Services Industry Becoming Force in Europe

The European computer services industry, long considered insignificant, has been growing 20% annually over the past 5 years and will probably become a major European industrial force. It also is unlikely that it will experience the same sort of domination that afflicts the hardware industry there. P...

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Published in:Computerworld 1979-01, Vol.13 (3), p.76
Main Author: Benjamin, Alan A
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Computer service industry
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Summary:The European computer services industry, long considered insignificant, has been growing 20% annually over the past 5 years and will probably become a major European industrial force. It also is unlikely that it will experience the same sort of domination that afflicts the hardware industry there. People are its main resource, and brainpower cannot be monopolized but prefers smaller organizational groupings. There are about 3300 computing services in Europe, and a sizable export business has been created in the U.K. and France especially. Service firms have had to adjust to many different kinds of equipment and computing languages, and the existence of varied tariffs and laws have complicated their efforts. Firms are increasingly well managed, but a severe shortage of skilled personnel looms. The European computing services industry has realized that an all-Europe group was necessary, and accordingly, Esca was formed in 1976 to deal with issues common to all members such as standards and trans-border data flow. A lst of its accomplishments to data is included.
ISSN:0010-4841