OREANDA-NEWS. May 17, 2012. Expert RA rating agency made a review of the information-communication technology market and a list of the largest IT-companies in 2011. Expert RA: sales of the largest 2011 participants in “Russian information-communication technology” rating achieved its historic maximum in the whole rating period and totaled 508.4 bln rubles.

According to Expert RA, incremental revenue of the rating IT-companies reached 30.7%. The IT market in 2011 grew up, substantially outpacing the inflation rate.

Quantity indicators at the ICT market are supported by new level of quality. Primary automation of many key processes has been completed in large companies, new projects are mostly approached in a comprehensive way to unify procedures and cut down expenses for integration and technical support in future. Besides, together with the private sector a comprehensive approach to automation was adopted by the State, too.

“The market growth drivers remained unchanged: oil and gas, telecommunications, finance, says Aleksey Khodyrev, Expert RA chief analyst. The State in 2011 behaved actively, volume of orders for IT grew faster in the State sector than in the private one”.