The computer and information technology (IT) service sector’s revenue in the second quarter of this year increased 6.87 percent year-on-year to NT$155.58 billion (US$5.2 billion), the highest for the April-to-June period on record, the Administration for Digital Industries (ADI) said yesterday.
The growth was mainly driven by enterprises’ continued efforts in digital transformation and their increased investment in artificial intelligence (AI) applications and cloud services, the ADI said in a report.
“This trend has triggered corporate demand for technical services such as data processing and analysis, as well as information security enhancement, which in turn has contributed to revenue growth in system integration, consulting services, maintenance and operation management, and IT system upgrades,” the ADI said.
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The computer programming industry was the sector’s major sales growth driver, with revenue rising 8.59 percent to NT$114.06 billion in the second quarter, accounting for 73.31 percent of total revenue, boosted by large enterprises ‘ strong demand for services such as system upgrades, AI project planning and professional support, the report said.
The IT service industry’s revenue grew 2.41 percent to NT$41.52 billion, or 26.69 percent of the total. It was mainly due to enterprises’ robust demand for cloud services amid the AI boom, it said.
In the first half of this year, the computer and IT service sector’s revenue totaled NT$305.23 billion, up 6.01 percent over the same period last year, with computer programming and IT service industries growing by 8.22 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, the report showed.
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