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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Estimated Breakdown of the UK Computer Market by Value ( percent), 1996

Table 2: Market Share of the Computer Hardware Market Compared to the Population in Western Europe ( percent), 1996

Table 3: Estimated Value of the UK Computer Hardware Market at Current Manufacturers' Prices (£bn at msp), 1993-1997

Table 4: Analysis of the UK Computer Hardware Market at Current Manufacturers Prices ( percent), 1993-1997

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

PRODUCT SECTORS

DATA COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE

Table 5: Breakdown of UK Computer Hardware Market (£bn at msp), 1993-1996

Table 6: UK Exports and Imports of Automatic Data Processing Equipment (£bn), 1990-1996

Table 7: UK Manufacturers' Sales, Exports, Imports and Apparent Market for Automatic Data Processing Equipment (£bn), 1993-1996

Table 8: The UK Computer Hardware Market at End-User Prices (£bn), 1994-1997

Table 9: The UK Computer Hardware by Product Sector (£m at msp), 1993-1997

Table 10: UK Sales of PCs by Volume and Value (million units and £m at msp), 1992-1997

Table 11: The UK Printer Market by Main Printing Technology by Volume ( percent), 1996

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

EMPLOYMENT

DISTRIBUTION

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 12: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in the Manufacture of Computers and Other Information Processing Equipment by Turnover ( percent), 1996

Table 13: UK Employment in the Manufacture of Office Machinery and Computers, 1991-1996

Table 14: Large Employers Among Computer Companies in the UK (number of staff), 1993-1996

Table 15: Manufacturers of Computers and Other Information Processing Equipment by Employment Size Band, 1996

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

GLOBAL LEADERS

UK LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 16: Leading Computer Hardware Companies in the UK by Turnover (£bn), 1995/1996.

Table 17: Main Media Advertising Expenditure by Computer Hardware Manufacturers (£m), 1993-1996

Table 18: Main Media Advertising Expenditure on Computer Hardware by Sector (£m), 1993-1996

Table 19: Leading Main Media Advertisers in the Desktop Microcomputer Sector (£m), 1996

Table 20: Leading Main Media Advertisers in the Laptop and Notebook Sectors (£m), 1996

Table 21: Leading Main Media Advertisers in the Mini and Mid-Range Sector (£m), 1996

Table 22: Leading Main Media Advertisers of Computer Ranges (£m), 1996

Table 23: Leading Main Media Advertisers of Printers (£m), 1996

Table 24: Main Media Advertising Expenditure by Computer Dealers and Services (£m), 1993-1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

TOTAL COMPUTER HARDWARE MARKET

MAINFRAMES/ENTERPRISE SERVERS

MID-RANGE AND SMALL SYSTEMS

PC SYSTEMS

PERIPHERALS

Buying Behaviour

THE PROFESSIONAL SECTOR

THE PUBLIC SECTOR

THE HOME PC SECTOR

Table 25: Average Budget Forecasts by Business Sector (£m and percent), 1995/1996

Table 26: Ownership and Use of Home Computers in the UK ( percent of adults), 1996

Table 27: Use of Home Computers ( percent of all adults), 1996

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

Current Issues

NETWORK COMPUTERS AND NETPCS

ACQUISITIONS IN THE PC SECTOR

MILLENIUM COMPLIANCE

Table 28: Total Cost of PC Ownership ($), 1995

Forecasts

FORECASTS 1997 TO 2001

THE MILLENIUM

NCS AND NETPCS

HOME PCS

COST REDUCTION

Table 29: Forecast Value of the UK Computer Hardware Market at Current Manufacturers' Prices (£bn at msp), 1997-2001

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The UK market for computer hardware, including computers, peripherals and maintenance by the manufacturers, had an estimated value of £11bn at manufacturers' selling prices (msp) in 1996 and is expected to rise to £11.82bn in 1997.

Computer hardware includes host systems (large, medium and small), workstations, personal computers (PCs), hand-held computers, printers, scanners, and other peripherals, such as storage devices.

Conflicting trends affect the market. The ever rising demand for computing power to handle large databases, complex software and advanced graphics is satisfied to some extent by the rapid improvement in the price/performance ratio of most types of computer.

The development of the `thin client' concept is a natural progression of the trend towards distributed computing. The first half of 1997 has seen the successful implementation of network computers in some large organisations and the launch of the rival NetPC.

The trend in large systems continues away from proprietory systems, in favour of UNIX, or to downsizing to mid-range servers or distributed systems, although users are now far more cautious about abandoning their large systems. Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) based large systems continue to make rapid advances in the price/performance ratio, and the cost of mainframe storage is coming down correspondingly.

In the departmental server sector, machines based on Windows NT operating systems have eroded sales of UNIX servers, and clustering technology has become available on NT-based machines. The local area network (LAN) server sector continues to grow strongly, but there is strong price competition.

Heavy competition and price cutting remains a feature of the PC sector, which has, however, grown very strongly in 1995 and 1996. Demand for computer hardware should continue to grow strongly in the next few years but will tend to be balanced by falling prices. Key Note forecasts that an overall computer hardware market growth of 7.5 percent at current prices will slow to 5 percent by the year 2000.

Text © 1997 Key Note

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