1. Introduction
This is the third annual release of this paper. This release has:
- updated figures for hardware imports and exports;
- updated figures for trade in software and services and for the size of New Zealand information technology (IT) market;
- updated figures on the size of the Internet in New Zealand (previously published as Sizing the Internet in New Zealand);
- updated figures for employment in segments of the IT industry;
- an updated figure for the number of computers in homes; and
- statistics on those employed in IT which have not been updated since the last release of this paper.
ISBN 0-478-00327-7.
This hypertext form of this paper includes the underlying data tables as well as the graphs.
1.1 Acknowledgements
The majority of the figures in this paper have been sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Other sources are credited specifically where they have been used. Some of the figures are taken from a survey of IT businesses conducted by Statistics New Zealand and jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Information Technology Association of New Zealand (ITANZ), Tradenz and Statistics New Zealand.
1.2 Defining Information Technology
As well as the traditional data processing industries, telecommunications and broadcasting are shown in many of the figures in this paper. This reflects the fact that these industries process information using technological means, and the increasingly blurred distinctions between these sectors.
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