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Who are the top vendors in the IT Outsourcing market in South Africa and what are their market shares?
 
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A survey of 50 contracts over US$1 million in the South African market over the past five years gives some interesting insights.
The largest contract is recorded at $222 million with a five year duration.
The following vendors each received four mentions over the period:
  • T-Systems
  • EDS
The following vendors each received three mentions over the period:
  • Accenture
  • AT&T
  • IBM Global Services
The following vendors each received two mentions over the period:
  • Business Connexion
  • Computer Sciences Corporation
  • Gijima AST
  • Siemens IT Solutions and Services
  • State Information Technology Agency (SITA)
  • Unisys
The number of contracts that have run their course (based on originally intended duration and end date) is 10.
The pie chart shows % contract revenue over the period. Bear in mind that 40 of the 50 contracts are still active and some run until 2014.
Vendor:
Percentage contract
revenue in US $:
EDS Corp 16.17%
Computer Sciences Corp 14.17%
T-Systems 11.14%
IBM Global Services 10.24%
Satyam Computer Services 6.67%
AT&T 6.34%
Accenture Ltd 5.77%
Perot Systems 4.84%
GijimaAst 4.77%
Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS) 4.54%
Other less than 0.5%: 3.00%
DHL Solutions 2.50%
Unisys 2.00%
Alcatel-Lucent 1.67%
Ericsson 1.67%
Getronics 1.60%
Capgemini 1.50%
SITA 0.87%
Business Connexion 0.56%
Source: Datamonitor