The “Informatics Sector and R&D, Reflections on the Investment Ecosystem Report”, prepared with the data of the Informatics 500 – Turkey Top 500 Informatics Companies Survey, which is carried out every year with the mission of providing added value to the informatics sector, was published in cooperation with Sistem Global Danışmanlık and BThaber.

The “Information Sector and R&D, Reflections on the Investment Ecosystem Report”, prepared by Sistem Global Consulting, which provides professional services to companies of all sizes, from start-ups to international companies, especially technology, engineering and production companies, in cooperation with BThaber, has been published.

The report, which analyzes the data provided by the largest 500 IT companies based on turnover, from the perspective of investors, contains important findings that shed light on the Turkish R&D and innovation ecosystem. The highlights of the report are as follows:

90% of the companies are domestic capital

According to the report, which states that the total revenues of the companies participating in the research in 2021 have increased by 26% compared to the previous year and reached 214 billion TL, the revenues of these companies have grown by 210% in the last 10 years. In the report, which includes the information that 90 percent of the companies in the sector have domestic capital, it is determined that 92 percent of the 214 billion TL net sales are realized by domestic companies.

Among the companies with only 10 percent foreign capital, EU countries are the most concentrated, while Lenovo Turkey and Sap Turkey Yazılım Üretim ve Tic. Inc. It draws attention as companies with all foreign capital and net sales income of over 1 billion TL.

The future of computing is in cloud, artificial intelligence, IoT and M2M technologies.

In the report, it is stated that new trends developing day by day, the growth in cloud and security solutions, and the investments made by key sectors such as finance, public, retail and manufacturing in technology shape the future of the information sector. In the sector, which has grown by 26% compared to 2020, the growth of 59 percent in cloud service revenues, 162 percent in artificial intelligence revenues, and 73 percent in IoT and M2M revenues in 2021 supports the predictions that the industry will rise above these categories.

The developments in the fields that are classified as the “Plus” categories of Informatics 500 and that constitute the technology of the future, such as R&D activities in the informatics sector and artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, IoT and M2M, where remarkable applications are made today, are interpreted as promising for the future of the innovation ecosystem.

The biggest growth is in software

According to the report, which examines the IT sector in three main categories as hardware, software and service categories, compared to 2020, the hardware sector grew by 20 percent, the service sector by 29 percent, and the software sector had the highest growth rate with 40 percent. In most of the sub-sectors of software, such as ERP, HR software, CRM, database software, data security software, and mobile applications, more than 30 percent growth was achieved compared to 2020.

Innovative steps and investment in R&D

In the report, which draws attention to the importance of innovative steps in the IT sector, investments and expenditures for R&D in terms of the development and development of countries and gaining an important place in global competition, the net income of IT companies from R&D sales increased by 37% in 2021 compared to the previous year. information is included.

The report also states that the number of R&D centers operating in our country is 1,241, while 69 percent of the companies that declare R&D sales are in the Turkey-based Manufacturer category, 22 percent are in the System Integrator and Business Partner category, and 9 percent are International-based Manufacturers. is said to be in the category.

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency