This IDC study provides an assessment of the Australia IT market from the perspective of the financial performance of local and international IT companies. The study identifies the performance gap between global IT companies in Australia and local listed IT companies. Results suggest that global players will start to look at acquiring local companies to fuel their growth and lift their profitability in the coming years.

"Fujitsu's recent acquisition of Infinity Solutions in New Zealand could be the start of what could become a year of acquisitions," says Graeme Muller, managing director, IDC Pacific