guide to the european it markets february 2006 general overview 3 union country reports 9 austria belgium 19 croatia 25 czech republic 31 denmark 36 finland 42 france 48 germany 58 greece 69 hungary 75 ireland 81 italy 88 kazakhstan 98 netherlands 109 norway 115 poland 122 portugal 128 russia 133 serbia 138 slovak 149 spain 155 sweden 167 switzerland 173 turkey 177 uk 184 ukraine 193 2 this introductory section of focuses on some ways in which eu policy and legislative developments can shape ict hardware software services across region an understanding direction scope these help us companies prepare for take advantage their market impact throw up threats opportunities compliance requirements sometimes a combination all three following is designed raise awareness importance angle policies eeurope 2005 initiative example that drive applications content increase demand underpin them
