the country. It is a monopolist in transit and storage of natural gas in underground storage facilities, as well as transportation of crude oil by pipelines throughout the country.

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