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Manager Francois Triegaardt The York Group South Africa Capetown, South Africa Tel: +27-21-686-4241 Mobile: +27-83-440-0100 Fax: +27-21-419-3560 E-mail:ftriegaardt@theyorkgroup.com |
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Mr.
Triegaardt has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree
in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town. He started
his career with IBM in mainframe sales and systems. This was followed
by a management position with a large shipping company, responsible
for systems development. He then joined an international accounting
firm as a consultant in the management services division and started
his own company in 1980 to develop vertical market solutions. He has
been in IT for over 25 years and has an extensive knowledge of all facets
of the South African IT industry. Mr. Triegaardt has been with The York
Group since 1996.
Regional Spending on Information and Communications Technology
(Data provided by WITSA)
| Technology Sectors | Spending ($millions) |
| Hardware | 4,646 |
| Software | 3,159 |
| Services | 5,951 |
| Communications | 12,792 |
| TOTAL ICT Spend | 26,549 |
| Vertical Markets | |
| Agriculture | 48 |
| Manufacturing | 3,045 |
| Utilities | 530 |
| Construction | 256 |
| Wholesale & Retail | 2,376 |
| Transportation & Communication | 2,801 |
| Finance & Bus. Services | 3,638 |
| Other Services | 1,752 |
| Government | 5,907 |
| Consumer | 3,969 |
| Software Piracy | 34% |