Riding high, but tougher to ensure growth
To survive in a tumultuous market environment, IT players must realize that it is no longer just about providing the best technology but also about how they sell that technology.
This year's ZDNet Asia Top Tech 50 Index featured several repeat winners, and highlighted the importance of revenue and income growth as indication of a tech player's significance in the market.
According to Graeme Philipson, independent IT analyst and writer, the 50 companies that made the Top Tech Index were not unexpected. Neither was he surprised that some 40 names in this year's list were also in the previous 2006/2007 index.
Philipson, who is a Top Tech 50 advisor, said: "Computer companies rise and fall, but it usually takes a few years, not just one or two. So, it is natural that most companies would retain their position."
As in previous years, he noted, the Index is dominated by two main categories of players: large multinational systems vendors, and telecommunications companies. He said these suppliers do well in any benchmarking system because of their sheer size and importance.
Another group of vendors that typically do well, he said, are those that straddle IT and consumer electronics such as Canon, Samsung and Sony, signalling a merging of these two technology areas where there is "increasing digitization of consumer products". Read full report...
